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Beatrice "
Sathima Bea"
Benjamin (17
October 1936 – 20
August 2013) was a
South African vocalist and
composer based in New York City for
nearly 45 years...
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collaborating with
classical orchestras in Europe. With his wife, the jazz
singer Sathima Bea Benjamin,
Ibrahim is
father to two children,
including the New York...
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Abdullah Ibrahim,
Miriam Makeba,
Jonathan Butler,
Chris McGregor, and
Sathima Bea Benjamin.
Afrikaans music covers multiple genres, such as the contemporary...
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vocalist Alice Babs, and the
South African musicians Dollar Brand and
Sathima Bea
Benjamin (A
Morning in Paris, 1963/1997).
Ellington wrote an original...
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Yanow wrote: "Many of the
melodies (particularly 'Mandela,' 'Song for
Sathima,' 'Water From an
Ancient Well,' and the
beautiful 'The Wedding') are among...
- Africa, on
November 26, 1976. The
child of
South African jazz
musicians Sathima Bea
Benjamin and
Abdullah Ibrahim, Grae was
raised in The
Hotel Chelsea...
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academic Robert Sithole –
musician Rozena Maart – writer, and
professor Sathima Bea
Benjamin – jazz
singer and
composer Sydney Vernon Petersen – poet and...
- to work with
numerous other vocalists throughout his career,
including Sathima Bea Benjamin,
Shirley Horn,
Betty Carter,
Jonathan Schwartz,
Carmen McRae...
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musicians had the
opportunity to play
music often.
Musicians such as
singer Sathima Bea
Benjamin learned by
going to
nightclubs and jam
sessions and waiting...
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Abdullah Ibrahim,
Miriam Makeba,
Jonathan Butler,
Chris McGregor, and
Sathima Bea Benjamin.
Afrikaans music covers multiple genres, such as the contemporary...
