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African Jazz Web Sites
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African Jazz Radio Shows
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Jazz
Festivals in Africa
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Capetown
Jazz Fest, South Africa
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Representative
musicians
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Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Kúnlé Odutayo, Miriam Makeba, Guy
Warren, Grand Kalle & l'African Jazz, Momo Wandel Soumah, Bheki
Mseleku, Feya Faku, Manu Dibango, Winston Mankunku, Tina Schouw
& Jack von Poll, Truly Fully Hey Shoo Wow Band, Nine, Themba Mkhize,
Vusi Mahlasela, Jimmy Dludlu, Paul Hamner, Loading Zone, Sibongile
Khumalo, Voice. African Jazz Pioneers, Loius Mhlanga, Musa Manzini,
Jonas Gwangwa, Kippie Moeketsi, Joe Zawinul, Johnny Dyani, Mongezi
Feza, Louis Moholo, Mtume, Bayete, Fela Kuti, Robin Kenyatta, King
Sunny Ade, Moses Molelekwa, Mbongeni Ngema, The Brotherhood of Breath,
Johnny Dyani, Mongezi Feza, Dudu Pukwana, Basil Coetzee, The Jazz
Epistles, Makhaya Mahlangu, Ratau Mike Makhalemele, Kora Jazz Trio,
Tony Allen
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Africa
& Middle East
African
jazz is a mix of the rich and diverse continent' musical
heritage with mainstream American jazz or Arabic or Latin
rhytms. In the 50's Congo was heavily influenced by the popular
Cuban music which was adopted and adapted with enthusiasm
by the numerous local bands and musicians. Often jazz bands
use keyboards, saxophones and guitars along with traditional
instruments and the result is an energetic, outstanding sound.
After 1960 the South African jazz took off. Among the well
established masters such as Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim,
but the list is growing with new talents such as Selaelo Selota
and Judith Sephuma.
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Michel Sajrawy
(Israel)
Composer, arranger, guitar player
Where
Middle East and Western music meet. With full understanding
of these cultures, on his first recording "Yathrib",
Michel Sajrawy combines in his compositions tradition
and modernity to create his own musical universe populated
with fluid, spiritual melodies and energetic avant-garde
improvisations. Remarkable is the interplay between guitars,
violins and percussion weaving together a fresh tapestry
of oriental and contemporary sonorities a la Mahavishnu
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Wajdi Cherif (Tunisia)
Piano
Pianist
and composer Wajdi Cherif developed his own sound and
style combining classical music, oriental themes and jazz
in spiritual, rich melodic expressions.
His latest recording "Jasmine" is a magical
exploration of the borderless world of music.
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FM Groove(Africa/USA)
Afro Beat/Jazz
Formed in 2000, FM Groove has been developing its
array of content products to position itself as a production
company known for it's highly developed unique sound and
artistic resources with a base in afro-modern movements.
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MULATU
ASTATKE ETHIO JAZZ VOL. 1 (Ethiopia)
2006/
AZMARI
Ethiopian musician and arranger Mulatu Astatke is the
founder of Ethio Jazz and a pioneer of the African Jazz
fusion genre. Born in Ethiopia, he studied at Lindisfarne
College and Trinity College of Music in England and Berklee
College of Music in Boston, USA.
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on line
Artist
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Selaelo
Selota-Enchanted Gardens (South Africa)
BMG AFRICA/2003
The first
release of this gifted young guitarist. A sensual, smooth music
where the African heritage meets modern rhytms.
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Gino
Sitson-Song Zin' (Cameroon/New
York)
Piranha
/2002
A marvellous polyphonic voice, sometimes remembering Al Jarreau,
combining gospel, blues and traditional African rhythms in an
original innovative way.
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Kekele-
Kinavana
Sterns Africa/2006
Iresistible fusion of Latin(Cuban), African and Spanish themes.
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Moya-Bambelela(Swaziland/England)
Discovery Records /2005
Moya
won the Glastonbury Unsigned Bands Competition, after over 1000
entries had been whittled down to six finalists. As winners
they will be performing on the Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury
2005. "Bambelela" is their debut album: acoustic African jazz-folk
fusion from the mountains of Swaziland.
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Momo Wandel Soumah - Afro Swing(Guinea)
Fonti Musicali/2001
Charming
gravel-voiced Guinean Saxophone man with a real slow-burner
that has grown gradually in popularity since its release in
1999. The sound is a modern African Rhythm & Blues fusion with
Momo Wandel's clear, bright Sax and deep' groaners' voice
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Marcus
Wyatt - Gathering(South Africa)
Sheer Sound /2000
A warm,
subtle and colorful debut album. Trumpeter Marcus Wyatt is joined
by some of the best South African Jazz talents: Herbie Tsoaeli,
Lulu Gontsana, Andile Yenana, Sidney Mnisi(Voice),Carlo Mombelli,
Gaston Goliath, Buddy Wells, John Davies, Yelena Revishin, Johnny
Fourie, Afrika Mkhize.
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Toumani
Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de L'Independence
(Mali,
West Africa)
World Circuit/2006
A wonderful
"experimental" orchestra featuring musicians from
Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Toumani Diabaté,
a genius of African music and a kora player, is the "wizard"
of the party. Astounding, hypnotic African rhytms and melodies
with an explosive swing!
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Featured Artist
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Fela
Kuti
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Fela
Kuti at the BBC
Fela
Kuti Project
Native of Nigeria, the legendary Fela
Kuti was an explosive and often a provocative musician and a
political activist. His activity as a composer, saxophonist,
keyboardist and band leader spanned on almost 40 years and is
reflected by more than 77 records. Inventor of the Afrobeat,
a mix of funk, African music and Jazz.
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Zombie
Odoo
The
Two Sides of Fela: Jazz & Dance
Selected discography:
Expensive Shit/He Miss Road (1999, Talkin' Loud)
Zombie (1977, Wrasse)
Underground System (1992, Waresse)
The Best Best of Fela Kuti (1999, Universal) 2 CD compilation.
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