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 exploitation in this documentary eye-opener.
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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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Manu Dibango: The saxophone legend who inspired a disco groove
Nicknamed "Pappy Grove", Manu Dibango was a musical innovator whose work over six decades inspired some of the greatest artists of our time ... "Through jazz I discovered all the music that ...
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Review: Jazz, African independence, secret agents — it’s all in ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
It was a time, after all, when jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Melba Liston were dispatched as cultural ambassadors to Africa’s post-colonial regions, only to realize they were smokescreens ...