Name: Rough Guide To South African Jazz
Brand: WORLD MUSIC NETWORK
SKU: 89256901
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Rough Guide To South African Jazz

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Album: Rough Guide To South African Jazz
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Yeka Yeka	More Info...
2)	Vuvuzela	More Info...
3)	Seven Days Ago	More Info...
4)	Dindela	More Info...
5)	Kwabulawayo	More Info...
6)	Clarinet Kwela	More Info...
7)	Jikela Emaweni	More Info...
8)	Tlhapi Ke Noga	More Info...
9)	Ntyilo Ntyilo	More Info...
10)	Ebhofolo (This Madness)	More Info...
11)	Emampondweni	More Info...
12)	Soweto	More Info...
13)	Dembese	More Info...

Album: Rough Guide To South African Jazz
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Yeka Yeka	More Info...
2)	Vuvuzela	More Info...
3)	Seven Days Ago	More Info...
4)	Dindela	More Info...
5)	Kwabulawayo	More Info...
6)	Clarinet Kwela	More Info...
7)	Jikela Emaweni	More Info...
8)	Tlhapi Ke Noga	More Info...
9)	Ntyilo Ntyilo	More Info...
10)	Ebhofolo (This Madness)	More Info...
11)	Emampondweni	More Info...
12)	Soweto	More Info...
13)	Dembese	More Info...

Performer Notes

This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. (ECD)
Includes liner notes by Graeme Ewens.
The rich traditions of African rhythms are echoed in all popular American music, and jazz is no exception. In turn, black South Africans became enamored with the familiar styles and structures of jazz as early as the 1920s. By the '50s, most towns had a few local bands, with Johannesburg boasting the sharpest innovators. The township bands played in a dynamic style that mingled elements of swing with marabi, the three-chord melodies by which African jazz was most popularly known. This excellent collection gives a good idea about the range and expertise of many of the players, from Sipho Mabuse's delicately beautiful sax playing on "Thaba Bosiu" to young Lemmy Special's virtuoso pennywhistle stylings on "See You Later." Although this broad 16-song offering covers the '50s through the '90s, it only includes one vocal performance -- Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks' swinging "Siyavuya" -- making for a lopsided although spectacular view of South African jazz. ~ Rosalind Cummings-Yeates