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AMC is online music store offering a curated collection of Jazz CDs, classic LPs, and turntables.

26/11/2019

MABUTA - Welcome To This World (CD)

Named for the Japanese word “eyelid”, MABUTA is the brainchild of the Cape Town Jazz bassist, composer and producer Shane Cooper. This innovative new quintet is made up of young musicians- Bokani Dyer (Piano/Synth), Marlon Witbooi (Drums), Sisonke Xonti (Tenor Sax), and Robin Fassie-Kock (Trumpet)—and aims to redefine the interplay between jazz and electronic music. The result, Welcome To This World, is a dreamlike odyssey of Jazz soirées charged with Malian, Moroccan and Nigerian rhythms and an irrepressible sense of exploration.

09/09/2019

Thabang Tabane - Matjale

Son of the late, legendary Dr Philip Nchipi Tabane and heir to the malombo sound that he originated and pioneered in the early 1960s, Thabang has been touring the world, playing with his father’s band and other South African luminaries since he was 8 years old.

Emerging into his own with his debut solo album, Matjale, this energetic percussionist carves a driving, joyous and worldly version of the malombo genre that takes in his continental travels. The album brims with ambition and an appetite for life. Employing brisk tempos, nimble basslines and intersecting polyrhythms, Thabang crafts songs cognisant of the hardships of life, but chooses to deliver them with an irrepressible optimism.

Expanding the parameters of what is essentially an artform patented by his father, Thabang and his cohorts seem unburdened by pedigree, infusing the sound with a modern sensibility. His reverence for the vibrational resonance and drive of the bass guitar, not to mention his explosive bursts of hand drumming, gives the album an undeniable, cathartic exuberance.

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27/06/2019

Mankunku Quartet- Yakhal’ Inkomo

Saxophonist Winston 'Mankunku' Ngozi's 1968 masterpiece Yakhal'Inkomo stands in the front rank of global jazz recordings. A certified jazz classic in South Africa, but like so many other crucial South African jazz LPs, it was never released outside the country, and went unheard at the time by the wider world. After it’s reissue, it was the first time that this truly essential jazz recording has been properly available outside South Africa. Highly recommended!

Personnel: Mankunku Quartet: Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi on Tenor Saxophone, Lionel Pillay on Piano, Agrippa Magwaza on Bass & Early Mabuza on Drums.

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12/06/2019

KWANI EXPERIENCE - The Birth Of Mudaland Funk

KWANI EXPERIENCE is a 6-piece live band hailing from the inner city of Johannesburg South Africa. They are socially aware individuals who pay tribute to old school South Africa in their music and style whilst at the same time representing contemporary South African youth culture. This mix of the past and present created a new sound, which they call Mudaland funk.

Bassist: Frank Magongwa, Lead Rapper/Poet: Kwelagobe Sekele, Keyboardist :Mahlatse Riba, Drummer: Monde Mkhizwana, Industrial-Percussionist (Recycled & Light Precessions): Bafana Nhlapo.

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11/06/2019

Lwei Netshivhale- Lwenzhe Lwa Shango

Lwei Netchivhale was born in Venda Limpopo in the Republic of South Africa. He grew up in a musical family with his dad a multi musical instrumentalist.

He studied Jazz at CJC & completed his B Tech music with TUT in 2011. Lwei is currently working as a music lecturer at Central Johannesburg College.

He has two albums under his belt. His current album ‘Lwenzhe lwa shango’, is fused with elements of ‘Malende’ and ‘Tshikona’ traditional dance and music.

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07/06/2019

Nomfundo Xaluva - From Now On
Born and raised in Port Elizabeth, Nomfundo Xaluva is a 2-time Metro FM Music Award-winner who began her musical training at the age of 12 with classical piano.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies (Voice & Dissertation) from UCT in 2009, where she graduated Cum Laude (with Distinction). For her Master’s Degree she wrote a dissertation on the music of Mama Africa titled The Analysis of the Musical Style of Miriam Makeba.

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06/06/2019

Nokukhanya - Tribute To You

Nokukhanya Dlamini is a contemporary afro jazz vocalist representing one of the finest voices in the new generation of jazz musicians. 2005 saw Nokukhanya take centre stage with the album “Tribute to You“, which featured a cover of Letta Mbulu’s “Music in the Air”.

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04/06/2019

Andile Yenana - Who’s Got The Map?

Andile Yenana is a South African pianist. He made an indelible mark by switching from teaching to studying jazz. He has produced and worked with many South African as well as international artists.

On this second album which was released in 2005, he features Sydney Mavudla: Trumpet; Sydney Mnisi: Alto & Tenor Saxophones; Jimmy Mngwandi: Double Bass; Basi Mahlasela: Percussion; Clemment Benny: Drums & Marobo Morojele: Drums.

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03/06/2019

Richard Bona- Bonafied

Bonafied is a studio album by Cameroonian jazz bassist and musician Richard Bona. It was released on 22 April 2013 through Universal Music. The album has charted at number 33 in Poland and number 162 in France.

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31/05/2019

Congratulations for winning The Best Jazz Album Award 👏🏾👏🏾🎉🎉🍾🥂

26/05/2019

Thank You .khoza , & The Afrikan Heritage Ensemble for last night’s Concert/Lecture, you guys are doing such an important work. Makwande Okuhle!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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