Kick It Up With South African Jazz


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Jazz music was born in America in the early 20th century, evolving out of a meeting of African and European music traditions. Once the style began to develop around the world, jazz found its way back to Africa — and especially to South Africa, where it remains a part of the country's rich musical fabric
In honor of the FIFA World Cup in the "rainbow nation," this edition of Take Five features four South African jazz artists and a Malian world/blues tune from Vieux Farka Toure, one of the performers at the World Cup kickoff concert.

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