African Jazz: 

South Africa's unique blend of American jazz instrumentation and arrangement concepts with indigenous sources such as marabi. Many African groups such as Guinea's Bembeya Jazz and Zaire's T.P.O.K. Jazz incorporated "jazz" in band names but did not have the same direct connection to American jazz as in South Africa. – Courtesy Afropop Worldwide: www.afropop.org


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