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The Development of Jazz In South Africa

by Hotep Idris Galeta
November 25, 2003

South African jazz has had many elements contributing to its evolution and development, the most prominent and significant being the rich eclectic cultural diversity of the country's inhabitants and the influence of African-American culture upon it over the years. These two variants, coupled with an environment of legislated racism and gross human rights violations, created the ...

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Zimbabwe: Chimurenga & Tuku Music

by AAJ Staff
November 15, 2003

In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family--both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due to the mass commercialization of culture, and the fragmentation of the family unit certainly doesn't help. We are more lonely than we ...

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South Africa: A Fresh Crop

by AAJ Staff
November 15, 2003

It's ironic that South African jazz penetrated Western ears because of that country's expatriates, who fled in the '60s from utter repression. Its tentacles reached early into the European school of free jazz though the hands of pianist Chris McGregor and drummer Louis Moholo. Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim brought his very personal style through many changes, retaining ...

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West Africa: Different Standards

by AAJ Staff
November 15, 2003

This column has regularly strayed from any strict definition of jazz, with the goal of representing creative improvised African music in all its forms. To be honest, if one were to make a list of African musicians playing jazz in a strict sense, it would be very short indeed. Almost all of those musicians would come ...

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Algeria: Rai Or Not, Here We Come

by AAJ Staff
November 13, 2003

Algeria is positioned at an unusual juncture with respect to both geography and history. As a Mediterranean state, it's been immersed for centuries in a wash of influences from all over Europe and Africa. As a French colony, it's received a hefty dose of that country's culture (and stays well-connected to its audience). As a critical ...

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Erik Truffaz in Tampere: Fusion for the 21st Century

by Matthew Wuethrich
November 12, 2003

Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland October 31, 2003 The Erik Truffaz 4tet wears two faces. One screams, “Fusion Lives!" and the other whispers in hushed tones. But after 90 minutes it becomes clear which mask they prefer-the full-out, ear-splitting fusion. Most of their eight-song set consists of open-ended jams that show both ...

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New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan

by David Rickert
October 9, 2003

Involvement John Klemmer 1967 John Klemmer came on the scene a little too late for the heyday of jazz, but Involvement, his debut as a leader, shows an artist dedicated to keeping the Coltrane style in all its permutations alive and kicking. From the lightning quick riffs and rapid fire ...

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Four Monks From Columbia

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2003

However confusing the music of Thelonious Monk may have been during his later years, the documents of his fertile '60s period have been downright bewildering. Live and studio material has been scattered around on both original releases and various reissues, liner notes have come and gone, and concert material has either ended up completely lost or ...

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The Female Voice

by AAJ Staff
April 15, 2003

You either look backward or you look forward. If you look sideways, you might get lost. The traditions of African music run back millenia. In the unfolding of history, most African cultures have relied upon tramsmission of musical history through special social structures--often the patriarchal inheritance of the cherished position of griot: musical leader, ...

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Compilations: Mali, Ghana, Nigeria

by AAJ Staff
April 8, 2003

The whole scene used to be more obscure. It took a long time for most African artists to gain recognition outside their home turf. With time, attention from the recording industry, and an explosive expansion in general interest, Western listeners have come to appreciate the incredible diversity of styles from the continent. Certain African musicians have ...