jazz

Vuyo Viwe / in rehearsal (Ndalo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vOsXOBXlE

More music: https://soundcloud.com/vuyoviwe

#Jazz #SouthAfrica

Reza Khota Quartet – Liminal

https://amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-quartet-liminal/

Cape Town-based guitar player Reza Khota is Artist in Residence in the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. Reza Khota Quartet released “Liminal” in 2018.

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Kansas City, 4.

At the American Jazz Museum on 18th and Vine.

#photography #kansascity #museum #jazz #americanjazzmuseum

Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks (1956-59)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/

The Skylarks were an all-woman South African vocal group, founded by Miriam Makeba in 1956. The original lineup comprised Makeba and Johanna Radebe, Mary Rabotapi, and Mummy Girl Nketle. Later, Helen Van Rensburg and Abigail Kubeka replaced Radebe. They played a blend of South African (mbombela, kwela) and Zulu music, jazz and jive/swing. [...]

#50smusic #Jazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

Aly Keita Trio - Balafon Evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVHdjHtMs8

(with a short intro in German)

#CotedIvoire #Jazz

Kesivan and The Lights - Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZwT2LpvuOM

Line-Up
• Kesivan Naidoo – Drums & Cymbals
• Darren English – Trumpet
• Bokani Dyer – Piano
• Fabio Gouvea – Guitar
• Charley Rose – Saxophone
• Joan Codina – Double Bass

#SouthAfrica #LiveMusic #Jazz

Bokani Dyer – Ke Nako

https://amf.didiermary.fr/bokani-dyer-ke-nako/

Bokani Dyer is a multi-award winning Motswana-South African pianist, composer and producer.

Bokani Dyer opens with “Ke Nako” (now’s the time), with an irony, because that was a slogan used to get voters to the polls in the first post-apartheid election. Now, Dyer’s using it to remind us to think again about who we are […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Dele Sosimi & Estuary 21

https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-estuary-21/

Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, known as Dele Sosimi, the UK based Afrobeat ambassador, former band member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and co-founder with Femi Kuti of the Positive Force finally unleashed his full debut album with The Estuary 21, entitled The Confluence LP in April 2024.

Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi’s new album ‘The Confluence’ has […]

#Jazz #Nigeria #AfroBeat #AfroJazz

Sometimes Music goes straight to your hips. Sometimes it goes straight into your head. But why not having both? With…

RADIO IRRTUM!

(attention: for once on Thursday/9pm this time!)

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The next issue of #RadioIrrtum! will arrive this Thursday, 2026/10/01, 9:00pm UTC+2/Berlin time/CET. On Alex Berlin at DAB+ K12D in #Berlin/Brandenburg & worldwide @ https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .

A German language #radioShow exploring sonic underground vastnesses. Emitted transmissions may raise attention 4 new unheard #music. Don't worry about the #GermanLanguage aspect - this is about #music!

This time we'll have…

- Berlin #Schrammelpunk
- Proto #Electroclash from 1981
- technoid + expressive #Dubstep #Bass
- #Experimental #Glitch #FieldRecording Electronics
- #Cellomusic meets oldskuhl electronics
- #Flute #Jazz
- #EggPunk
- Experimental #NonJazz
- #Kawai Pop (background)

So it's one half with clubby bass beats (not entirely but roughly); one half with stuff for your mind - mostly. A spicy mix, don't be afraid!

All that in parts with #CreativeCommons content, cuz music wants 2b free. Some tracks played aren't on #Spotify - boycott 'em! And most important: We've got outstanding #FediArtists in: like @Lime or one artist coming from the Slovenian Kamizdat (@kamizdat) netlabel. YES!

One thing that happened. I almost dismissed a great album (the one with the cello being played) because it has AI slop cover artwork. The music itself is 100% AI free and very well done(!)… but then why decide for such cover art? You disrespect other artists & sabotage yourself as a musician doing that. I'll mention this on air very clearly.

Playlist + manuscript later here. Having questions? I'll gladly answer. CU all on Satu... err Thursday! :)

Let's get heads n hips into the mix!

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Radio Irrtum! kommt näher → diesmal ausnahmsweise mal Donnerstag, 01.10.26, 21:00 - wie immer auf Alex Berlin (DAB+ K.12D / Stream URL oben).

Also die seltsam funke(ln)de Radiosendung, in der die Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforscht werden.

Mit:

- Berliner #Schrammelpunk
- 1981er proto Electroclash
- technoidem, expressiv tiefem Dubstepbass
- Experimental Glitch Electronics
- Cellomusik trifft auf Oldskuhl Elektronik
- Flute Jazz
- Egg/Surf Punk
- Experimental Non Jazz
- Kawai Pop (im Hintergrund)

Einiges von der gespielten Musik ist nicht bei Spotify zu finden, es gibt Creative Commons Inhalte und Musikprojekte direkt aus dem Fediverse sind auch am Start (s.o.).

Und sonst? Ich thematisiere u.a. AI Slop Artwork auf Covern handgemachter Musikalben.

Details in englisch oben, Playlist/Manuskript nach der Show hier drunter. Fragen einfach stellen – ich antworte!

Bis zur Sendung… vielleicht? :)

#fediArtists #musicRecommendation
Radio Irrtum! stands for: #NoAi / #NoAiInMusic

Tu Nokwe – African Child

https://amf.didiermary.fr/tu-nokwe-african-child/

Hailing from South Africa, Dr. Tu Nokwe taught herself to play the guitar as a young woman. She eventually landed a spot at the Manhattan School of Music and went on to perform around the world. She describes her music as a spiritual new age African sound with influences of jazz and funk. Tu Nokwe […]

#AfroFunk #Interview #Jazz #SouthAfrica

Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village

https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/

A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]

#Cameroon #Cover #Jazz #ManuDibango #AfroJazz

Sibusile Xaba – Umdali

https://amf.didiermary.fr/sibusile-xaba-umdali/

From the compilation “Indaba Is”, “Umdali” by Pretoria-based Sibusile Xaba brings along sonic adventurers Fakazile Nkosi, Naftali and producer AshK.

Sibusile Xaba carries forth the Maskandi / Mbaqanga tradition of the KwaZulu Natal midlands, from where he originates. Steeped in the lineage of Zulu guitar giant Madala Kunene (Sibusile’s first mentor) & warrior chants of [...]

#Jazz #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica #Folk

Hey there, we've got a new Golden Hour mix for you to hear, #12 no less, this time a boisterous yet smooth adventure through the cosmic lights in the sky that connect the constellations of jazz, jungle and footwork. Hopefully it will provide a worthwhile hours distraction to the ongoing crapola provided by the news networks, so turn it up loud and dance a little crazy with us, why don't you!

https://www.mixcloud.com/kleptones/the-golden-hour-12-2026-03-15/

#kleptones #music #mixtape #jazz #fusion

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Abdullah Ibrahim – Jabula

https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-jabula/

Jabula is a track by South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim (AKA Dollar Brand) who released in 2019 his first album in five years: The Balance.

Entitled ‘The Balance’, this project featured his long-time septet Ekaya, a line-up that he’s been recording with since 1983. In this case, the album was recorded over the course […]

#AbdullahIbrahim #Drums #Jazz #Piano #SouthAfrica

Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-sketches-ethiopia/

Sketches of Ethiopia is the first internationally distributed studio album by Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke, released in 2013.

The album’s closing track is “Surma”, a collaboration with the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who co-wrote the song with Astatke.

#Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Jazz #Mali #MulatuAstatké

The Story of Ethio Jazz

https://amf.didiermary.fr/story-ethio-jazz-mulatu-astatke/

Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a [...]

#60smusic #70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #MulatuAstatké

Kippie Moeketsi – African Day

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kippie-moeketsi-african-day/

Jeremiah “Kippie” Morolong Moeketsi (1925-1983) was a South African jazz alto saxophonist, sometimes referred to as “the father of South African jazz” and as “South Africa’s Charlie Parker”.

Reissue of Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer’s collaborative album, Blue Stompin’ […]

#Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

Kora Jazz Trio – Folly

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/

Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums Part I (2003) Part II (2005) […]

#Guinea #Jazz #Kora #LiveMusic #Manding #Sénégal

Jimmy Dludlu – Tote

https://amf.didiermary.fr/jimmy-dludlu-tote/

Jimmy Dludlu (1966) is a jazz musician born in Maputo, who grew up in Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe and started playing guitar at 13 years old when he taught himself with a homemade guitar. […]

#Documentary #Jazz #LiveMusic #Mozambique #Remixed #AfroJazz

The Drive – Way Back Fifties

https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-drive-way-back-fifties/

Formed by the core brass section of the Heshoo Beshoo Group, Henry and Stanley Sithole, and drummer Nelson Magwaza, The Drive spread their music throughout South Africa and won numerous awards.
The hit “Way Back Fifties” is still revered in South Africa to this day.

Apartheid social engineering in South Africa resulted in increasingly restrictive […]

#70smusic #Apartheid #Jazz #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica

Nalbandian The Ethiopian

https://amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-ethiopian-ethiopiques-32/

“Nalbandian The Ethiopian, Either/Orchestra and Guests” is the second album (Ethiopiques 32) coming out from the “relaunch” of the Ethiopiques series, released last december. It follows “Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band” (Ethiopiques 31).

#Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #LiveMusic #AfroJazz

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same

https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-hugh-masekela-lagos-never-gonna-be-same/

“Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)” is a single taken from Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s very special collaboration “Rejoice“.

In this track, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela pay tribute to Fela Kuti.

‘Rejoice’ can be seen as the long-overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers [...]

#FelaKuti #HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen #AfroBeat

Manu Dibango – Elolombe / Afreedom

https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-elolombe-kof/

From the album Past Present Future, released in 2011, “Elolombe” means “dove” (colombe) in Duala language, and refers to the bird that symbolises peace.

“A forward-in-all-directions effort from the masterly Manu Dibango, who at 78 is still committed to trying out new ideas, still experimenting and collaborating on what happens to be his thirtieth album. […]

#Cameroon #Jazz #ManuDibango

Maha – Law Laffeina El Ard

https://amf.didiermary.fr/maha-law-laffeina-el-ard/

Completely unknown album by Egyptian vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. Maha’s “Orkos” album originally released on cassette connects Jazz and Egyptian pop with Funk, Latin and Soul.

“Law Laffeina El Ard” is the first single off the release, a upbeat production which climaxes in dense string arrangement set the perfect backdrop for Maha’s […]

#70smusic #Egypt #Jazz #OldAfricanMusic #Pop

Always searching
Abdullah Ibrahim was difficult, suspicious, and brilliant. And beneath all of it, he was searching for home.

https://africasacountry.com/2026/06/always-searching

#SouthAfrica #Jazz #AbdullahIbrahim #AIAC