Umculo weJazz unokuba lihlabathi elilawulwa ngamadoda, kodwa i-jazz ayinakuba yile nto iyiyo ngaphandle kwamazwi akhethekileyo nanamandla, kunye nobuntu, beimvumi ezininzi zabasetyhini. UNina Simone, uBillie Holiday, uCassandra Wilson, uDianne Reeves: zininzi kakhulu iimvumi zeJazz ezibalaseleyo zabasetyhini abangabayo nayiphi na iHolo yoDumo yeJazz, babelane ngemiyalezo yabo yothando, ukuchasa, ithemba kunye nobuntu ngeengoma ezingalibalekiyo.
Akukho mathandabuzo ngoku ukuba i-jazz wave entsha iye yavela - intshukumo ekhulayo ekhokelwa ngabaculi abaziva benamandla kwaye bakhuthazwa yinyani yamaxesha, ngakumbi e-United States, kwaye ngubani oculayo kwaye adlale kuqala kwaye aqhubeke. egameni loluntu lwabo, ngokungaxolisi. Iimvumi zabasetyhini ziphambili kuloo ntshukumo, e-US, kwiCaribbean nase-UK, kwaye iimvumi ezintandathu ezibalaseleyo zesi sizukulwana sitsha zibonakaliswa kulo nyaka kwiSaint Lucia Jazz Festival.
“Injongo yam kukusebenzisa umculo ukuphakamisa abantu bam kunye nokuziphakamisa,” utsho uLalah Hathaway, ovakalelwa kukuba “umculo yindlela yokuxhathisa”. UHathaway, owenza iiseti ezimbini ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesihlanu, umhla we-11 kuCanzibe eRoyalton, uphumelele iGrammy izihlandlo ezithathu: ngo-2014 kwiNtsebenzo eNgcono yeR&B kunye noSnarky Puppy; emva koko ngo-2015 kowona Msebenzi weR&B weNdalo oBalaseleyo, kunye noRobert Glasper kunye noMalcolm-Jamal Warner we "Abantwana bakaYesu;" kwaye, kwakhona, ngo-2016 kwiqweqwe likayise lika-1972 elibetha "iNkwenkwana yeGhetto".
Izandi zeCaribbean, iingoma kunye nezingqisho nazo zibonakaliswe kwi-2018 edition yomnyhadala, ngakumbi kunye noZara McFarlane, umculi obalaseleyo we-Black Jazz kwindawo ye-jazz yase-UK. UMcFarlane wazalelwa eLondon, kodwa, ngokucacileyo, "[ngo]ngowaseJamaica, njengoko umhlaba kamama wakhe noyise ubhalwe emphefumlweni wakhe kwaye ungcangcazela ngomculo wakhe." Icwecwe lakhe lamva nje elithi “Vuka” lifumene udumo olukhulu, kwaye ngoku ukhenketha kwizixeko zaseYurophu eziya kuqukumbela ngokudlala kwakhe eSaint Lucia nge-9 kaMeyi.
UmHaiti uPauline Jean uzisa izandi zeCaribbean, iimvakalelo kunye nembonakalo yomhlaba ekusebenzeni kwakhe. Umculo wakhe udala umxube we-erudite wejazz yehlabathi ephuma kwiingcambu zakhe zesiCreole kwaye idibanisa iinguqu zangoku kunye nezemveli. Kolu hlelo loMnyhadala, uya kujoyina iSanta Lucia ebalaseleyo, uLuther Francois, uArnaud Dolmen, uCameron Pierre nabanye ukubonisa ukuba iCreole Jazz iyachuma kwiCaribbean.
Amanye amazwi asekuqaleni kunye nakhethekileyo abonakaliswe kwiSaint Lucia Jazz 2018 nguCarolyn Malachi owathi, ngoLwesihlanu, ngoMeyi 11, uya kumnika impembelelo ye-jazz yereggae kunye nehip-hop, edibanisa izingqisho zaseAfrika kunye nomphefumlo waseMelika; kunye ne-Jazzmeia Horn echongwe ngeGrammy, echazwa njengemvumi ebalaseleyo “kuba uthatha yonke ingoma ayicula ngokwemvelo. IJazzmeia ngumdlali othi igama ngalinye, izimbo zomzimba, kunye nokuzihombisa kuye kube yimbonakaliso yokuzithemba kwakhe ngokupheleleyo kwaye uphila ngokupheleleyo okwangoku. "
NgeCawe, nge-13 kaCanzibe ePigeon Island National Landmark, enye iimvumi ezibalaseleyo, uAvery*Sunshine, uzakuthatha umnyhadala ukuya kuthi qheke ukusa kunye nophawu lwakhe lwendudumo, imibhobho eveliswe yigospile kunye nomxholo wentliziyo-to-ntliziyo. U-Avery* Sunshine waqhushumba kwindawo yakhe kunye necwecwe lakhe le-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ka-2010. Ukwazi iilwimi ezininzi zomculo ukusuka emphefumlweni nakwindlu ukuya kweyakudala, jazz kunye nehip-hop, uAvery*Sunshine uvakalisa ngelizwi elithetha ngenkalipho kwaye elibalisa ibali eliqhelekileyo: ibali elimalunga nothando, ukuphiliswa kunye nokufumana ubutsha bakho - kufanelekile. umyalezo womsitho woSuku looMama.
Bonke aba bafazi banetalente ekhethekileyo bakwangamatsha ntliziyo ezentlalo kunye nee-philanthropists ngokwabo: uLalah Hathaway ngomnye wabameli beSizwe kwiphulo elijolise ekufundiseni, ukuxhobisa kunye nokudibanisa uluntu lwase-Afrika-lwaseMelika kumlo ochasene nomhlaza webele. Ukwangumthetheleli wabantwana bomculo wokufunda ngemibala: “Umculo ngumzamo wokusebenzisana obalaseleyo kunye nemeko. Yincoko, hayi intetho eyodwa,” utshilo.
Okwangoku, uPauline Jean uhamba eHaiti ngonyaka kunye neqela leemvumi njengenxalenye ye-Experience Ayiti Mission, ukubonelela ngoncedo, iiklasi zenkosi, iikhonsathi zamahhala, kunye nokusabalalisa izixhobo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zesiqithi; kunye noCarolyn Malaki bakhuthaza ukufikelela ngokulinganayo kwimfundo kunye neteknoloji, igalelo kumanqaku endlela yokuphila kwi-Black Enterprise Magazine kwaye iqhuba imfundo yejazz rhoqo kunye nokhenketho lokutshintshiselana eHaiti.
I-Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2018 yamkelekile eli liza litsha labaculi beJazz, besazi ukuba, ngokunokwenzeka, ukulindela kwayo kuya kodlulwa kakhulu yimidlalo yokwenene yezi nkwenkwezi zisekiweyo neziphumayo.
