Adam Glasser's new album ‘SA & Beyond’ celebrates South African jazz legends
Veteran musician Adam Glasser discusses his new album ‘SA & Beyond’, the influence of South African jazz and his unique ...
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat review - jazz-themed documentary on the 1960s Congo Crisis
The British writer and Africa specialist Michela Wrong recently wrote a whistle-stop summary of the upheavals that afflicted ...
Review: Jazz, African independence, secret agents — it’s all in ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for ...
At 90, jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is still finding new ways to engage with music
South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...
Nelson Mandela’s favorite pianist, South African jazz master Abdullah Ibrahim, is bringing his trio to Philly
“Bach? Beethoven? We’ve got better,” Mandela once said of the musician who just turned 90.
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Vanderbilt University’s Reputation as a Jazz Center Keeps Growing
We take a look at the phenomenal Phil Schaap Jazz Collection, recently arrived at the university’s Blair School of Music, and ...
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Abdullah Ibrahim on his new trio, meeting Duke Ellington, and his accidental anthem, "Mannenberg"
and Sunday night on GBH Music’s Jazz on 89.7. Al Davis: Okay. Abdullah Ibrahim: So they managed to get me backstage with his musicians and some other people... And Monk! I went up to him and I ...
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Review: Jazz, African independence, secret agents — it's all in 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'
But also, how that music was muffled ... It was a time, after all, when jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Melba Liston were dispatched as cultural ambassadors to Africa’s post-colonial ...