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Dudu Pukwana · 1974 · Composition de Pukwana sur des rythmes kwela

Context

Track from In the Townships, recorded in 1973 at The Manor Studio (Oxfordshire) by Dudu Pukwana and his group Spear. AllMusic ranks it among the high points of South African expatriate music in England; the Penguin Guide notes kwela rhythms combined with a deep knowledge of bebop.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to South African jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of South African jazz: Free jazz, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Baloyi (1974)
• Sonia (1974)
• Angel Nemali (1974)
• Diamond Express (1977)

Sources

• EN: In the Townships

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