by Moreira Chonguica | Aug 22, 2026 | News
When I speak about Jazz from Africa, I am talking about much more than a geographical description. I am talking about identity, heritage, rhythm, language and the stories that we carry with us as African musicians. Jazz has always been a music of movement,...
by Moreira Chonguica | May 25, 2026 | News
Miles Davis did not simply play the trumpet — he changed the direction of music. For me, Miles represents courage: the courage to search, to break form, to challenge tradition, and to keep evolving. He understood that jazz is not a museum piece. It is alive, restless,...
by Moreira Chonguica | Feb 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
– Peter “The BassMan” Fisher In 2012, on a trip back to Lagos from Johannesburg, while I was looking through the African section in Music Moods, a music store in Johannesburg International airport, the proprietor Phineas, gave me a CD album by a musician from...
by Moreira Chonguica | Nov 18, 2025 | News
Twenty years after its groundbreaking debut, Vol 1: The Journey returns in a special 20th anniversary vinyl edition celebrating the album that introduced Moreira Chonguiça’s bold, forward-looking African jazz sound to the world. Originally released in 2005, the album...
by Moreira Chonguica | Nov 11, 2025 | News
After 20 years of partnership as a brand ambassador for Henri Selmer Paris, internationally acclaimed Mozambican saxophonist, composer and cultural ambassador Moreira Chonguiça has renewed his relationship with one of the world’s most prestigious manufacturers of wind...
