Abdullah Ibrahim – Mannenberg
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-mannenberg/
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 [...]
#AbdullahIbrahim #Apartheid #Documentary #Jazz #Madiba #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
Op zondagmiddag 21 juni kan je ons live horen bij Kunstwerkplaats Quinta Essentia in Zwaanshoek.
De locatie is geweldig dus gun jezelf een heerlijk uitstapje , kom ons supporten en genieten van onze zomerse muziek!
Cape Crossing met
Gijs Levelt - trompet
Ellen van Vliet - accordeon
Jasper de Beer - bas
Tot dan! ☀️❤️
Info & tickets: http://kunstwerkplaats.com/agenda/
Dele Sosimi – Turbulent Times
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-turbulent-times/
“Turbulent Times” is an album by musician and producer Dele Sosimi in 2002. Since mid-90s is based in London and words of the new generation of musicians, bands, and collectives emerging there (Kokoroko, Onipa, Keleketla!, etc.)
Dele’s career began when he joined Fela Kuti‘s Egypt 80, where he played keyboards for seven years (1979-1986). [...]
#AfroFunk #FelaKuti #FemiKuti #Jazz #Nigeria #Remixed #AfroBeat #AfroJazz
Ezra Collective - Only Love Feat. Pa Salieu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ziixar3gqI
First single to their upcoming fourth studio album, "Here Because of Hope."
https://ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/here-because-of-hope
Sathima Bea Benjamin – Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sathima-bea-benjamin-africa/
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.
Originally recorded and released in 1976 on Rashid Vally’s As-Shams (Sun) label.
Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience – Kulun Mankwaleshi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-black-jesus-experience-kulun-mankwaleshi/
Mulatu Astatke blends his Ethio-jazz with the Melbourne-based group Black Jesus Experience in this extract from their album “To Know Without Knowing” in 2020.
Kulun Mankwaleshi is the arrangement of a traditional Ethiopian wedding song in the uniquely Ethiopian anchi-hoye scale. Both polyrhythmic and polymetric [...]
Asher Gamedze – Turbulence and Pulse
https://amf.didiermary.fr/asher-gamedze-turbulence-pulse/
Asher Gamedze is a cultural worker based in Cape Town, South Africa, involved in music, education and history.
As an independent musician he works as a drummer, composer and bandleader.
“Turbulence and Pulse,” his 3rd album was released in early 2023 and featured his quartet of Robin Fassie (trumpet), Buddy Wells (tenor saxophone), and [...]
Mopao Swahili Jazz – Msewe Hybrid
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mopao-swahili-jazz-msewe-hybrid/
Mopao Swahili Jazz, founded by Emmanuel Abraham Mwandemelela aka Emma Mopao, is from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The band play original jazz songs blending beats and rhythms from various African music traditions. They released their first album Taswira (Reaction) in 2019.
BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
Robin Fassie – Intwasa: The Becoming
https://amf.didiermary.fr/robin-fassie-intwasa-the-becoming/
Robin Fassie became known for his inspired performances on Listening to the Ground by Nduduzo Makhathini in 2015. “Intwasa: The Becoming” was released in 2023.
Robin Fassie, nephew of SA Pop legend Brenda Fassie, moves steadily towards becoming one of the finest young jazz musicians on the scene today. Already an outstanding trumpeter, his relaxed […]
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