Jazz Articles about Safa

Safa: Alight

by AAJ Staff
January 23, 2003

In an obvious sense, jazz is firmly rooted in tradition. For the last century, artists have passed this music down from generation to generation through aural (and other) forms of communication. And, quite appropriately, that mode of inheritance also fits the definition of folk music quite well.

Likewise, jazz musicians have long drawn upon other cultural idioms as a source of inspiration. Afro-Cuban jazz appeared in the '40s, with Brazilian styles such as bossa nova and samba not ...