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July 27/28 Show: The Centennial of Kippie Moeketsi, Part One

(Want to see a very rare movie performance appearance by Kippie? Here (6 min 12 sec) is a clarinet solo he played in the 1950 movie Zonk!)

• Scullery Department - The Jazz Epistles (from Verse One)

• De Makeba - Jazz Dazzlers (from Township Swing Jazz, Volume 1)

• Kippie’s Prayer - Pat Matshikiza and Kippie Moeketsi (from Tshona!)

• Clarinet Kwela - Kippie Moeketsi and The Marabi Kings (from Mbube - The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

• Blue Stompin’ - Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer (from Blue Stompin’)

• Body and Soul - Kippie Moeketsi (from Jazz in Africa, Volume 1)

• Umgababa - Pat Matshikiza and Kippie Moeketsi (from Tshona!)

• Switch - Chris McGregor and the Castle Lager Big Band (from Jazz / The African Sound)

• Memories of You - Abdullah Ibrahim and Kippie Moeketsi (from African Sun)

July 20/21 Show: The Music and Playing of Sisonke Xonti (This month, Sisonke makes his US debut with gigs at Dizzy’s Club, at Caramoor, and at the IAVM conference)

• Bonisile - Sisonke Xonti (from Iyonde)

• Sabie’s Riff - Sydney Mavundla (from Luhambo)

• Busa - Sydney Mavundla (from Luhambo)

• Sinivile - Sisonke Xonti (from uGaba: The Migration)

• 15 Sandile St - Sisonke Xonti (from Iyonde)

• Umntu - Herbie Tsoaeli (from At this Point in Time: Voices in Volumes)

• Qula Kwedini - Lwanda Gogwana (from Uhadi Synth)

• Newness - Sisonke Xonti (from uGaba: The Migration)

July 13/14 Show: The Music of Abdullah Ibrahim

• Mannenberg [mislabeled on album as Moniebah] - Pharoah Sanders (from Moonchild)

• Kramat - Nuclear Whales Orchestra (from Fathom This!)

• African Marketplace - Brazz Brothers (from Ngoma)

• Tafelberg/Carnival Samba - Zim Ngqawana (from Vadzimu)

• Tsakwe/Royal Blue - Robbie Jansen & the Sons of Table Mountain (from Cape Jazz Classics - Live)

• Anthem for the New Nation - Paxton/Spangler Septet (from Anthem for the New Nation)

• The Wedding - Anat Cohen (from Claroscuro)

• Kippie - Chris McGregor and the Castle Lager Big Band (from Jazz / The African Sound)

• Tintiyana - Elvin Jones (from Midnight Walk)