Genre of jazz that is performed in southern Africa
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Cape jazz
Stylistic origins
Jazz
South African folk music
Cultural origins
Late 1950s, Cape Town, South Africa
Typical instruments
Brass instruments
banjo
guitar
percussion
Regional scenes
Cape Town
Other topics
Marabi
South African jazz
Cape jazz is a genre of jazz that is performed in the very southern part of Africa, the name being a reference to Cape Town, South Africa. Some writers say that Cape jazz began to emerge in 1959 with the formation of The Jazz Epistles, many of whom were from Cape Town,[1] including Abdullah Ibrahim, then known as Dollar Brand. Cape jazz is similar to the popular music style known as marabi, though more improvisational in character. Where marabi is a piano jazz style, Cape jazz in the beginning featured (though not exclusively) instruments that can be carried in a street parade, such as brass instruments, banjos, guitars and percussion instruments.
^Lars., Rasmussen (2001-01-01). Cape Town jazz, 1959-1963 : the photographs of Hardy Stockmann. Booktrader. p. 7. ISBN 8798453963. OCLC 655186349.
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