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<p>Abdullah Ibrahim – Mannenberg</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-mannenberg/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-mannenberg/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibr</span><span class="invisible">ahim-mannenberg/</span></a></p><p>Filmed in 1987, Abdullah Ibrahim describes in this interview how the iconic track “Mannenberg” came into being and performs it live. Taken from the BBC Arena film “A Brother with Perfect Timing.”</p><p>“Mannenberg” is a Cape jazz song by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/abdullahibrahim/" rel="tag">#AbdullahIbrahim</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</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>Momo Wandel Soumah – Felenko Yéfé</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/momo-wandel-soumah-felenko-yefe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/momo-wandel-soumah-felenko-yefe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/momo-wandel-</span><span class="invisible">soumah-felenko-yefe/</span></a></p><p>Momo Wandel Soumah (1926 – 2003), était un chanteur, compositeur et saxophoniste de Guinée, reconnaissable à sa voix rocailleuse caractéristique et son style de saxophone très personnel et inspiré.</p><p>Imaginez Louis Armstrong avec un saxophone en Guinée, Roi du Swing et de l’Improvisation.</p><p>“Le jazz est né chez vous, mais moi, je l’ai ramené chez […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Omar Sosa &amp; Rajery – Tsiaro Tsara</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/omar-sosa-rajery-tsiaro-tsara/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/omar-sosa-rajery-tsiaro-tsara/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/omar-sosa-ra</span><span class="invisible">jery-tsiaro-tsara/</span></a></p><p>Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa has spent ten years shaping An East African Journey (2021), fusing jazz and traditional African music, with multiple artists from East Africa.</p><p>An exquisite set of world music recordings featuring 7-time GRAMMY-nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa collaborations [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/madagascar/" rel="tag">#Madagascar</a></p>

<p>finished listening <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/album/0a7wcn9aAHA3ocw3Qgfsyr" rel="nofollow">Blues &amp; Roots</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 <br>legendary </p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> <a href="/tags/charlesmingus/" rel="tag">#charlesmingus</a> <a href="/tags/bluesandroots/" rel="tag">#bluesandroots</a><br></p>

<p>Ami Taf Ra live on KEXP (11/2025)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmLMrqN8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmLMrqN8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmL</span><span class="invisible">MrqN8</span></a></p><p>Songs:<br>Law Kaana Qalbi 00:28<br>Speak To Us 03:36<br>How I Became A Madman 04:57<br>Love 11:56<br>The Prophet 21:14</p><p>See also: <a href="https://indieweb.social/@blogamf/115187302700266326" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indieweb.social/@blogamf/115187302700266326"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indieweb.social/@blogamf/11518</span><span class="invisible">7302700266326</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Lionel Loueke – Cantaloupe Island</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/lionel-loueke-cantaloupe-island/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/lionel-loueke-cantaloupe-island/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/lionel-louek</span><span class="invisible">e-cantaloupe-island/</span></a></p><p>HH, released in 2020, album of solo guitar reworkings of Herbie Hancock’s music by Lionel Loueke.</p><p>HH is an album from Lionel Loueke playing the music of his long-term mentor, the legendary Herbie Hancock.<br>Known for his ability to “transform the guitar into a virtual Afro-Western orchestra” (Jazz Times), he is a musician who transcends genre […]</p><p><a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/herbiehancock/" rel="tag">#HerbieHancock</a></p>

<p>Okyerema Asante – Mother Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/okyerema-asante-mother-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/okyerema-asante-mother-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/okyerema-asa</span><span class="invisible">nte-mother-africa/</span></a></p><p>“Mother Africa” from the album &quot;Drum Message,&quot; a seminal bit of funky Afrojazz from the DC scene of the 70s!</p><p>The album features work by Okyerema Asante (Ghanaian master percussionist) and also includes sax work by James “Plunky” Branch (aka Plunky Nkabinde) — best known as the leader of the group Oneness Of Juju. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>Kokoroko – We Give Thanks</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-</span><span class="invisible">give-thanks/</span></a></p><p>8-piece band Kokoroko released their long-awaited debut album “Could We Be More” in August 2022.</p><p>Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.</p><p>Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a></p>

<p>Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umdali</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/malcolm-jiyane-tree-o-umdali/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/malcolm-jiyane-tree-o-umdali/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/malcolm-jiya</span><span class="invisible">ne-tree-o-umdali/</span></a></p><p>A generous sideman and bandleader, multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane stands at the vanguard of his prodigious generation of jazz musicians. Operating from the centre and the fringes of the South African jazz scene, the trombonist (and pianist) is an enigmatic yet charismatic galvaniser of his contemporaries, able to put them through their paces in his own […]</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></p>

<p>One Night in Pelican</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/one-night-pelican/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/one-night-pelican/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/one-night-pe</span><span class="invisible">lican/</span></a></p><p>“One Night in Pelican” is a compilation that features all the key groups and players of a special time and place. It captures the musical dreams escaping from Soweto’s first nightclub.</p><p>Ten seminal tracks journeying through Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Disco, detailing the incredible story and sounds behind the Soweto nightclub during the height of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/souljazz/" rel="tag">#SoulJazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Nalbandian The Ethiopian</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-ethiopian-ethiopiques-32/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-ethiopian-ethiopiques-32/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-e</span><span class="invisible">thiopian-ethiopiques-32/</span></a></p><p>“Nalbandian The Ethiopian, Either/Orchestra and Guests” is the second album (Ethiopiques 32) coming out from the “relaunch” of the Ethiopiques series, released last december. It follows “Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band” (Ethiopiques 31).</p><p><a href="/tags/ethiojazz/" rel="tag">#Ethiojazz</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: i love her mississippi goddam face, so here is an evolution of eunice kathleen waymons wearing it well, in honour of what would have been her 93rd birthday.<br><a href="/tags/ninasimone/" rel="tag">#ninaSimone</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/botd/" rel="tag">#botd</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#northCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a></p>

<p>Kujenga – Ransome</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-ransome/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-ransome/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kujenga-rans</span><span class="invisible">ome/</span></a></p><p>Ransome, by the SouthAfrican improvised music collective Kujenga, is a tribute song to Fela Kuti released in August 2025. It’s part of their EP “Common Ground.”</p><p>Common Ground is a small collection of songs written and inspired by different traditions of African music. It was recorded live in the church halls of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Samuel Yirga – Blues for Wollo</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/samuel-yirga-habasha-sessions-blues-wollo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/samuel-yirga-habasha-sessions-blues-wollo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/samuel-yirga</span><span class="invisible">-habasha-sessions-blues-wollo/</span></a></p><p>From album “The Habasha Sessions” in 2011, by Samuel Yirga.</p><p>“Bringing contemporary and classical jazz, celebrated pop songs from the golden era of Ethiopian music, traditional Ethiopian rhythms and deeply-felt classical piano undertones […]”</p><p><a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a></p>

<p>Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band – In The Mood</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bulawayo-sweet-rhythms-band-in-the-mood/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bulawayo-sweet-rhythms-band-in-the-mood/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bulawayo-swe</span><span class="invisible">et-rhythms-band-in-the-mood/</span></a></p><p>Flip side of Skokiaan by Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band, recorded in 1947.<br>It’s not Glen Miller, but it’s Jazzy-Boogie-Rock…</p><p>August Machona Musarurwa was born in the Zvimba District of Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia (or British Southern Rhodesia) around 1925. Originally he recorded the song “Skokiaan” with “The African Dance Band Of The Cold Storage Commission Of Southern [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>stopped reading <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/7JoGYLWvkRWawQUxsnbDyD" rel="nofollow">Beneath the Underdog</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 <br><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/charlesmingus/" rel="tag">#CharlesMingus</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a><br></p>

<p>I&#x27;m 99% certain I added this one to the tape for my college &quot;Appreciating Country Music&quot; final. I always thought it was a crossover tune. This is the original recording, off of a Teac 3340S. Hope you like it. My voice seems to have changed a little.</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/wwwyXfypLrqfwuv3c462ut" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/wwwyXfypLrqfwuv3c462ut"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/wwwyXfy</span><span class="invisible">pLrqfwuv3c462ut</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/country/" rel="tag">#country</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a></p>

<p>Mehdi Laifaoui – Sidi El Hakem</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-laifaoui-sid-el-hakem/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-laifaoui-sid-el-hakem/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-laifao</span><span class="invisible">ui-sid-el-hakem/</span></a></p><p>Mehdi Laifaoui is an Algerian author, composer and performer. His repertoire includes original compositions and some revisited Rai standards of the 70s and 80s. His music mixes Bedouin and Trab modes, a pentatonic music that gives Algerian Rai music its uniquely African flavour.</p><p>Listen to his “Opus &amp; Trab Project,” a repertoire rooted in the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Shabaka - Eyes Lowered<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68HbFFNGVMk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=68HbFFNGVMk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=68HbFF</span><span class="invisible">NGVMk</span></a></p><p>From the new album &#x27;Of The Earth&#x27; to be released on March 6, 2026<br><a href="https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-</span><span class="invisible">the-earth</span></a></p><p>(Yes, this is the Shabaka you know...)<br>&#x27;Of the Earth’ was entirely written, produced, performed and mixed by Shabaka.</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>

<p>Super Biton de Segou – Bara Musso</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-biton-de-segou-bara-musso/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-biton-de-segou-bara-musso/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-biton-</span><span class="invisible">de-segou-bara-musso/</span></a></p><p>Super Biton de Segou was one of the great bands of Mali of the 1970s and 1980s, created as the Orchestre Régional de Segou, at the first Biennale in 1970 where they won several prices. They were part of all the great Post-independence Malian orchestras. Super Biton was created in the mid-1960s, with the members […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a></p>

<p>Join me Tuesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when <a href="/tags/laesoterica/" rel="tag">#LaEsoterica</a> explores experimental <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a>. Feature presentation (s): The Cry of Jazz (1959) &amp; Art Ensemble of Chicago at the 1970 Festival de Jazz de Châteauvallon. Playlist available here (<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTftGN8jJTrIhjbvXfv8Uu7hn&amp;si=2mQVEmp5RC189Sys" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTftGN8jJTrIhjbvXfv8Uu7hn&amp;si=2mQVEmp5RC189Sys"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Z</span><span class="invisible">slnc5XTftGN8jJTrIhjbvXfv8Uu7hn&amp;si=2mQVEmp5RC189Sys</span></a>) <br>(1/6)</p>

<p>Prince K. Musarurwa – Nyamatsatse</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/prince-kudakwashe-musarurwa-nyamatsatse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/prince-kudakwashe-musarurwa-nyamatsatse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/prince-kudak</span><span class="invisible">washe-musarurwa-nyamatsatse/</span></a></p><p>RIP Prince K. Musarurwa (December 5, 1988 – February 15, 2020), also known simply as Prince, who was a Zimbabwean African Jazz singer, songwriter and producer. He played the guitar and mbira.<br>“Nyamatsatse” was released on his last album before his death at 31.</p><p>Musarurwa was born and raised in Zimbabwe. His career began within the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/mbira/" rel="tag">#Mbira</a> <a href="/tags/zimbabwe/" rel="tag">#Zimbabwe</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Vuyo Viwe / in rehearsal (Ndalo)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vOsXOBXlE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vOsXOBXlE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vOsX</span><span class="invisible">OBXlE</span></a></p><p>More music: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/vuyoviwe" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>soundcloud.com/vuyoviwe</a></p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Reza Khota Quartet – Liminal</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-quartet-liminal/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-quartet-liminal/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-q</span><span class="invisible">uartet-liminal/</span></a></p><p>Cape Town-based guitar player Reza Khota is Artist in Residence in the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. Reza Khota Quartet released “Liminal” in 2018.</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></p>

<p>Miriam Makeba &amp; The Skylarks (1956-59)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeb</span><span class="invisible">a-the-skylarks-1956-59/</span></a></p><p>The Skylarks were an all-woman South African vocal group, founded by Miriam Makeba in 1956. The original lineup comprised Makeba and Johanna Radebe, Mary Rabotapi, and Mummy Girl Nketle. Later, Helen Van Rensburg and Abigail Kubeka replaced Radebe. They played a blend of South African (mbombela, kwela) and Zulu music, jazz and jive/swing. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>