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Archive Africa: From Jazz to Jive

Label: Afribeat
Released: 2002
Track listing: Umhambi; Love for Sale; Them Blues; Walking Bass; The Rock; Dicks Pick; Mister Mecca; Don't Bother; A Prelude to a Kiss; Pinise's Dance; Umthandazo; London's Burning; I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha.

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Read "Archive Africa: From Jazz to Jive" reviewed 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 ...


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