Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

But also, how that music was muffled by lethal instruments ... when jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Melba Liston were dispatched as cultural ambassadors to Africa’s post-colonial regions ...

The annual gathering, which is dubbed “Africa’s Grandest Gathering ... to truly connect with the genre. Jazz is about improvisation, so playing an instrument offers insight into its ...

Nélida Karr (Equatorial Guinea): In Africa, Jazz found a natural resonance with traditional rhythms and melodies. Artists like Hugh Masekela in South Africa and Manu Dibango in Cameroon blended ...

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