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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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 ...
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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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 ...