{"id":81970,"date":"2021-06-09T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/we-are-busy-bodies-kippie-moketsi-hal-singer\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:24:49","slug":"we-are-busy-bodies-kippie-moketsi-hal-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/we-are-busy-bodies-kippie-moketsi-hal-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Busy Bodies reissues album by Kippie Moketsi and Hal Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The two jazz legends collaborated on <em>Blue Stompin&#8217;<\/em>, a distant precursor to R&amp;B according to critics. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian label pays tribute to the saxophonist Hal Singer via a reissue of one of his major projects, the 1959 album <em>Blue Stompin&#8217;<\/em>, which was recorded by the British label Prestige. The eponymous track, a collaboration with Kippie Moketsi, is strongly reminiscent of the golden age of jazz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2854803400\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wearebusybodies.bandcamp.com\/album\/kippie-moketsi-hal-singer-blue-stompin\">Kippie Moketsi &amp; Hal Singer &#8211; Blue Stompin&#39; by We Are Busy Bodies<\/a><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franco-American Hal Singer notably collaborated with the father of swing, Duke Ellington, as well as the Cameroonian legend <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/manu-dibango\/\">Manu Dibango<\/a>, otherwise known as &#8220;Papa Groove.\u201d For his part, Kippie Moeketsi is often seen as the father of South African jazz, having inspired the pan-African icon, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/miriam-makeba\/\">Miriam Makeba<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/wearebusybodies.bandcamp.com\/album\/kippie-moketsi-hal-singer-blue-stompin\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Blue Stompin<\/em>\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;ahead of its July 22 release via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearebusybodies\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Are Busy Bodies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/e4d39f6d-blue-stompin-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two jazz legends collaborated on Blue Stompin&#8217;, a distant precursor to R&amp;B according to critics. 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