Review: Jazz, African independence, secret agents — it’s all in ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for ...
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Early Jazz
The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans ... and blacks to mingle socially for the first time; they also draw young audiences from all social classes, attracted to both the ...
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Jass, Jasz, and all that Jazz
No one description of jazz adequately outlines this everchanging music; no definition can pinpoint simply when and where it all began ... originating influences. African American music forms ...
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Singer Judith Sephuma Open to Give Marriage Another Chance: “I’ve Learned From All My Relationships”
The South African Jazz musician Judith Sephuma recently made it known that she was willing to give marriage another chance ...
At 90, jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is still finding new ways to engage with music
South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...
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Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter, dies
Masekela was given his first trumpet at the age of 14 Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died ...
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The African American Artists Who Moved To Paris During The Jazz Age
In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz ... for African American writers and intellectuals. W. E. B. Du Bois, the prominent civil rights activist and author, spent time in Paris ...