South African jazz

Movement · 1959 → · South Africa, Ethiopia · Hybrids and world

Jazz Epistles, Blue Notes (1963), Brotherhood of Breath (1969), Mannenberg (June 1974); Mulatu Astatke's Éthiogroove. Exile and resistance to apartheid.

Where it comes from

• Free jazz
• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)

Artists

• Abdullah Ibrahim (1934–2026?, piano)
• Hugh Masekela (1939–2018, trumpet, flugelhorn)
• Bheki Mseleku (1955–2008, piano, saxophone, guitar)
• Miriam Makeba (1932–2008, vocals)
• Chris McGregor (1936–1990, piano, composition, conducting)
• Nduduzo Makhathini (piano, vocals)
• Thandi Ntuli (piano, composition)
• Moses Molelekwa (1973–2001, piano, keyboards, vocals)

Tracks to start with

• Mannenberg — Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) (1974)
• Yakhal' Inkomo — Winston Mankunku (1968)
• Timelessness — Bheki Mseleku (1994)
• African Marketplace — Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) (1980)
• Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) — Hugh Masekela (1987)
• Yehlisan'uMoya — Nduduzo Makhathini (2020)
• Exiled — Thandi Ntuli (2018)
• Genes and Spirits — Moses Molelekwa (1998)

Sources

• EN : Cape jazz

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