Cape jazz

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Cape jazz (almost always referred to as cape jazz in the relevant literature ) is a genre of jazz that is similar to the South African marabi , but with a greater proportion of free improvisation. In contrast to the marabi, where the piano is the dominant instrument, instruments are often used in cape jazz that can also be used in street parades and especially in kwela music, such as brass instruments, banjos, guitars and percussion instruments.

The name goes back to Cape Town (Engl. Cape Town). The leading musicians of this style were initially Abdullah Ibrahim and the saxophonists Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen . These musicians, together with bassist Paul Michaels , drummer Monty Weber and saxophonist Morris Goldberg , recorded the Cape Jazz piece Mannenberg as early as 1974 . Other musicians who belong to this genre are Bheki Mseleku , Errol Dyers , Hilton Schilder , Mac McKenzie , Duke and Ezra Ngcukana , McCoy Mrubata and Winston Mankunku .

Cape jazz is mainly derived from the folk songs of the inhabitants of the Western Cape . The music producer Patrick Lee-Thorp, who noticed a certain distinguishable style of these musicians very early on, made a name for himself in the 1990s with several samplers on his label Mountain Records to spread this jazz genre.

Every year on January 2nd, a street carnival takes place, for which several months of rehearsals were made (in Afrikaans : Tweede Nuwe Jaar ). The artists, also known as Klopse , dress and make up along the lines of the Minstrel Shows in New Orleans and combine this elevator with African and European music. Sometimes the term goema or ghoema jazz is used for Cape jazz , named after the drum ghoema played at the carnival .

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  1. ↑ According to the liner notes for his production Cape Jazz 2 , his definition of the style has received approval from practicing musicians.