Kaya 959 The Jazz Standard

Carol Ann Muller

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The conversation piece is Musical Echoes - South African Women Thinking in Jazz, a book by Professor of Music Carol Ann Muller and the iconic Mme Sathima Bea Benjamin telling the story of a South African jazz vocalist born in Cape Town in the 1930s.
3 Aug 2024 English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary

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