#afrojazz — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #afrojazz, aggregated by home.social.
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Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience – Kulun Mankwaleshi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-black-jesus-experience-kulun-mankwaleshi/
Mulatu Astatke blends his Ethio-jazz with the Melbourne-based group Black Jesus Experience in this extract from their album “To Know Without Knowing” in 2020.
Kulun Mankwaleshi is the arrangement of a traditional Ethiopian wedding song in the uniquely Ethiopian anchi-hoye scale. Both polyrhythmic and polymetric [...]
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Asher Gamedze – Turbulence and Pulse
https://amf.didiermary.fr/asher-gamedze-turbulence-pulse/
Asher Gamedze is a cultural worker based in Cape Town, South Africa, involved in music, education and history.
As an independent musician he works as a drummer, composer and bandleader.
“Turbulence and Pulse,” his 3rd album was released in early 2023 and featured his quartet of Robin Fassie (trumpet), Buddy Wells (tenor saxophone), and [...] -
Mopao Swahili Jazz – Msewe Hybrid
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mopao-swahili-jazz-msewe-hybrid/
Mopao Swahili Jazz, founded by Emmanuel Abraham Mwandemelela aka Emma Mopao, is from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The band play original jazz songs blending beats and rhythms from various African music traditions. They released their first album Taswira (Reaction) in 2019.
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BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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BLK JKS & ALEKESAM – The Boy’s Doin’ It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-alekesam-the-boys-doin-it/
Featuring Masekela’s son, Sal Masekela (aka ALEKESAM) and his nephew Selema, here’s an homage to the late musical icon Hugh Masekela, with a cover of his classic 1975 Afro-funk-rock “THE BOY’S DOIN’ IT!”
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Cover #HughMasekela #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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Robin Fassie – Intwasa: The Becoming
https://amf.didiermary.fr/robin-fassie-intwasa-the-becoming/
Robin Fassie became known for his inspired performances on Listening to the Ground by Nduduzo Makhathini in 2015. “Intwasa: The Becoming” was released in 2023.
Robin Fassie, nephew of SA Pop legend Brenda Fassie, moves steadily towards becoming one of the finest young jazz musicians on the scene today. Already an outstanding trumpeter, his relaxed […]
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Cheikh Ndoye – A Child’s Tale (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-ndoye-child-tale-live/
Bassist and composer Cheikh Ndoye, originally from Senegal, West Africa, has been described as a “Young Lion” with the path he embarked upon so early in his career. The multi-instrumentalist revealed the depth of his artistry with his first CD release (2008), A Child’s Tale, in which musical giants such as Randy Brecker, Russell Ferrante, […]
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Fela Kuti – Waka Waka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fela-ransome-kuti/
“Waka Waka” and “Se E Tun De” on this 45T from the sixties by Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos.
There’s a live version on the 3-disc set Highlife: Jazz and AfroSoul (1963-1969) below.
A collection of recordings made between 1963 and 1969 that provide unique insight into the beginnings of Kuti’s craft. […]
#60smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Highlife #Jazz #Nigeria #AfroJazz
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IzangoMa – Ngo Ma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/izangoma-ngo-ma/
IzangoMa is a 15-piece ensemble from Pretoria, South Africa, led by vocalist and guitarist Sibusile Xaba with DJ/producer AshK.
Ngo Ma is their first release in 2023.The fifteen-piece kaleidoscopic ensemble IzangoMa might only be releasing its debut offering on the esteemed UK-based label Brownswood Recording this coming Northern Hemisphere Spring, [...]
#FullAlbum #Jazz #Psychedelic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz #Electro
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Kamal Keila – African Unity
The music of Kamal Keila, known as the “James Brown or Fela Kuti of Sudan,” recorded some time in the 90s, although probably composed in the 70s (read below), got finally released in 2018.
“Muslims & Christians” features Ethiopian, Sudanese jazz, funk, blues and soul sounds with powerful lyrics. […]
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Ce qui rend la musique éthiopienne intéressante, c’est que nous avons ces quatre beaux modes — anchihoy, ambassel, tizita et bati — et ce que j’ai fait, c’est mettre ces modes en dessous et mettre le monde dessus, que ce soit la musique latine, le jazz américain ou la musique européenne.
#EthioJazz #JazzFusion #Jazz #AfroJazz #Ethiopia #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qIJv6XGejc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhvPsf7nkKs&list=OLAK5uy_kuNU0_2WshzZ2SmFqu2Q4Q0U84oboNQ80&index=3
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Kippie Moeketsi – African Day
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kippie-moeketsi-african-day/
Jeremiah “Kippie” Morolong Moeketsi (1925-1983) was a South African jazz alto saxophonist, sometimes referred to as “the father of South African jazz” and as “South Africa’s Charlie Parker”.
Reissue of Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer’s collaborative album, Blue Stompin’ […]
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Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
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Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
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Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
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Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
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Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
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Dele Sosimi & Estuary 21
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-estuary-21/
Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, known as Dele Sosimi, the UK based Afrobeat ambassador, former band member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and co-founder with Femi Kuti of the Positive Force finally unleashed his full debut album with The Estuary 21, entitled The Confluence LP in April 2024.
Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi’s new album ‘The Confluence’ has […]
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Reza Khota Quartet – Liminal
https://amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-quartet-liminal/
Cape Town-based guitar player Reza Khota is Artist in Residence in the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. Reza Khota Quartet released “Liminal” in 2018.
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
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Prince K. Musarurwa – Nyamatsatse
https://amf.didiermary.fr/prince-kudakwashe-musarurwa-nyamatsatse/
RIP Prince K. Musarurwa (December 5, 1988 – February 15, 2020), also known simply as Prince, who was a Zimbabwean African Jazz singer, songwriter and producer. He played the guitar and mbira.
“Nyamatsatse” was released on his last album before his death at 31.Musarurwa was born and raised in Zimbabwe. His career began within the […]
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Mehdi Laifaoui – Sidi El Hakem
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-laifaoui-sid-el-hakem/
Mehdi Laifaoui is an Algerian author, composer and performer. His repertoire includes original compositions and some revisited Rai standards of the 70s and 80s. His music mixes Bedouin and Trab modes, a pentatonic music that gives Algerian Rai music its uniquely African flavour.
Listen to his “Opus & Trab Project,” a repertoire rooted in the […]
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Nalbandian The Ethiopian
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-ethiopian-ethiopiques-32/
“Nalbandian The Ethiopian, Either/Orchestra and Guests” is the second album (Ethiopiques 32) coming out from the “relaunch” of the Ethiopiques series, released last december. It follows “Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band” (Ethiopiques 31).
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One Night in Pelican
https://amf.didiermary.fr/one-night-pelican/
“One Night in Pelican” is a compilation that features all the key groups and players of a special time and place. It captures the musical dreams escaping from Soweto’s first nightclub.
Ten seminal tracks journeying through Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Disco, detailing the incredible story and sounds behind the Soweto nightclub during the height of […]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Apartheid #Jazz #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umdali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/malcolm-jiyane-tree-o-umdali/
A generous sideman and bandleader, multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane stands at the vanguard of his prodigious generation of jazz musicians. Operating from the centre and the fringes of the South African jazz scene, the trombonist (and pianist) is an enigmatic yet charismatic galvaniser of his contemporaries, able to put them through their paces in his own […]
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Kokoroko – We Give Thanks
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/
8-piece band Kokoroko released their long-awaited debut album “Could We Be More” in August 2022.
Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.
Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across […]
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Oneness of Juju – Poo Too
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oneness-of-juju-poo-too/
Plunky & Oneness of Juju is the name of a rhythm & blues-African-jazz-funk band from Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
The group, originally known as Juju, was founded in San Francisco in 1971 and has continued to evolve for over 30 years, performing and recording with changes in personnel and under different group names, but always led […]
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#ManuDibango (1930-2020)
Je suis un animal ! Je suis Djoké, l'éléphant, et ma trompe c'est mon saxo !
#SoulMakossa #AfroJazz #Jazz #Funk #Sax #Music #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98g__uExmQ&list=RDY98g__uExmQ&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7AbWdxKIo&list=RDlc7AbWdxKIo&start_radio=1
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#ManuDibango (1930-2020)
Je suis un animal ! Je suis Djoké, l'éléphant, et ma trompe c'est mon saxo !
#SoulMakossa #AfroJazz #Jazz #Funk #Sax #Music #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98g__uExmQ&list=RDY98g__uExmQ&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7AbWdxKIo&list=RDlc7AbWdxKIo&start_radio=1
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#ManuDibango (1930-2020)
Je suis un animal ! Je suis Djoké, l'éléphant, et ma trompe c'est mon saxo !
#SoulMakossa #AfroJazz #Jazz #Funk #Sax #Music #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98g__uExmQ&list=RDY98g__uExmQ&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7AbWdxKIo&list=RDlc7AbWdxKIo&start_radio=1
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#ManuDibango (1930-2020)
Je suis un animal ! Je suis Djoké, l'éléphant, et ma trompe c'est mon saxo !
#SoulMakossa #AfroJazz #Jazz #Funk #Sax #Music #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98g__uExmQ&list=RDY98g__uExmQ&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7AbWdxKIo&list=RDlc7AbWdxKIo&start_radio=1
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Momo Wandel Soumah – Felenko Yéfé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/momo-wandel-soumah-felenko-yefe/
Momo Wandel Soumah (1926 – 2003), était un chanteur, compositeur et saxophoniste de Guinée, reconnaissable à sa voix rocailleuse caractéristique et son style de saxophone très personnel et inspiré.
Imaginez Louis Armstrong avec un saxophone en Guinée, Roi du Swing et de l’Improvisation.
“Le jazz est né chez vous, mais moi, je l’ai ramené chez […]
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Ola Onabulé – What The Heck
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/
British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé released his album “Point Less” in 2019, with strong musical and thematic connections to Nigeria, following his critically acclaimed 2015 recording “It’s The Peace That Deafens.”
Onabulé has built an enviably solid music career through a relentless schedule both in the recording studio and as an international touring performer. [...]
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Asher Gamedze - War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRwc75MJdsA Semblance: Of Return
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
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Herbie Tsoaeli
https://amf.didiermary.fr/herbie-tsoaeli/
The quintessential South African jazz man, Herbie Tsoaeli is a largely self-taught bass virtuoso from Nyanga East, in Cape Town – one of the more politically charged black locations in the Western Cape.
Coming from this community at the forefront of producing South Africa’s rich jazz legacy, rooted in his biographical experiences, his music is a […]
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Abdullah Ibrahim – Cape Town Flower
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-cape-town-flower/
Abdullah Ibrahim’s live rendition of his composition “Cape Town Flower.”
This was filmed in 1999 at the Lugano Jazz Festival.
From his album released in 1997 “Cape Town Flowers.”Cape Town Flowers is an enchanting effort from Abdullah Ibrahim, finding the pianist in a trio setting performing 11 original compositions.
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Dee Dee Bridgewater – Un voyage Malien
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dee-dee-bridgewater-voyage-malien/
L’album Red Earth – A Malian Journey de Dee Dee Bridgewater est sorti en 2007, mais un article sur Cheick Tidiane Seck (qui fut au cœur de ce projet) me l’a remis dans l’oreille.
J’ai découvert Dee Dee Bridgewater, comme beaucoup, avec le duo de 1989 “Precious thing” où elle accompagne Ray Charles et l’album […]