Africa

Jazz in Africa

Joseph Paice January 26, 2021

Dudu Pukwana (1938-1990) was a saxophonist, composer and occasional pianist, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, into a musical family....

Joseph Paice July 23, 2020

Born in Capetown, Abdullah Ibrahim (born 1934) was given the name Adolph Johannes Brand. He took piano lessons from the...

Joseph Paice July 9, 2020

Singer-guitarist Al Bowlly (1899-1941) was one of the most popular singers in 1930s Britain, with a distinctive and instantly recognisable...

Joseph Paice June 25, 2020

Mongezi Feza (1945-1975) was only 30 years old when he died, but in his short life he had a big...

Joseph Paice June 10, 2020

Joseph Ngala (born in 1935), known professionally as Mzee Bango, is a singer, saxophonist and composer, credited with the invention...

Joseph Paice June 9, 2020

Babatunde Olatunji (1927-2003) was a key figure in introducing American audiences (and musicians) to the spiritual power and rhythmic complexity...

Joseph Paice May 29, 2020

Kofi Ghanaba (1923-2008), who recorded as Guy Warren, is considered the founding father of a movement to reunite (in his...

Joseph Paice May 21, 2020

Jean Serge Essous (1935-2009) was born in Mossendjo in what was then French Equatorial Africa, today in the Republic of...

Joseph Paice May 20, 2020

Drummer Salah Ragab (1935-2008) was born into a military family, in comfortable circumstances, the son of a pasha (an honorary...

Joseph Paice May 20, 2020

Algerian-Jewish pianist, Maurice El Medioni (born 1928) was born in the port of Oran into a family of musicians. His...