|
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
|
Buy Now
Musical Echoes - South African Women Thinking in Jazz (Paperback, New)
Loot Price: R783
Discovery Miles 7 830
|
|
|
Musical Echoes - South African Women Thinking in Jazz (Paperback, New)
Series: Refiguring American Music
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
"Musical Echoes" tells the life story of the South African jazz
vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin. Born in Cape Town in the 1930s,
Benjamin came to know American jazz and popular music through the
radio, movies, records, and live stage and dance band performances.
She was especially moved by the voice of Billie Holiday. In 1962
she and Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) left South Africa together
for Europe, where they met and recorded with Duke Ellington.
Benjamin and Ibrahim spent their lives on the move between Europe,
the United States, and South Africa until 1977, when they left
Africa for New York City and declared their support for the African
National Congress. In New York, Benjamin established her own record
company and recorded her music independently from Ibrahim. "Musical
Echoes" reflects twenty years of archival research and conversation
between this extraordinary jazz singer and the South African
musicologist Carol Ann Muller. The narrative of Benjamin's life and
times is interspersed with Muller's reflections on the vocalist's
story and its implications for jazz history.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
