BOOKS on South African Jazz
-Playing The Changes: Jazz at an African University and On The Road by Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck
-Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in South Africa by Gwen Ansell
-South African Music by Carol Muller
-Musical Echoes: South African Women Thinking in Jazz by Carol Ann Muller and Sathima Bea Benjamin
-Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music by Max Mojapelo
-Voëlvry: The Movement That Rocked South Africa by Pat Hopkins (also a DVD documentary)
-Unsung: South African Jazz Musicians Under Apartheid by Chatradari Devroop and Chris Walton
-Still Grazin' by Hugh Masekela
-Sound of Africa! by Louise Meintjes
-The Making of Manenburg by John Edwin Mason
-The Forest & The Zoo by Aryan Kaganoff
-A Silent Way: Routes of South African Jazz, 1946-1978 by Julian Jonker
-Cape Town Jazz 1959-1963 by Lars Rasmussen
-Jazz People of Cape Town by Lars Rasmussen
-Sathima Bea Benjamin: Embracing Jazz by Lars Rasmussen
-Mbizo - A Book On Johnny Dyani by Lars Rasmussen
-The Story of South African Jazz: Volume One by Struan Douglas
-The Story of South African Jazz: Volume Two by Struan Douglas
-Marabi Nights by Christopher Ballantine
-In Township Tonight! by David Coplan
-Last Night at the Bassline by David Coplan
-Yakhal'Inkomo: Portrait of a Jazz Classic by Percy Mabandu
-Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath by Maxine McGregor
-A Common Hunger To Sing by ZB Molefe and Mike Mzileni
-"Keeping Time" by Chris Albertyn
-Beyond The Blues: Township Jazz In The 60s and 70s (David Philip Publisher, 1997) by Basil Breakey (photographs) and Stephen Michael Gordon (text)
-Playing The Changes: Jazz at an African University and On The Road by Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck
-Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in South Africa by Gwen Ansell
-South African Music by Carol Muller
-Musical Echoes: South African Women Thinking in Jazz by Carol Ann Muller and Sathima Bea Benjamin
-Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music by Max Mojapelo
-Voëlvry: The Movement That Rocked South Africa by Pat Hopkins (also a DVD documentary)
-Unsung: South African Jazz Musicians Under Apartheid by Chatradari Devroop and Chris Walton
-Still Grazin' by Hugh Masekela
-Sound of Africa! by Louise Meintjes
-The Making of Manenburg by John Edwin Mason
-The Forest & The Zoo by Aryan Kaganoff
-A Silent Way: Routes of South African Jazz, 1946-1978 by Julian Jonker
-Cape Town Jazz 1959-1963 by Lars Rasmussen
-Jazz People of Cape Town by Lars Rasmussen
-Sathima Bea Benjamin: Embracing Jazz by Lars Rasmussen
-Mbizo - A Book On Johnny Dyani by Lars Rasmussen
-The Story of South African Jazz: Volume One by Struan Douglas
-The Story of South African Jazz: Volume Two by Struan Douglas
-Marabi Nights by Christopher Ballantine
-In Township Tonight! by David Coplan
-Last Night at the Bassline by David Coplan
-Yakhal'Inkomo: Portrait of a Jazz Classic by Percy Mabandu
-Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath by Maxine McGregor
-A Common Hunger To Sing by ZB Molefe and Mike Mzileni
-"Keeping Time" by Chris Albertyn
-Beyond The Blues: Township Jazz In The 60s and 70s (David Philip Publisher, 1997) by Basil Breakey (photographs) and Stephen Michael Gordon (text)
Key archives & full-collection sites
- Internet Archive — South African jazz audio (historic LP transfers, kwela, 1960s–70s material). Great for downloading or streaming historic recordings.
- Electric Jive / Ian Bruce Huntley jazz archive — photos, reel-to-reel audio and documentation of Cape Town jazz (1964–1974). Useful for primary-source audio and images.
- As-Shams Archive / Bandcamp — curated reissues and unreleased 1970s South African jazz, funk & soul. Good for hard-to-find studio material.
Articles on South African Jazz
- How did Jazz develop in South Africa? by Hotep Galeta
https://www.openskyjazz.com/2012/03/how-did-jazz-develop-in-south-africa/
- Darius Brubeck - Out of Africa
Article by Dr Mike Rossi in the Jazz Education Journal, USA, 1997
- How did Jazz develop in South Africa? by Hotep Galeta
https://www.openskyjazz.com/2012/03/how-did-jazz-develop-in-south-africa/
- Darius Brubeck - Out of Africa
Article by Dr Mike Rossi in the Jazz Education Journal, USA, 1997
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ONLINE, AUDIO and VIDEO
-The 2002 documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
-The 2003 documentary Sophiatown
-The 1987 Abdullah Ibrahim documentary A Brother with Perfect Timing
-Oral history interview with Sibongile Khumalo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynLrbN2pg2o...
-Radio miniseries Ubuyile produced by Gwen Ansell (not available publicly, but here are the episodes): https://www.dropbox.com/.../AADO1Q7fRbYPtWEd8DdTD7aUa...
-Seton Hawkins (JALC) did a miniseries for SiriusXM. Episodes are here: https://www.dropbox.com/.../AADEppRJPrXZ9QqxzQaEaqTra...
-UCT oral history archive - University of Cape Town.
Examples:
-http://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/oral-history...
-http://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/oral-history...
-http://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/oral-history...
-District Six Museum online resources: http://www.districtsix.co.za/
-Rhodes University ILAM online resource: https://www.ru.ac.za/ilam/
- Interesting Indiegogo project on oral histories of Sophiatown: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/echoes-of-sophiatown#/
-SA History online resources: https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/sophiatown
-Musical Influence on Apartheid and the Civil Rights Movement
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