Playlist and Notes 27 February 2024
On today's show we explore the interchange of jazz music between Africa and the United States. Playlist 27 February 2024 Louis Armstrong – Potato Head Blues (2:57) · Tune Recreation Committee – Kwane’s Jive (4:43) Randy Weston – Portrait of Cheikh Anta Diop (8:58) · “whether you say jazz or blues or bossa nova or samba, salsa – all these names are all Africa’s contribution to the Western Hemisphere. If you take out the African elements of our music, you would have nothing.” [2] · Cheikh Anta Diop – Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and politician. Mulatu Astatke – Nétsanét (5:32) · From the compilation CD: New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 Ethioda – Musiqawi silt (5:01) · Montpellier, France Black Flower – Magma (6:34) · Band’s Website: https://www.blackflower.be/ . · Five-piece Ethiopian-inspired from Belgium Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds – Mbube (2:43