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We have the space, you bring the noise!
(Ages 13+)
Join a community of musicians as we perform, experiment, and make new music!
Fridays: June 7, JUly 5, Aug. 2; 6:30 - 9 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
Series
Language
English
Description
In this program, African jazz musician Edmund "Ntemi" Piliso traces the roots of African jazz from the days of apartheid in 1940s Alexandra Township. With musical performances throughout highlighting the various eras, Piliso moves through the days of pennywhistle jive groups hustling change on streetcorners, to the sounds of marabi-a bittersweet fusion of American jazz and the restless rhythm of an uprooted tribal culture. The latter sound, lost for...
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