Heat combo: When Wynton Marsalis met Yacub Addy

Amina Addy on how two very different artists came together to capture the spirit of African slave musicWe first saw Wynton Marsalis on television soloing with a symphony orchestra in 1981. The announcer said he came from New Orleans. "I'm going to work with this man," my husband Yacub Addy said.I was surprised because Yacub is a traditional Ghanaian drummer of the Ga ethnic group. I couldn't visualise him working with this classically trained trumpeter, although Wynton is known for jazz, which ...

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