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March 14 - The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards occur. [2] Jazz winners include: Kurt Elling wins Best Jazz Vocal Album for his 2019 album Secrets are the Best Stories; Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade win Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2021 album Trilogy 2 [3]
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2020. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz musician [28] Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian composer and conductor [29] January 28 – Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African singer [30] January 31 – Wambali Mkandawire (Mtebeti Wambali Mkandawire), 68, Malawian jazz singer and activist. [31] February 5 – Abdoul Jabbar, 40–41, Guinean singer-songwriter [32]
Rhythms of Zamunda, released as Rhythms of Zamunda (Music Inspired by the Amazon Original Movie: Coming 2 America), is a soundtrack album curated by Sipho Dlamini [1] for the film Coming 2 America. It was released on March 5, 2021, by Def Jam Recordings and Def Jam Africa for Paramount Pictures .
18 March - It is announced that Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango has tested positive for coronavirus. [1]21 March - The Tenor Foundation for Culture launches an initiative, in collaboration with the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra (OPM), the International School of Music and Dance (EIDM), and the Mazaya Sociocultural Program, to stream live concerts to viewers in Morocco.
In 2019, he won a South African Music Award for Best Jazz album. [13] In 2020, he released his album Kelenosi. The album was written and recorded over two months during the extended lockdown period imposed on South Africa in 2020, [14] and was performed for the first time at Untitled Basement in Johannesburg in November 2020. Explaining his album:
On 11 December 2020, the trio released the album's second single, "Funu". The single topped the charts and peaked #1 on Good Hope FM's Top 10 SA House Chart after a month of its release. [6] The music video for the song was later released on 1 February 2021 and was directed by Kyle White. Explaining the music video:
March 10 – Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist (COVID-19) [34] April 1 - Ellis Marsalis, Jr., 85, American jazz pianist and educator; April 15 - Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist; October 17 – Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter [35] October 31 – Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist [36]