"jazz Meets Dancehall" at The Nelson Club

“Jazz Meets Dancehall” celebrates Jamaican Ska and Reggae classics alongside South African Township Jazz. Annie Whitehead (trombone) and South African-born Claude Deppa (trumpet) join Interplay’s regular line-up.
Many South African jazz musicians emigrated to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s (including Claude) bringing a vibrant new energy to British jazz. Both Claude and Annie have a long association with that musical movement. At the same time the Notting Hill Carnival became a focus for Jamaican music in Britain eventually inspiring Ska, Reggae and Two-Tone music in the host community....

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“Jazz Meets Dancehall” celebrates Jamaican Ska and Reggae classics alongside South African Township Jazz. Annie Whitehead (trombone) and South African-born Claude Deppa (trumpet) join Interplay’s regular line-up.
Many South African jazz musicians emigrated to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s (including Claude) bringing a vibrant new energy to British jazz. Both Claude and Annie have a long association with that musical movement. At the same time the Notting Hill Carnival became a focus for Jamaican music in Britain eventually inspiring Ska, Reggae and Two-Tone music in the host community.

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