 Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003),[1] known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinets (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard number-one dance hit for three weeks in 1975. Mann emphasized the groove approach in his music. Mann felt that from his repertoire, the "epitome of a groove record" was Memphis Underground or Push Push, because the "rhythm section locked all in one perception More Info |
 Louis Armstrong[1] (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),[2] nicknamed Satchmo[3] or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled atscat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics). Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man More Info |
 Mory Kanté'' (born 29 March 1950, Kissidougou, Guinea) is a vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot (hereditary) musicians. After being brought up in the Mandinka griot tradition in Guinea, he was sent to Mali at the age of seven years – where he learned to play the kora, as well as important voice traditions, some of which are necessary to become a griot. In 1971 Kanté became a member of the Rail Band, in which Salif Keïta was a singer. Keïta left the band in 1973, leaving Kanté as the singer. Kanté is best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which was one of Africa's best-ever selling hits as well as being a European Number One in 1988, making it the first ever African single to sell over one million copies.[citation needed] Three songs from Akwaba Beach were referenced in three Blockbuster songs in Indian Films. Yeke Yeke is played in the background of 1990 epic Agneepath, when Amitabh Bachchan is being shown in Mauritius. Tama, another song from this album inspired Tama Tama from a 1990 hit Thanedar, starring Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit as well as Jumma Chumma De De from 1991 Magnum Opus HUM. Another song from this album Inch Allah inspired the opening lines of the title track of HUM. Kanté received unexpected fame again in 1994 when the German techno duo Hardfloor created a dance remix of "Yéké Yéké." He also appeared in 2006 as vocalist on British DJ Darren Tate's release'', "Narama More Info |
 Paul van Kemenade began playing the saxophone at age 13. He studied at the Conservatory of Tilburg , where he incidentally already played with their own group and compose started. In 1982 he founded the "Paul Kemenade Kwintet", with which he made his first recording in 1984, "Call." Except with his quintet he plays too much as a sideman (with about Schlippenbach of Alexander , Aki Takase , Pierre Courbois , Misha Mengelberg , Willem Breuker , Sean Bergin and Louis Moholo ), as well as projects with musicians and artists outside of jazz. He is the founder and director of the annual festival "Stranger than Paranoia" in Tilburg. Kemenade was a founding member of Contraband . With his quintet, he usually plays his own compositions and improvised with the diverse influences of jazz, classical music, pop, Spanish music, to South and West African music. You also already played with symphony orchestras (including the Brabants Orchestra) and brass bands ("Harmony Orchestra"). From 1998, they played regularly with South African musicians like Feya Faku , Louis Mhlanga , the tenor saxophonist Sidney Mnisi , Sonti Mndebele and Bheki Khoza , from 2002 with the brothers Guissé ("Les Frères Guisseé") from Senegal (album "Fouta" 2003).Besides his quintet played with Philip Catherine , David Murray , Kenny Wheeler , Zim Ngqawana , the Belgian singer David Linx and Gerd Dudek . In addition, they toured Europe already in Indonesia and South and West Africa (Senegal). Members of the quintet are 2007 next Kemenade Pieter Bast (drums), Rein Godefroy (piano), Louk Boudesteijn (trombone), Wiro Mahieu (bass).In the podium trio he plays with January Kuiper and Wolter Wierbos . In addition, he also performs with Wolter Wierbos together with the quartet of Eckard Kolter man on, about the Berlin Jazz Festival in 2010. More Info |
 Miles Jaye Davis He was born on November 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City,[1] and studied music theory and classical violin for more than a decade.[2] He also learned keyboards and bass while in the US Air Force, and launched his singing career while in an Air Force band.[3] He played with guitarist Eric Gale and singers Phyllis Hyman and Jon Lucien before joining Village People in the early 1980s.[3] He stayed with the band for two years before launching a solo career and signing to Teddy Pendergrass' production company. He released an album, Miles, on Island Records, and the song "Let's Start Love Over," written by Michael Claxton, was released as a single and rose to # 5 on the Billboard R&B chart in late 1987. Its follow-up, "I've Been a Fool For You" was also a top ten R&B hit. Jaye also contributed, as musician, songwriter and co-producer, to Pendergrass' hit 1988 album, Joy.[3] Jaye continued to have hits on the R&B chart until 1991, but failed to match his initial success. He also released two further albums on Island, Irresistible (1989) and Strong (1991), before forming his own company, Black Tree Records, on which he released a string of increasingly jazz-influenced albums.[4] He has also worked with leading jazz musicians including George Duke, Roy Ayers, Grover Washington, Jr. and Branford Marsalis.[2] Jaye's daughter, Asia appeared as the little girl in the "Let's Start Love Over" music video.[5] More Info |
 The youngest of five children, Ngqawana started playing flute at the age of 21. He dropped out of school prior to meeting university entrance requirements but won entrance to a place at Rhodes University. He later studied for a diploma in Jazz Studies at the University of Natal. He was offered scholarships to the Max Roach/Wynton Marsalis jazz workshop and later a scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied with jazz musicians Archie Shepp and Yusef Lateef. After his return to South Africa in the 1990s Ngqawana worked with South African jazz musicians Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim. He was featured on Bjorn Ole Solburg's Norwegian San Ensemble album, San Song. He toured the United States with his band "Ingoma" in 1995, and he made an appearance at Black History Week in Chicago. He performed a duet with poet Lefifi Tladi in the documentary Giant Steps (2005), directed by Geoff Mphakati and Aryan Kaganof. In January 2010, Ngqawana's Zimology Institute was vandalised by scrap metal thieves. He performed a duet concert in the rubble of the vandalised building with Cape Town pianist Kyle Shepherd. This performance was filmed as The Exhibition Of Vandalizimiop by Aryan Kaganof. The Vandalizim concerts were subsequently performed at the MOMO Gallery in Johannesburg and at a scrapyard in Stellenbosch, organised by Stellenbosch University's music department and DOMUS. More Info |
 All the best African music as played on Richard Nwamba's radio show on SAFM. Featuring muisc from Mali, Madagascar, Cape Verde, Mocambique, South Africa, DRC, Senegal and more. TRACK LIST 1. KANDIA KOUYATE - DONINKE 2. SALALA - LANITRA MANGA MANGA 3. FANTCHA - NOSTALGIA 4. ORCHESTRA MARRABENTA - A VASSATI VA LOMU 5. AMATI - JOHANA 6. KETAMA & KASSEMADY - POZO DEL DESEO 7. KASSAV - LEV E TET OU 8. JUNTOS PELA GUINE - BISSAU N'TENE N'TENEL 9. FRANCO & LE TOUT PUISSANT OK JAZZ - MARIO 10. REMMY ONGALA & ORCHESTRE SUPER MATAMILA - MREMA 11. BONGA - OLHOS MOLHADOS 12. TOURE KUNDA - FATOU YO 13. SALALA - LANITRA MANGA MANGA More Info |
 Diana Krail live at the montreal jazz festival Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals.[2] She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second Jazz artist of the 2000–09 decade, establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time. She is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums.[3] To date, she has won two Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums. More Info |
 Henry Saint Clair Fredericks born on May 17, 1942 in Harlem, New York, Mahal grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Raised in a musical environment, his mother was the member of a local gospel choir and his father was a West Indian jazz arranger and piano player. His family owned ashortwave radio which received music broadcasts from around the world, exposing him at an early age to world music.[4] Early in childhood he recognized the stark differences between the popular music of his day and the music that was played in his home. He also became interested in jazz, enjoying the works of musicians such as Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson.[5] His parents came of age during the Harlem Renaissance, instilling in their son a sense of pride in his West Indian and African ancestry through their stories.[6] Because his father was a musician, his house was frequently the host of other musicians from the Caribbean,Africa, and the United States. His father, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Sr., was called "The Genius" by Ella Fitzgerald before starting his family.[7] Early on, Henry Jr. developed an interest in African music, which he studied assiduously as a young man. His parents also encouraged him to pursue music, starting him out withclassical piano lessons. He also studied the clarinet, trombone and harmonica.[8] When Mahal was eleven his father was killed in an accident at his own construction company, crushed by a tractor when it flipped over. This was an extremely traumatic experience for the boy.[7] Mahal's mother later remarried. His stepfather owned a guitar which Taj began using at age 13 or 14, receiving his first lessons from a new neighbor from North Carolina of his own age that played acoustic blues guitar.[8]His name was Lynwood Perry, the nephew of the famous bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. In high school Mahal sang in a doo-wop group.[7] For some time Mahal thought of pursuing farming over music. He had developed a passion for farming that nearly rivaled his love of music—coming to work on a farm first at age 16. It was a dairy farm in Palmer, Massachusetts, not far from Springfield. By age nineteen he had become farm foreman, getting up a bit after 4:00 a.m. and running the place. "I milked anywhere between thirty-five and seventy cows a day. I clipped udders. I grew corn. I grew Tennessee redtop clover. Alfalfa."[9] Mahal believes in growing one's own food, saying, "You have a whole generation of kids who think everything comes out of a box and a can, and they don't know you can grow most of your food." Because of his personal support of the family farm, Mahal regularly performs at Farm Aid concerts.[9] Taj Mahal, his stage name, came to him in dreams about Gandhi, India, and social tolerance. He started using it in 1959[10] or 1961[7]—around the same time he began attending the University of Massachusetts. Despite having attended a vocational agriculture school, becoming a member of theNational FFA Organization, and majoring in animal husbandry and minoring in veterinary science and agronomy, Mahal decided to take the route of music instead of farming. In college he led a rhythm and blues band called Taj Mahal & The Elektras and, before heading for the West Coast, he was also part of a duo with Jessie Lee Kincaid More Info |
 Abdullah Ibrahim (Arabic: عبدالله إبراهيم); born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934), formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural portareas 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. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the sub-genre Cape jazz. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. With his wife, the jazz singerSathima Bea Benjamin, he is father to the New York underground rapper Jean Grae, as well as to a son, Tsakwe More Info |
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