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  2. African Jazz Pioneers - Wikipedia

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    African Jazz Pioneers. The African Jazz Pioneers is a South African group that espouses the music of the 1950s, fusing big band jazz with township marabi sounds. Band leader and saxophonist Bra Ntemi Piliso, who wrote most of the Pioneers' songs, opened the field of composition to the band's younger musicians. [3]

  3. Chico O'Farrill - Wikipedia

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    Verve. Impulse! Milestone. Arturo " Chico " O'Farrill (October 28, 1921 [1] – June 27, 2001) [2] was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces and even symphonic works. Born to an aristocratic Cuban family ...

  4. Franco Luambo - Wikipedia

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    Franco Luambo. François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a Congolese musician. He was a major figure in 20th-century Congolese music, and African music in general, principally as the leader for over 30 years of TPOK Jazz, the most popular and significant African band of its time and arguably of all time.

  5. Jonathan Butler - Wikipedia

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    Musician, songwriter. Instrument (s) Vocals, guitar. Labels. Artistry, Mountain, Jive, Rendezvous. Website. www.jonathanbutler.com. Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1] His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.

  6. Guy Warren - Wikipedia

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    Guy Warren. Guy Warren of Ghana, also known as Kofi Ghanaba (4 May 1923 – 22 December 2008), was a Ghanaian musician, most notable as the inventor of Afro-jazz — "the reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots" [1] — and as a member of The Tempos, alongside E. T. Mensah. He also inspired musicians such as Fela Kuti.

  7. Hugh Masekela - Wikipedia

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    Hugh Masekela. Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) [ 1 ] was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz ". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as " Soweto Blues " and " Bring ...

  8. Abdullah Ibrahim - Wikipedia

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    Abdullah Ibrahim, previously known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934.His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and Ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles.

  9. Skokiaan - Wikipedia

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    The Four Lads' version of Skokiaan became the theme song at "Africa U.S.A. Park", a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) theme park founded in 1953 at Boca Raton, Florida by John P. Pedersen. The song was played all day long in the parking lot as guests arrived and was sold in the gift shop. The park boasted the largest collection of camels in the United States.

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