Photo by Tom Beetz Hugh Masekela in 2009 |
Music Hits List, Genre: Africa Jazz
Music Hits List, Genre: Africa Jazz
Artist | Title | Album | Length | Year | Genre |
Namu Kulu | Achikouya fling | Simply World Disc 4 Nu World (Union Square Music 2005) | 00:3:55 | 2004 | World Africa Jazz |
Mamadou Barry (Guinea) | Africa five | Free Africa Disc 4 (Harmonia Mundi Distribution 2010) | 00:5:45 | 2008 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | African boogie | Essential Recordings - Manu Dibango Disc 2 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:4:18 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Nancy Jacobs & Her Sisters | Baby are yeng | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:31 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Spokes Mashiyane (South Africa) | Banana ba Rustenberg | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:31 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Bessoka | The Essential Guide To Africa Disc 3 (Union Square Music 2005) | 00:3:27 | 2002 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Big blow | Essential Recordings - Manu Dibango Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:5:41 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand)(South Africa) | Biral | Dollar Brand - Abdullah Ibrahim (Fremeaux & Associes 2001) | 00:3:45 | 1978 | World Africa Jazz |
Franco & le Tpok Jazz (Congo) | Boma l'heure | Francophonic - Franco & le Tpok Jazz Disc 1 (Sterns 2008) | 00:5:06 | 1970 | World Africa Jazz |
African Jazz Pioneers (South Africa) | Bra Ntem's kwela | Sound Offerings From South Africa Disc 2 (Gallo SA 2000) | 00:4:13 | 2001 | World Africa Jazz |
Bheki Mseleku (South Africa) | Celebration | The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (World Music Network 1999) | 00:7:51 | 1993 | World Africa Jazz |
Kippie Moeketsi & the Marabi Kings (South Africa) | Clarinet kwela | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:50 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Miriam Makeba (South Africa) | Click song (aka qongqothwane) | Mama Africa - The Very Best Of Miriam Makeba (Union Square 2001) | 00:3:35 | 1960 | World Africa Jazz |
Fela Kuti & the Africa 70 (Nigeria) | Coffin for the head of state (part 2) | Anthology 2 Disc 2 - Fela Kuti (Wrasse Records 2008) | 00:13:19 | 1977 | World Africa Jazz |
Gloria Bosman (South Africa) | Dance | Nature Dances - Gloria Bosman (Bosman Music/Sheer Sound 2003) | 00:3:49 | 2003 | World Africa Jazz |
Amadou & Mariam (Mali) | Dans ce monde trouble | Je Pense a`Toi - Amadou & Mariam (LE Box Set) Disc 2 Tje Ni Mousso (Universal Music France 2005) | 00:4:31 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Jazz Dazzlers | De makeba | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:46 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Errol Dyers (South Africa) | Dindela | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:4:50 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Doctor bird (reggae) | Essential Recordings - Manu Dibango Disc 2 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:5:04 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Don't go lose it baby | African Breeze - Hugh Masekela (Sound & Media 1995) | 00:6:07 | 1985 | World Africa Jazz |
DJ Food (UK) | Dub lion (Remake) | Africanize (Gut Records 2001) | 00:5:20 | 1995 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Electric Africa | Essential Recordings - Manu Dibango Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:10:25 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Ratau Mike Makhalemele (South Africa) | Emakhaya | The Great South African Trip Disc 1 (African Cream SA 2002) | 00:3:47 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Lira (South Africa) | Feel good | A Night In South Africa (SME Africa 2010) | 00:5:18 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Fela | Afrobeat...No Go Die! (Shanachie 2000) | 00:5:28 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Momo Wandel Soumah (Guinea) | Felenko yefe | Afro Swing - Momo Wandel Soumah (Fonti Musicali 1999) | 00:8:18 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Legion Of Green Men ft Miriam Makeba (Africa; Canada) | For Maria, wherever I might find her | Beginner's Guide To World Lounge Disc 1 (Demon/Nascente 2005) | 00:3:32 | 2005 | World Africa Jazz |
Et Mensah (Ghana) | Ghana-Guinea-Mali | Beginner's Guide To African Funk Disc 3 (Demon 2009) | 00:2:43 | 2004 | World Africa Jazz |
Gloria Bosman (South Africa) | God bless the child | Nature Dances - Gloria Bosman (Bosman Music/Sheer Sound 2003) | 00:5:18 | 2003 | World Africa Jazz |
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Grazing in the grass* | Tales Of South Africa (Sheer Sound 2006) | 00:3:28 | 1968 | World Africa Jazz |
Noise Khanyile & the Jo'berg City Stars (South Africa) | Groovin' jive No 1 | The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (World Music Network 1999) | 00:8:09 | 1998 | World Africa Jazz |
Mulatu Astatke (Mulatu Astatqe) (Ethiopia) | Gubelye | The Very Best Of Ethiopiques Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2007) | 00:4:39 | 1970 | World Africa Jazz |
Testa-Maryam Kidane | Heywete | The Very Best Of Ethiopiques Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2007) | 00:5:16 | 1970 | World Africa Jazz |
Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks (South Africa) | Holilili | Mama Africa - The Very Best Of Miriam Makeba (Union Square 2001) | 00:2:34 | 1959 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) ft Ray Lema | Homeless | Wakafrika - Manu Dibango (Fnac Music Prod. 1994) | 00:3:46 | 1994 | World Africa Jazz |
Photo by Kurt Jansson Ethiopian Musician, Mulatu Astatke In 2013 |
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Manu Dibango (Cameroon) ft King Sunny Ade | Jingo | Wakafrika - Manu Dibango (Fnac Music Prod. 1994) | 00:5:09 | 1994 | World Africa Jazz |
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse (South Africa) | Jive Soweto | The Essential Guide To South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:4:42 | 1987 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Kata kata | Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango | 00:4:18 | 1985 | World Africa Jazz |
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Kauleza | The Great South African Trip Disc 2 (African Cream SA 2002) | 00:5:17 | 2002 | World Africa Jazz |
Little Lemmy & Big Joe (South Africa) | Kwela No 5 | Cafe Africa 40 Original African Favourites Disc 2 (Not Now Music 2010) | 00:2:30 | 2009 | World Africa Jazz |
Geraldo Pino & the Heartbeats (Sierra Leone) | Let them talk | The Rough Guide To West African Gold (World Music Network 2006) | 00:5:14 | 2005 | World Africa Jazz |
Orlando 7 | Loafers corner | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:37 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Salif Keita (Mali) | Madan | Chilled Jazz Disc 2 (Universal Classics & Jazz 2002) | 00:4:47 | 2001 | World Africa Jazz |
Rob | Make it fast make it slow | Ghana Soundz: Afrobeat, Funk and Fusion in the 70's (Soundway 2002) | 00:5:24 | 1977 | World Africa Jazz |
McCoy Mrubata (South Africa) | Makwedini Pt 2 | Cafe South Africa Disc 3 (Union Square 2010) | 00:7:18 | 1985 | World Africa Jazz |
Miriam Makeba (South Africa) | Mas que nada | Her Essential Recordings - Miriam Makeba Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:3:17 | 1965 | World Africa Jazz |
Moses Khumalo (South Africa) | Meadowlands | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:3:52 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Spokes Mashiyane (South Africa) | Meva | The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (World Music Network 1999) | 00:2:54 | 1958 | World Africa Jazz |
Dorothy Masuka (Zimbabwe) | Mfan 'Omncane | Putumayo Presents Women Of Africa (Putumayo 2004) | 00:2:48 | 2004 | World Africa Jazz |
DuOud ft Malouma (Mauritania) | Missy Nouackshott | Sound Of The World Presents Anywhere On This Road Disc 2 (Warner Classics & Jazz 2010) | 00:4:24 | 2009 | World Africa Jazz |
Chris McGregor & Brotherhood Of Breath (South Africa) | MRA | Brotherhood Of Breath - Chris McGregor (MCPS A Wing & A Prayer 2006) | 00:5:05 | 1971 | World Africa Jazz |
Wallias Band (Ethiopia) | Muziqawi silt | The Very Best Of Ethiopiques Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2007) | 00:3:47 | 1977 | World Africa Jazz |
Franco & le Tpok Jazz (Congo) | Nalingaka yo yo te | Francophonic - Franco & le Tpok Jazz Disc 2 (Sterns 2008) | 00:10:41 | 1980 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango | Nature Boy | The Rough Guide To Manu Dibango (World Music Network 2004) | 00:4:23 | 1980 | World Africa Jazz |
Dorothy Masuka (Zimbabwe) | Ngi hamba ngedwa | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:45 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Makhona Tsohle Band (South Africa) | Ngikhala ngiya baleka No 2 (Zulu: I'm crying whilst running away) | The History Of Township Music (Gallo/Wrasse Records 2001) | 00:2:29 | 1968 | World Africa Jazz |
Christopher Columbus Feelings (South Africa) | Oosoga | Next Stop...Soweto Vol 3 Disc 2 (Strut Records 2010) | 00:5:06 | 1979 | World Africa Jazz |
Paul Hanmer (South Africa) | Oxtinato | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:4:21 | 2008 | World Africa Jazz |
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Poinciana | Essential Recordings - Manu Dibango Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:4:27 | 1983 | World Africa Jazz |
Zim Nggawana (South Africa) | Qula kwedini (radio edit) | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:4:19 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Miriam Makeba (South Africa) | Samba | South Africa's Skylark Disc 2 - Miriam Makeba (Demon Music Group 2010) | 00:5:03 | 1974 | World Africa Jazz |
Reggie Msomi & his Hollywood Jazz Band (South Africa) | Soul chakari | Next Stop...Soweto (mbaqanga) (Strut 2010) | 00:2:44 | 1969 | World Africa Jazz |
Keletigui Diabate (Mali) | Summertime in Bamako | The Rough Guide To The Music Of Mali (World Music Network 2008) | 00:3:26 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Jazz Ministers (South Africa) | Take me to Brazil | Next Stop...Soweto Vol 3 Disc 2 (Strut Records 2010) | 00:5:08 | 1976 | World Africa Jazz |
Miriam Makeba (South Africa) | Talking & dialoging | Her Essential Recordings - Miriam Makeba Disc 2 (Union Square Music 2006) | 00:5:37 | 1977 | World Africa Jazz |
Andile Yenana (South Africa) | Tembisa (the people edit) | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:4:16 | 2006 | World Africa Jazz |
Gloria Bosman (South Africa) | The look of love | Nature Dances - Gloria Bosman (Bosman Music/Sheer Sound 2003) | 00:4:22 | 2003 | World Africa Jazz |
Rokia Traore (Mali) | The man I love | Tchamantche - Rokia Traore (Universal 2007) | 00:4:43 | 2007 | World Africa Jazz |
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Thimlela | The Essential Guide To South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:7:43 | 1988 | World Africa Jazz |
Dolly Rathebe (South Africa) | Tihapi ke noga | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:3:00 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Franco & le Tpok Jazz (Congo) | Tika kondima na zolo | Francophonic - Franco & le Tpok Jazz Disc 1 (Sterns 2008) | 00:2:58 | 1955 | World Africa Jazz |
Momo Wandel Soumah (Guinea) | Toko | World 2001 Disc 1 (Virgin Records 2001) | 00:7:39 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Last Poets | Tribute to Obabi (Ogun) | Breaks Sessions Disc 2 (Union Square Music 2002) | 00:10:13 | 1972 | World Africa Jazz |
Darius Brubeck (South Africa) | Tugela rail | Cafe South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:5:38 | 1992 | World Africa Jazz |
Khaya Hayane Dlamini (South Africa) | Utshwala | Sound Offerings From South Africa Disc 2 (Gallo SA 2000) | 00:5:31 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Sngamu Jazz Band | Walk to Dube | African Jazz N Jive (Gallo Record Co. S.A. 2000) | 00:2:44 | 2000 | World Africa Jazz |
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse (South Africa) | Welcome | The Best Of Sipho Mabuse (Gallo Music/Melodie Distribustion France) | 00:5:53 | 1999 | World Africa Jazz |
Winston Mankunku Ngozi (South Africa) | Yakhal' inkomo | The Essential Guide To South Africa Disc 2 (Union Square 2010) | 00:8:54 | 1968 | World Africa Jazz |
Elite Swingsters (South Africa) | Yaze yangala | The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (World Music Network 1999) | 00:4:41 | 1998 | World Africa Jazz |
Mulatu Astatke (Mulatu Astatqe) (Ethiopia) | Yekatit | The Very Best Of Ethiopiques Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2007) | 00:3:57 | 1970 | World Africa Jazz |
Mulatu Astatke (Mulatu Astatqe) (Ethiopia) | Yekermo sew | The Very Best Of Ethiopiques Disc 1 (Union Square Music 2007) | 00:4:14 | 1967 | World Africa Jazz |
Aaron & Pieter (South Africa) | ZCM | Cafe Africa 40 Original African Favourites Disc 2 (Not Now Music 2010) | 00:2:37 | 2009 | World Africa Jazz |
Fela Kuti & the Africa 70 (Nigeria) | Zombie* | Celebrate Disc 2 The Best Of Africa (Rhino UK 2010) | 00:6:13 | 1977 | World Africa Jazz |
Photo by Selbymay, LesEscales2019
Saxophone Player & Composer, Manu Dibango