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Various Artists: Archive Africa: From Jazz to Jive
by AAJ Staff
The striking diversity of today's South African music can mask the essential role of jazz in its development. On this compilation of '50s and '60s music assembled by Afribeat , thirteen different improvising groups celebrate the downbeat. These swinging, bluesy pieces reflect the jazz tradition through a variety of approaches.
What makes this collection especially interesting is that these pieces were culled from the (essentially untapped) SABC archives in Johannesburg, brought to light for the first time. They ...
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