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Traditional dance

Moscow-Pullman Daily News 20 Apr 2024

Judy Drown, a University of Idaho instructor, ...

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Q&A: Tunde excited to perform on African soil at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival

Independent online (SA) 18 Apr 2024

We recently chatted to songwriter and Lighthouse Family singer, Tunde Baiyewu, about his upcoming tour to South Africa as part of the 21st celebrations of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) happening May 3 and 4.

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Ann Arbor's Blue Llama teams up with chef JJ Johnson for new jazz club menu

Detroit news 17 Apr 2024

A popular destination in Ann Arbor's nightlife scene is bringing in a nationally recognized New York City chef to revamp its menu with inspiration from jazz clubs in Harlem and New Orleans ... "Jazz music ...

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Grondahl: Sinatra immortalized in a Delmar church

Times Union 17 Apr 2024

To get 200 people for a six-week class on jazz is extraordinary,” Hawkins said ... Hawkins, 41, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up in Minneapolis, where he played cello and piano in his high school jazz band.

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Encuentro Music to Release Reginald Policard’s Global Jazz Album 'Boarding Pass' in Label Debut

All About Jazz 15 Apr 2024

Together with special guests from all over the world, Reginald brings the musical traditions of Haiti, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and American jazz to Boarding Pass, an exciting and fresh ...

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Headline Act – a double celebration for Cape Town’s Jazz Fest

Independent online (SA) 12 Apr 2024

With 21-days before the staging of the 21st Cape Town International Jazz festival, Africa’s Grandest Gathering and Loot.co.za celebrate joint 21st milestones, with the eCommerce platform announcing it ...

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Record Store Day 2024 Jazz Releases

All About Jazz 11 Apr 2024

Practically all genres of music are represented and, of course, jazz is no exception. Fortunately, the April 2024 drop promises plenty of jazz offerings, so the most difficult part for most jazz collectors might easily be deciding what not to buy.

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Ten questions, two days: An Interview with Nicola Conte

Mail Guardian South Africa 09 Apr 2024

Despite having to grapple with my terrible broadband, Conte graciously took my calls, eager to discuss his tour to South Africa to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, which will culminate in International Jazz Day on 30 April.

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Turn the Lights and the Music Up! Jazz Royalty is in the House…

Independent online (SA) 09 Apr 2024

Bringing it home, South Africa’s platinum selling, Queen of Afro-jazz, Judith Sephuma (SA), The Voice SA star and platinum record seller songbird, Ami Faku (SA), the Hilton Schilder Quintet who have ...

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‘The spirits of my ancestors empower me’: jazz great Idris Ackamoor on Afrofuturism, activism and André 3000

The Observer 09 Apr 2024

The greatest music by spiritual jazz maestro and acclaimed saxophonist Idris Ackamoor suggests a swirling symbiosis between the living and the dead ... Our partnership, which really started in Africa, has been through a lot of up and downs.

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Africarise: SA jazz to the globe

Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Apr 2024

Beyond that, Hawkins feels, the albums are “two interesting representations of South African jazz — one fully developed within South Africa, with Southern African artists, and one featuring a transatlantic collaboration with American artists”.

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Tyla, South Africa’s amapiano angel, manifests stardom in debut album

The Grio 30 Mar 2024

Tyla is introducing much of the world to amapiano, a fusion of Kwaito house music and jazz. NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, practicing acceptance speeches in the mirror, envisioning herself on the grandest award stages.

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Colter Harper hosting book launch for 'Jazz in the Hill'

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 28 Mar 2024

As an early member of Rusted Root, jazz has taken Harper to various places including Accra, Ghana, where he spent many years teaching. His areas of research and study focus on ethnomusicology, jazz, popular music and the musical traditions of Africa.

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Cape Town jazz festival tuning up after Covid lull

Mail Guardian South Africa 26 Mar 2024

Another London outfit, Kokoroko, promises to be a crowd-puller with their thrilling blend of jazz and Afrobeat. The third English band, Matt Bianco, founded in 1982, will stretch the definition of “jazz” to snapping point for many fans.

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