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Group Theory Black Music

https://amf.didiermary.fr/tumi-mogorosi-group-theory-black-music/

“The Group Theory Black Music” documentary follows the creative process, and intentions between drummer Tumi Mogorosi and the many collaborators on the album.

Since his international debut on Jazzman Records in 2014 with Project ELO, Mogorosi has been in the vanguard of the South African creative music scene’s burgeoning outernational dimension, [...]

#Documentary #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz #AvantGarde #Opera #Jazz

Mwandishi Sextet Project

Afrofuturism & psychedelism in the 70s, with Herbie Hancock.

https://www.didiermary.fr/mwandishi-sextet-project/

#English #Jazz #LiveMusic

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Batsumi (1974)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/batsumi-apartheid/

Many years after the fall of Apartheid, Batsumi remains sublime… and transformative, and its resonance hasn’t faded at all over the years.

During the brutal era in South African history known as Apartheid, the minority-white ruling party forcibly moved millions of black South Africans from their homes to segregated areas, stripping them of their citizenship […]

#70smusic #Apartheid #FullAlbum #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz #Jazz

Dee Dee Bridgewater – Un voyage Malien

https://amf.didiermary.fr/dee-dee-bridgewater-voyage-malien/

L’album Red Earth – A Malian Journey de Dee Dee Bridgewater est sorti en 2007, mais un article sur Cheick Tidiane Seck (qui fut au cœur de ce projet) me l’a remis dans l’oreille.

J’ai découvert Dee Dee Bridgewater, comme beaucoup, avec le duo de 1989 “Precious thing” où elle accompagne Ray Charles et l’album […]

#EPK #Jazz #Mali #OumouSangaré #AfroJazz

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Manu Dibango – Electric Africa

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Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou & Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]

#80smusic #AfroFunk #Cameroon #FullAlbum #Jazz #ManuDibango #AfroJazz #HerbieHancock

Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya

https://amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ahmed-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/

Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation. Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from [...]

#60smusic #AfroFunk #Ethiojazz #Jazz #Soundcloud #Sudan #OldAfricanMusic

Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane

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Pianist Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane is a prolific artist whose academic credentials speak volume on the kind of discipline and passion he has for music. After getting his master’s degree in Jazz Performance and graduating Cum Laude from the University of KwaZulu Natal, he is now on his way to become an integral performer within the South […]

#Jazz #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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Abdullah Ibrahim – Cape Town Flower

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Abdullah Ibrahim’s live rendition of his composition “Cape Town Flower.”

This was filmed in 1999 at the Lugano Jazz Festival.
From his album released in 1997 “Cape Town Flowers.”

Cape Town Flowers is an enchanting effort from Abdullah Ibrahim, finding the pianist in a trio setting performing 11 original compositions.

#AbdullahIbrahim #Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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Linda Sikhakhane – Isambulo

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Linda Sikhakhane is a musician, improviser and composer born in Umlazi, a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His roots are located in KwaNongoma where Sikhakhane cites his upbringing soundtracks into his modern journey. This is predominantly a rural area which is better known as the home of King Goodwill Zwelithini, the late hereditary traditional leader […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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Herbie Tsoaeli

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The quintessential South African jazz man, Herbie Tsoaeli is a largely self-taught bass virtuoso from Nyanga East, in Cape Town – one of the more politically charged black locations in the Western Cape.

Coming from this community at the forefront of producing South Africa’s rich jazz legacy, rooted in his biographical experiences, his music is a […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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Mongo Santamaria – Afro Blue (1984)

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Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition “Afro Blue” in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with Santamaría on percussion.

#Jazz #LiveMusic

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Sathima Bea Benjamin – Africa

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Beatrice “Sathima Bea” Benjamin (17 October 1936 – 20 August 2013) was a South African vocalist and composer, based for nearly 45 years in New York City.

#AbdullahIbrahim #Apartheid #Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Nina Simone – Liberian Calypso

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Nina Simone (1933 – 2003), here playing “Liberian Calypso,” which was inspired by her stay in the West African country from 1974 to 1977.

In this song, she revisits “Run Joe” from the album “Miss Calypso” by Maya Angelou released in 1957.

#Jazz #Liberia #LiveMusic

Oum – Taragalte

https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-taragalte-soul-morocco/

Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui, known as Oum, is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Performing and recording both in North Africa and in Europe, she mixes multiple traditional and international influences.

Soul meets Gnaoua meets Jazz in her album “Soul of Morocco” in 2013.

#Gnawa #Jazz #Morocco #Soul

Mike Makhalemele – Going West

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Mike Makhalemele (1938-2000), from Alexandra, South Africa, nicknamed “Ratau” (“lion”), played saxophone, here with Jabu Nkosi (keyboards) and Sipho Gumede (bass) in a reissue of a classic album.

"[He] was a force of nature with a robust yet soulful tone and seemingly endless breath. He embraced the pop music scene as an enthusiastic collaborator and […]

#70smusic #Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same

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“Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)” is a single taken from Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s very special collaboration “Rejoice“.

In this track, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela pay tribute to Fela Kuti.

#HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen #AfroBeat

Jimmy Dludlu – Tote

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Jimmy Dludlu (1966) is a jazz musician born in Maputo, who grew up in Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe and started playing guitar at 13 years old when he taught himself with a homemade guitar.

#Documentary #Jazz #Mozambique #Remixed #AfroJazz

Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou

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The Orchestre Regional de Tombouctou, also known as “Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou”, did not release a recording until 1977.

During the era of Mali’s first President, Modibo Keita (1960-1968), the government created regional orchestras and arts troupes in each of the nation’s seven regions. These groups were state-sponsored and from 1962 they competed in […]

#Jazz #Mali #Tuareg #OldAfricanMusic

Ahmad Jamal – Swahililand

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From “Jamal Plays Jamal” an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring performances recorded in 1974.

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TRUE STORY – Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O

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While the Tree-O’s previous outing UMDALI presented a snapshot of an inspired few days of spontaneity, TRUE STORY is a more deliberately crafted opus. Recorded in Johannesburg over three sessions between December 2020 and April 2021 and further polished for months in post-production sessions in 2023, the record is synesthetically vivid throughout, […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Diteboho - Pitso (1st Movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGkMKHlbrjY

Black classical music, with traces of Abdullah Ibrahim...

#SouthAfrica #Jazz

Hailing from Arusha, #Tanzania, Frida Amani is known for her unique blend of Afro-fusion, Hip-Hop and more traditional sounds.

Her 2021 release “Madam President,” advocating female empowerment and encouraging young women to aspire for leadership roles, such as the presidency, earned her an invitation to the Tanzanian State House, where she was recognized by the President of Tanzania as the “Madam President” of rap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLubNM38UB4

#Jazz #HipHop #AfricanMusic #LiveMusic

Almon Memela (Soweto)

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Born in 1936, Almon Memela is (was?) a South African composer, guitarist and producer, from Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal, who taught himself to play guitar as a child (first on homemade instruments and with no encouragement from his family). A remarkably versatile artist, his music went from Soul Jazz and Jive to Mbaqanga and AfroFunk. [...]

#70smusic #AfroFunk #Jazz #Mbaqanga #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

Ibrahim Khalil Shihab – Spring

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South Africa’s lost jazz history contains many an overlooked classic. But even within that hidden tradition, there are few albums that suffered such an unlucky fate as Spring, the monumental 1968 debut album by pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab, formerly Chris Schilder.
Though Shihab was only twenty-two when Spring was recorded, he was already a lynchpin of […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Philip Tabane – Malombo

https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-philip-tabane/

Philip Tabane (1934 – 2018) was a South African musician, vocalist, jazz guitarist and band leader, part of the group Malombo in the 60s.

#80smusic #FullAlbum #Jazz #SouthAfrica