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Abdullah Ibrahim al Roma Jazz Festival
by Serena Antinucci
Abdullah Ibrahim Roma Jazz Festival Auditorium Parco della Musica 17.11.2019 Mi piace pensare che Abdullah Ibrahim, mentre cammina lentamente verso il pianoforte della Sala Sinopoli, stia pensando al potere dell'istante. Come scriveva il poeta ottantacinquenne Jorge Luis Borges: Nel caso non lo sappiate, di quello è fatta la vita, solo di ...
King Kong to Sharpeville
by Seton Hawkins
Part two of an eight-part series exploring the past and present of South Africa's Jazz scene. This episode looks at the late 1950s in South Africa's Jazz, leading up to the early 1960s and the fallout of the Sharpeville Massacre. Playlist Cast of King Kong Sad Times, Bad Times" from King Kong: Original ...
Destination South Africa (Part 2)
by Ludovico Granvassu
One episode was not enough, so we needed more time to cover the South African scene. This week we look back at an earlier phase of the history of jazz in South Africa, focusing on some foundational bands and musicians, and the musicians they inspired both in South African and elsewhere. Playlist Ben Allison ...
Bokani Dyer: African Piano
by Seton Hawkins
Throughout this decade, pianist, composer, and bandleader Bokani Dyer has stood as one of the most formidable and creative keyboard talents in South Africa today. Raised in a musical family--his father is the legendary saxophonist Steve Dyer--Bokani Dyer quickly demonstrated an extraordinary musical vision and identity of his own. Indeed, albums of his, notably Emancipate the ...
Paula Shocron: Paths to a New Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
When Werner X. Uehlinger, the founder of Hat Hut Records, was asked about a statement on why he liked Argentinian pianist Paula Shocron's music, the answer was clear, short and succinct: The quality of surprise." Uehlinger discovered Shocron's music through her work with the SLD Trio and he liked their debut Anfitrión so much that the ...
Joy
by Ludovico Granvassu
Joy, something that we all need more of, especially on days with such lousy weather like these... We are all familiar with the fact that music can greatly contribute to such state, and neuroscience has proved that when pleasurable music is heard, dopamine is released. Let's then focus on music that has a very ...
Hugh Masekela: Strength in Music and Character
by R.J. DeLuke
This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 2009. I think it is incumbent, not just on every artist, but every person who has as their source communities that are disadvantaged, to give back," says Hugh Masekela, antiapartheid champion, friend of the downtrodden and musician extraordinaire who is still going strong ...
Dominic Egli's Plurism with Feya Faku: Fufu Tryout
by Alberto Bazzurro
Non ancora quarantenne (è nato in prossimità di Zurigo nel 1976), il batterista Dominic Egli ha fondato il trio Plurism nel 2011, e due anni dopo (settembre 2013), allargandolo a quartetto (non in tutti i brani) con l'inserimento del trombettista sudafricano Fezile Feya Faku (New Brighton, Port Elisabeth, 1962), ha inciso questo album, che si colloca ...
Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano
by John Kelman
Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett are widely thought to have represented ECM Records' initial solo piano forays with Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 & 2 (1971/1972) and Facing You (1972), respectively, but a lesser-known recording from 1969, unreleased until 1973 on ECM's sister label, JAPO, could be considered its true first. Originally released under Dollar Brand's birth ...