Malombo Jazz Makers
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International reissues of two classics of South African jazz by Malombo Jazz Makers, ‘Malompo Jazz’ (1966) and ‘Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2’ (1967). Formed in Mamelodi township near Pretoria, the group started out as Malombo Jazz Men with Julian Bahula on malombo drums, Abbey Cindi on flute and Philip Tabane on guitar. Fusing traditional and […]
Saturday Fever – Jivaro
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Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, les quatre membres de Jivaro ont été actifs à la fin des années 1980. “Saturday Fever” est sorti en 1989.
"One of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece 'Saturday Fever,' the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly […]
Thembi Dunjana
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Thembi Dunjana is a female jazz pianist from South Africa, and “a lover of hip hop sounds, rhythmic displacement and cool possibilities”. She received the Mzantsi Jazz award in 2021 and was a Basadi in Music award nominee in 2022.
Her album [God Bless iKapa. God Bless Mzantsi.] is a homage to the pianist’s home […]
Abraham Mennen
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Abraham Mennen is a South African saxophonist, improvisor and composer. In 2019, he released “The Really Revered Whole Story.”
Abdullah Ibrahim – Mannenberg
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Filmed in 1987, Abdullah Ibrahim describes in this interview how the iconic track “Mannenberg” came into being and performs it live. Taken from the BBC Arena film “A Brother with Perfect Timing.”
“Mannenberg” is a Cape jazz song by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid [...]
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