![]() ![]() Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band - Switchī3. The Jazz Epistles - Uku-Jonga Phambiliī1. Also features John Mehegan, Dollar Brand Trio, and Gideon Nxumalo. ![]() Kippie Moeketsi, Hugh Masekela (in The Jazz Epistles ), Dollar Brand, Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana (in Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band ), Mongesi Feza (in Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band), Barney Rabachan, Nick Moyake (in Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band), and of course the queen Miriam Makeba are just some of the main voices represented here. Masterfully selected from the so-called "Golden Age" of the genre, (late '50s/ early '60s), this compilation represents the best introduction to the work of a large and varied body of musicians and composers who inevitably developed their music as part of the historical Anti-Apartheid struggle, and as means of self-expression in the dark times of exile. ) South Africa gradually developed its own soulful style based on a distinctive taste for melody and a deep sense of groove. Any of various music genres created by Bantu peoples living in poor, racially-segregated urban areas of South Africa (townships) during the 20th century. Initially influenced by the great American stylists, ( Ellington, Gillespie. South Africa is in fact the only country in the whole African continent that has developed a strong jazz tradition. ![]()
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