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Zimbabwean Jazz, also known as Afro Jazz was developed in the 20th century. Its history can be traced from its early colonial era. Its history can be traced from its early colonial era. It was influenced by a style of township rhythm that evolved in a southern part of Africa over the 20th century. [ 1 ]
Although clave-based Afro-Cuban jazz did not appear until the mid-20th century, the Cuban influence was present at the birth of jazz. African-American music began incorporating Afro-Cuban musical motifs in the 19th century when the habanera gained international popularity. The habanera was the first written music to be rhythmically based on an ...
Dizzy Gillespie 1955 "Manteca" is one of the earliest foundational tunes of Afro-Cuban jazz.Co-written by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller in 1947, it is among the most famous of Gillespie's recordings (along with the earlier "A Night in Tunisia") and is "one of the most important records ever made in the United States", according to Gary Giddins of The Village Voice. [1] "
Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk [3] [4]) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Yoruba music [5] [6] and Ghanaian music (such as highlife), [7] with American funk, jazz, and soul influences.
"Afro Blue" was the first jazz standard built on a typical African 3:2 cross-rhythm, or hemiola. [2] The song begins with the bass repeatedly playing six cross-beats per measure of 12 8 or six cross-beats per four main beats—6:4 (two cells of 3:2). The following example shows the ostinato "Afro Blue" bass line.
Four Questions is a 2020 album by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and produced by Kabir Sehgal and Doug Davis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album . [ 3 ]
BET Her is an American basic cable television network currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group.. The channel originally launched in 1996 as BET on Jazz, a spin-off from BET with a focus on jazz music programming targeting African Americans.
Ethiopian jazz, also referred to as Ethio-jazz, is a blend of traditional Ethiopian music with jazz, combining the pentatonic scale-based melodies of Amharic music with the 12-tone scale and instrumentation of western music. Over time the genre has grown to include elements from other genres such as afrofunk, soul, Armenian jazz, and Latin ...