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Jazz From South Africa - Hugh Masakela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Johnny Dyani (1960 - 1978)

By Russell Perry | Jazz at 100
April 14, 2020
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The brutal repression of the subversive mixed-race jazz subculture in South Africa led to the emigration of several important musicians whose work in the United States and Europe helped focus the world's attention on the apartheid regime in the 1960s and 1970's. Prominent among the emigres are pianist

Abdullah Ibrahim

piano
b.1934

" data-original-title="" title="">Abdullah Ibrahim, who originally recorded as

Dollar Brand

" data-original-title="" title="">Dollar Brand, trumpeter

Hugh Masekela

flugelhorn
1939 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Hugh Masekela and bassist

Johnny Dyani

bass
1945 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny Dyani

Playlist

Host Intro 0:00
The Jazz Epistles
" data-original-title="" title="">The Jazz Epistles "Vary-Oo-Vum" from Jazz Epistle, Verse 1 (Celluloid) 3:53
Blue Notes
" data-original-title="" title="">Blue Notes "Dick's Pick" from Township Bop (Proper Records) 8:55
Host speaks 12:18
Hugh Masekela Quartet "Abangoma" from The Lasting Impressions Of Ooga Booga (MGM) 13:47
Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim solo "African Sun" from African Sketchbook (Enja) 17:43
Host speaks 24:52
Abdullah Ibrahim Quintet "Mannenberg" from Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening (The Sun) 28:40
Host speaks 42:07
Johnny Dyani solo "Ntyilo, Ntyilo, Take 1" from Withdoctor's Son (SteepleChase) 45:02
Johnny Dyani Quartet "Song for Biko" from Song For Biko (SteepleChase) 48:55
Johnny Dyani Sextet "Mbizo" from Withdoctor's Son (SteepleChase) 53:42
Host Outro 56:59

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