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Akbank Jazz Festival: The Jazz Epistles: Abdullah İbrahim & Ekaya And Hugh Masekela at Akbank Jazz Festival at Uniq Hall

Courtesy of erimcan erdemir | Posted on July 3, 2017

Where

Uniq Hall
Akbank Jazz Festival

Maslak Ayazağa
İstanbul
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When

Wed, November 8, 2017
20:30

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About

Inspired by Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the Jazz Epistles was the first ever all-black bebop jazz group, founded in South Africa. The group members, who recorded their first –and last– album Jazz Epistle Verse 1 in 1959, had to flee to Europe after the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre. Meantime, Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand), the group’s pianist, was discovered in Zurich, by Duke Ellington; and he released his USA debut album by Duke’s support. Soon he was among the top pianist-composers of modern jazz arena in New York. His numbers “Mannenberg” and “Soweto”, recorded in the 1970’s, conquered the hearts of the Anti-Apartheid front and Nelson Mandela in South Africa...

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