Jazz Music
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Tumi Mogorosi’s new album has echoes of South African and American jazz traditions
‘Group Theory: Black Music’ is warm and human and its standout closing track brings together its intellectual and revolutionary influences.
Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
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Jonas Gwangwa: The musician who embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture
The trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end.
Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
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Celebrating 100 years of Charlie Parker, the innovator who changed jazz forever
Many aficionados consider Parker on a par with classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven.
Emile Wennekes, The Conversation
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‘Hot Hindustanis Here’: When Indian classical music and jazz came together for a radical experiment
Jazz great Don Ellis’ music underwent profound change after he formed the band Hindustani Jazz Sextet with sitarist Harihar Rao in the 1960s.
Anu Kumar
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Watch the jazz trumpeter who makes funerals memorable in Mumbai
‘Music brings peace.’
Scroll Staff