RIP Tributes to my favourite recently deceased artists from many genres.
Enjoy musical (re)discoveries from around the world!
All curated by my eclectic taste for your listening pleasure!
The South African trumpeter - one of the father figures of African Jazz - has died at the age of 78 peacefully in his home in Johannesburg. Through an international career, which spannedmore than 5 decades he played with well known musicians and singers in a huge variety of styles – from Township Jazz (with the Jazz Epistles) the fiercely political jazz of the emigration years (Soweto Blues) to the disco-pop of and the collaborations with Paul Simon on "Graceland"
His last interview!
and here are some of my favourite tracks:
as a singer of a protest song: Coincidence
an ode to his instrument: Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Afrobeat Blues
"The Boy's Doin' It" album is a blend of his favourite music styles:
jazz, funk, pop, Afrobeat, and R&B, plus a little Latin and a lot of disco
His tribute to Afro beat Pioneer Fela Kuti
Lounge music with Herb
His take on Calypso: Getting Fat In Africa
and as relevant as when it came out in 2002: Everything must change
His rant against perennial presidents of African nations, asking them to leave office!
This electro funk disco track was a dance chart hit!
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