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Ladysmith Black Mambazo at San Sebastian Jazz Festival at Plaza De La Trinidad (trinity Square)
Courtesy of San Sebastian Jazz Festival (Jazzaldia) | Posted on February 20, 2023
Where
Plaza De La Trinidad (trinity Square)
San Sebastian Jazz Festival
Plaza de la Trinidad
Donostia-San Sebastián
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When
Tue, July 25, 2023
20:00
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Musicians
Thulani Shabalala
vocalsSibongiseni Shabalala
vocalsThamasanqa Shabalala
vocalsMsizi Shabalala
vocalsAlbert Mazibuko
vocalsAbednego Mazibuko
vocalsMfanafuthi Dlamini
vocalsPius Shezi
vocalsSabelo Mthembu
vocalsLadysmith Black Mambazo
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is Africa’s vocal group par excellence. We associate their music with the struggle against apartheid and its abolition, and with the freedom and arrival to power of Nelson Mandela. In fact, today most people in the world unconsciously instantly connect their songs to Africa in general and South Africa in particular.
The group was created with the name of Ezimnyam in 1960, initially made up of the siblings and cousins of Joseph Shabalala, its founder and leader. In 1964 Shabalala had several dreams in which he heard specific music and harmonies, always in the isicathamiya traditional style. Shabalala, who continued to perform until 2008 and died in 2020, conveyed the sounds of his dreams to the group, who soon started to enjoy success and win most of the competitions they entered....