Cape jazz

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Cape jazz is a South African jazz style that blends American jazz with local Cape Town musical traditions, especially those of the former District Six community.

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Cape jazz canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz subgenre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedWith Cape Coloured communities ⓘ
linked to: Cape Coloureds

Cape Minstrel traditions ⓘ
Cape Town New Year carnival ⓘ
linked to: Cape Carnival
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
culturalOrigin Cape Town ⓘ
District Six community ⓘ
developedIn mid-20th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic danceable grooves ⓘ
fusion of African and Western musical elements ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
melodic themes drawn from local songs ⓘ
strong rhythmic drive ⓘ
use of Cape carnival rhythms ⓘ
hasTheme memory of District Six ⓘ
resistance to apartheid ⓘ
urban life in Cape Town ⓘ
influenced South African contemporary jazz ⓘ
world music fusion from South Africa ⓘ
influencedBy African rhythms ⓘ
American bebop ⓘ
Cape carnival music ⓘ
swing ⓘ
language largely instrumental ⓘ
musicSubculture South African jazz scene ⓘ
notableArtist Abdullah Ibrahim ⓘ
Basil Coetzee ⓘ
Chris McGregor ⓘ
Dollar Brand ⓘ
Robbie Jansen ⓘ
The Blue Notes ⓘ
The Jazz Epistles ⓘ
notableWork Mannenberg ⓘ
linked to: Manenberg
primaryLocation Cape Town ⓘ
region Western Cape ⓘ
stylisticOrigin American jazz ⓘ
Cape Malay music ⓘ
Cape Town musical traditions ⓘ
South African folk music ⓘ
goema music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
typicalInstrument double bass ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ

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