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Remembering iconic trombonist and exiled anti-apartheid activist Jonas Gwangwa who has died aged 83.

Jonas Gwangwa, trombonist and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 83 South African trombonist, vocalist and composer Jonas Gwangwa was 83. by Giovanni Russonello (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Jonas Gwangwa, a preeminent South African trombonist, vocalist and composer who became a leading artistic ambassador for the anti-apartheid resistance, died Sunday. He was 83. The office of President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the death in a statement, but did not say where he died or what the cause was. Gwangwa had been in poor health for some time. Calling him “a giant of our revolutionary cultural movement,” Ra...

Brass, class, steel and sorrow: Jonas Gwangwa cut close to the bone 29 Jan 2021 Trombonist Jonas Gwangwa has a superb back catalogue, despite the fact that not all of his recordings have been reissued. (Siphiwe Mhlambi) Joni Mitchell put it best in Big Yellow Taxi: “Don’t it always seem to go/ That you don’t know what you’ve lost/Till it’s gone.” So it is with the passing of Jonas Mosa Gwangwa. Only now, after a full week of sadness and tributes, does it even start feeling real that there will be no more new songs from the mind, voice and trombone that gave us

Record Time: New & Notable Vinyl Releases (January 2021) By Robert Ham  |  January 29, 2021  |  1:21pm Record Time is Paste’s monthly column that takes a glimpse into the wide array of new vinyl releases that are currently flooding record stores around the world. Rather than run down every fresh bit of wax in the marketplace, we’ll home in on special editions, reissues and unusual titles that come across our desk with an interest in discussing both the music and how it is pressed and presented. This month, that includes new pressings of reggae classics, a sweat-inducing live recordin...

Etuk Ubong Breaks New Ground in Afro-Jazz Etuk Ubong is a trumpetist, composer, arranger and bandleader from Lagos, Nigeria. Born in Akwa Ibom State in southeastern Nigeria, he was raised in Lagos where he showed early signs as a musical prodigy. He went on to perform with highlife legend Victor Olaiya and Afrobeat torch-bearer Femi Kuti. Today, Ubong leads his own band, and is among the most innovative, groundbreaking rising stars in African jazz. His 2020 album Africa Today was recorded direct-to-disc for the Night Dreamer label in Holland, and the album is featured on Afropop Worldwide �...