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<p>Gabopatwe &amp; Mpho Sebina - Lerato<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_lHYGDH0A" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_lHYGDH0A"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_lHY</span><span class="invisible">GDH0A</span></a></p><p>James Gabopatwe (piano) with multi-award nominee Mpho Sebina.</p><p><a href="/tags/botswana/" rel="tag">#Botswana</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/soul/" rel="tag">#Soul</a></p>

<p>John Coltrane – Dahomey Dance</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/john-coltrane-dahomey-dance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/john-coltrane-dahomey-dance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/john-coltran</span><span class="invisible">e-dahomey-dance/</span></a></p><p>“Olé Coltrane” is the ninth album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records.</p><p>Dahomey is the ancient name of Bénin, a West African country.</p><p>Two days prior to the recording of Olé Coltrane, Coltrane had made Africa/Brass, his inaugural recording session for his new label, Impulse! Records. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>Amagoduka – Zim Ngqawana</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zim-ngqawana-amagoduka-migrant-workers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/zim-ngqawana-amagoduka-migrant-workers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/zim-ngqawana</span><span class="invisible">-amagoduka-migrant-workers/</span></a></p><p>The song Amagoduka, by Zim Ngqawana, tells the tale of migrant workers who’ve historically had to leave their homes in the hinterlands for big cities in search of a better day.</p><p>Zim Ngqawana (1959-2011)<br>South African flautist and saxophonist, composer and teacher, Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’ (and later as ‘Zimology’) […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust2025/" rel="tag">#Blaugust2025</a></p>

<p>Bokang Ramatlapeng - Chant Song: Bakoena Ba Nkopane<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlR9S-rZeak" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlR9S-rZeak"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlR9S-</span><span class="invisible">rZeak</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Tefo Mahola – First Offering</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tefo-mahola-first-offering/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tefo-mahola-first-offering/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tefo-mahola-</span><span class="invisible">first-offering/</span></a></p><p>Tefo Mahola (aka “Talking Drum”) is a drummer and composer from Gugulethu, Cape Town. His first album “First Offering” was released in 2020. He’s Mzantsi Jazz Awards “Best Album of 2021” winner. Thembi (Thembelihle) Dunjana appears on piano.</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Louis Moholo-Moholo</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo-moholo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo-moholo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo</span><span class="invisible">-moholo/</span></a></p><p>Louis Tebogo Moholo, known in later life as Louis Moholo-Moholo, legendary South African drummer, passed away recently.<br>If you’re into FreeJazz / AvantGardeJazz, you should check his discography.</p><p>Born March 10, 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa, he died June 13, 2025 in South Africa. He was in exile from 1964, as the Blue Notes, the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Various - The Future Sound Of Jazz (Ambientelectronicabstractdigitaljazz Vol. 1) (<a href="/tags/downtempo/" rel="tag">#Downtempo</a>, <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a>) <a href="/tags/compostrecords/" rel="tag">#CompostRecords</a> <a href="/tags/triphop/" rel="tag">#TripHop</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/electronic/" rel="tag">#Electronic</a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3MycfDcE-M" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3MycfDcE-M"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Mycf</span><span class="invisible">DcE-M</span></a></p>

<p>Sikiza Matshikiza – Pat Matshikiza</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sikiza-matshikiza-pat-matshikiza/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sikiza-matshikiza-pat-matshikiza/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sikiza-matsh</span><span class="invisible">ikiza-pat-matshikiza/</span></a></p><p>Pianist, singer and composer Pat Matshikiza (10 November 1938 – 29 December 2014) will go down in the annals of South African music as one of the jazz pioneers who played a pivotal role in the birth and evolution of jazz in the country. Born in Queenstown in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province in 1938, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Ola Onabulé – What The Heck</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-</span><span class="invisible">what-the-heck/</span></a></p><p>British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé released his album “Point Less” in 2019, with strong musical and thematic connections to Nigeria, following his critically acclaimed 2015 recording “It’s The Peace That Deafens.”</p><p>Onabulé has built an enviably solid music career through a relentless schedule both in the recording studio and as an international touring performer. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Dollar Brand – African Space Program</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-african-space-program-1974/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-african-space-program-1974/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand</span><span class="invisible">-african-space-program-1974/</span></a></p><p>“African Space Program”, recorded in 1973, contains 3 compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim / Dollar Brand, where he arranges for a big band.</p><p>&quot;This is unique, pancultural music. Brand, as his followers know, is a native-bom South African who is well-versed both in modern conservatory music and in the music of his native Africa. He’s skilled [...]&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/abdullahibrahim/" rel="tag">#AbdullahIbrahim</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Sangoma (Sibongile) Nene - Biko<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSw6X50boDQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSw6X50boDQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSw6X5</span><span class="invisible">0boDQ</span></a></p><p>First Jazz album by Sangoma Nene, a healer through song, a matriarch divinely ordained, a seasoned Sangoma practitioner, artist, and spiritual guide.</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/4Bpl1exm8i4ixNxeOk9YY6" rel="nofollow">Who Was Langston Hughes?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>这本好玩，学到不少新概念，爵士诗歌、哈林文艺复兴，年轻时被共产主义（作为美国种族隔离的替代）吸引去过苏联和中国，晚年逐渐远离且去政治化。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> poetry <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a><br></p>

<p>Music app says the piece I listened <br>to most last year was Weather Report&#x27;s 1977 &quot;Birdland.&quot; Jaco&#x27;s bass lead-in grabs me the first hard note. It&#x27;s magic.</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> <a href="/tags/jacopastorius/" rel="tag">#JacoPastorius</a> <a href="/tags/weatherreport/" rel="tag">#WeatherReport</a> <a href="/tags/jazzfusion/" rel="tag">#JazzFusion</a></p>

<p>Tete Mbambisa – Tete’s Big Sound</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tete-mbambisa-big-sound/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tete-mbambisa-big-sound/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tete-mbambis</span><span class="invisible">a-big-sound/</span></a></p><p>An often ignored classic of South African jazz, “Tete’s Big Sound” by Tete Mbambisa was released in 1976.</p><p>The album Tete’s Big Sound emerged during a golden age for local South African jazz recordings in the 1970s. Issued by the independent As-Shams/The Sun label in 1976, it was the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Art Blakey &amp; The Afro-Drum Ensemble – Ayiko Ayiko</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/art-blakey-afro-drum-ensemble-ayiko-ayiko/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/art-blakey-afro-drum-ensemble-ayiko-ayiko/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/art-blakey-a</span><span class="invisible">fro-drum-ensemble-ayiko-ayiko/</span></a></p><p>The track “Ayiko Ayiko”, by Art Blakey &amp; The Afro-Drum Ensemble, and the album “The African Beat” (Blue Note, 1962) as a whole, is very important to me, as it is probably the origin of what I do today, e.g. on this site.</p><p>At least, I became a Jazz &amp; African musics aficionado…</p><p><a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/artblakey/" rel="tag">#ArtBlakey</a></p>

<p>Tony Allen – The Source</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-source/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-source/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-s</span><span class="invisible">ource/</span></a></p><p>Tony Allen passed away on April 30th 2020 in Paris, at the age of 79.Born in Lagos in 1940, Tony Oladipo Allen was a hugely influential musical figure, most notably as the defining rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70.</p><p>In 2017, he released 2 albums via Blue Note, a tribute EP to Art Blakey and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/tonyallen/" rel="tag">#TonyAllen</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>It’s not from Africa, it’s about it…</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-esperanza-spalding/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-esperanza-spalding/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-e</span><span class="invisible">speranza-spalding/</span></a></p><p>Black Gold by Esperanza Spalding (special guest: Algebra Blessett), from her album “Radio Music Society,” released for the first day of Black History Month in 2012.</p><p>To the press, she wrote “This song is singing to our African American heritage before slavery. Over the decades, so much of the strength in the African American community […]&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a></p>

<p>Spirit Of Malombo</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/spirit-of-malombo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/spirit-of-malombo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/spirit-of-ma</span><span class="invisible">lombo/</span></a></p><p>Next Stop Soweto presents Spirit Of Malombo: Malombo, Jabula, Jazz Afrika 1966-1984</p><p>The influential and heavily political music of drummer Julian Bahula since the mid-’60s who appeared with the Malombo Jazz Makers, Jabula and Jazz Afrika bands.</p><p>Bahula’s first group was the Malombo Jazzmen, led by guitarist Philip Tabane with flautist Abbey Cindi. They broke the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Hadouk Trio – Baldamore</p><p>Hadouk Trio, est un groupe d’ethno-jazz ou world jazz français. Baldamore est un album live en 2007 et sa sortie fut accompagnée d’un DVD enregistré en particulier au Cabaret Sauvage.</p><p>Composé de Didier Malherbe, Loy Ehrlich et <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@steveshehan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steveshehan</span></a></span> , Hadouk Trio fut consacré meilleure formation dans la catégorie « artiste ou formation instrumentale française de l’année » […]</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/hadouk-trio-baldamore/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/hadouk-trio-baldamore/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/hadouk-trio-</span><span class="invisible">baldamore/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/worldmusic/" rel="tag">#WorldMusic</a></p>

<p>Kora Jazz Trio – Folly</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-tr</span><span class="invisible">io-folly-mezzo/</span></a></p><p>Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums […]</p><p><a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/manding/" rel="tag">#Manding</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Legendary saxophonist and Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen celebrates 100 years with his debut solo album New Dawn, out Feb. 14.</p><p><a href="https://marshallallen.bandcamp.com/album/new-dawn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="marshallallen.bandcamp.com/album/new-dawn"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marshallallen.bandcamp.com/alb</span><span class="invisible">um/new-dawn</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/avantgarde/" rel="tag">#AvantGarde</a></p>

<p>Assa Matusse - Aprendeste aonde?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/dTufgpX6sQA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/dTufgpX6sQA</a></p><p>Live version<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmgLHf68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmgLHf68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmg</span><span class="invisible">LHf68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mozambique/" rel="tag">#Mozambique</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>Ray Lema Quintet – Live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ray-lema-quintet-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ray-lema-quintet-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ray-lema-qui</span><span class="invisible">ntet-live/</span></a></p><p>Ray Lema Quintet live on stage at Africolor Festival in october 2012.</p><p><a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/piano/" rel="tag">#Piano</a></p>

<p>Miriam Makeba &amp; Nina Simone – Thulasizwe</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-nina-simone-thulasizwe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-nina-simone-thulasizwe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeb</span><span class="invisible">a-nina-simone-thulasizwe/</span></a></p><p>Nina Simone collaborated with Miriam Makeba on the song “Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released” and on May 21st, 1961, performed at Carnegie Hall for Church of the Master’s annual benefit concert. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/gospel/" rel="tag">#Gospel</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/miriammakeba/" rel="tag">#MiriamMakeba</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/ninasimone/" rel="tag">#NinaSimone</a></p>

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