African Jazz Pioneers | |
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| Origin | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Genres | Jazz, world music |
| Years active | 1950s–present |
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The African Jazz Pioneers is a South African group that espouses the music of the 1950s, fusing big band jazz with township marabi sounds. Band leader and saxophonist Bra Ntemi Piliso, who wrote most of the Pioneers' songs, opened the field of composition to the band's younger musicians.[3]
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