Umculo we-Jazz ungase ube umhlaba ogcwele abesilisa, kodwa i-jazz ngeke ibe yilokho eyikho ngaphandle kwamazwi ahlukile nanamandla, kanye nobuntu, babaculi abaningi besifazane. UNina Simone, uBillie Holiday, uCassandra Wilson, uDianne Reeves: baningi kakhulu abaculi be-jazz besifazane abavelele abangamalungu anoma iyiphi i-Jazz Hall of Fame, ababelana ngemilayezo yabo yothando, yokumelana, yethemba nobuntu ngezingoma ezingenakulibaleka.
Akungabazeki manje ukuthi sekuqubuke igagasi elisha le-jazz - inhlangano ekhulayo eholwa abaculi abazizwa benamandla futhi begqugquzelwa iqiniso lezikhathi, ikakhulukazi e-United States, futhi abacula futhi badlale kuqala futhi phambili. egameni lemiphakathi yabo, ngokungafanele. Abaculi besifazane abahamba phambili kuleyo nhlangano, e-US, eCaribbean nase-UK, kanti abaculi besifazane abayisithupha abavelele balesi sizukulwane esisha babonakala kulo nyaka eSaint Lucia Jazz Festival.
“Inhloso yami ukusebenzisa umculo ukuze ngithuthukise abantu bami futhi ngiziphakamise mina,” kusho uLalah Hathaway, onomuzwa wokuthi “umculo uyindlela yokumelana”. U-Hathaway, owenza amasethi amabili kusihlwa ngoLwesihlanu, Meyi 11 e-Royalton, uwine ama-Grammy amahlandla amathathu: ngo-2014 nge-Best R&B Performance kanye no-Snarky Puppy; bese kuba ngu-2015 ye-Best Traditional R&B Performance, kanye no-Robert Glasper noMalcolm-Jamal Warner kwethi “Jesus Children;” futhi, futhi, ngo-2016 ngekhava yengoma kayise yango-1972 ethi “Little Ghetto Boy”.
Imisindo, izingoma nezigqi ze-Caribbean kuphinde kwavela kuhlelo lwango-2018 lwefestivali, ikakhulukazi no-Zara McFarlane, isihlabani somculo we-Black Jazz esivelele esigcawini se-jazz sase-UK. UMcFarlane wazalelwa eLondon, kodwa, ngokusobala, “[u]ngowaseJamaica, njengoba izwe likanina noyise libhalwe emphefumulweni wakhe futhi lidlidliza ngomculo wakhe.” I-albhamu yakhe yakamuva ethi “Arise” isithole ukunconywa kakhulu, futhi njengamanje usohambweni lwamadolobha ase-Europe oluzophetha ngokucula kwakhe eSaint Lucia ngoMeyi 9.
U-Pauline Jean waseHaiti uletha imisindo ye-Caribbean, imizwa nokwakheka kwezwe ekusebenzeni kwakhe. Umculo wakhe udala inhlanganisela ye-erudite ye-jazz yasemhlabeni ephuma ezimpandeni zakhe zesiCreole futhi ehlanganisa ukuguquguquka kwesimanje kanye nendabuko. Kulolu shicilelo loMkhosi, uzojoyina abaphambili baseSaint Lucia, uLuther Francois, u-Arnaud Dolmen, uCameron Pierre nabanye ukukhombisa ukuthi iCreole Jazz iyadlondlobala eCaribbean.
Amanye amazwi asekuqaleni nakhethekile afakwe eSaint Lucia Jazz 2018 uCarolyn Malachi, ngoLwesihlanu, Meyi 11, uzonikeza amathonya akhe e-reggae ne-hip-hop-efakwe e-jazz, ehlanganisa isigqi sase-Afrika ne-American soul; kanye ne-Jazzmeia Horn eqokwe kumaGrammy, echazwa njengomculi ovelele “ngoba uthatha yonke ingoma ayicula ngokwemvelo. I-Jazzmeia ingumdlali okuthi igama ngalinye, ukuthinta, nokuhloba kwakhe kube yisibonakaliso sokuqiniseka kwakhe ngokuphelele futhi uyaphila ngokuphelele okwamanje.”
NgeSonto, Meyi 13 e-Pigeon Island National Landmark, omunye umculi ovelele, u-Avery*Sunshine, uzothatha le festiveli intathakusa entsha ngamapayipi akhe anophawu lokuduma, afuywa ngevangeli kanye nokuqukethwe kwenhliziyo kuya kwenhliziyo. U-Avery*Sunshine uqhume endaweni yesehlakalo nge-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yango-2010 esihloko sithi. Njengoba ekwazi kahle izilimi eziningi zomculo kusukela ku-soul ne-house kuye kweyakudala, i-jazz ne-hip-hop, u-Avery*Sunshine uzwakalisa ngezwi elikhuluma ngesibindi futhi elixoxa indaba engavamile: indaba emayelana nothando, ukuphulukiswa nokuthola ubusha bakho - into efanelekile. umyalezo we-extravaganza yoSuku Lomama.
Bonke laba besifazane abanekhono eliyingqayizivele baphinde babe ngabashisekeli bezenhlalakahle kanye nama-philanthropists ngokwabo: U-Lalah Hathaway ungomunye wamaNxusa Kazwelonke omkhankaso ohlose ukufundisa, ukunika amandla kanye nokuhlanganisa umphakathi wase-Afrika-waseMelika ekulweni nomdlavuza webele. Uphinde abe ngummeli wezingane zomculo wokufunda ngemibalabala: “Umculo uwumzamo wokubambisana osezingeni eliphezulu nesimo. Kuyingxoxo, hhayi ukukhuluma yedwa,” usho kanje.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, u-Pauline Jean uya eHaiti minyaka yonke neqembu labaculi njengengxenye ye-Experience Ayiti Mission, ukuhlinzeka ngosizo, amakilasi aphezulu, amakhonsathi amahhala, nokusatshalaliswa kwezinsimbi kuzo zonke izifunda ezahlukene zesiqhingi; kanye no-Carolyn Malachi bamele ukufinyelela okulinganayo kwezemfundo nobuchwepheshe, banikele ngezindatshana zendlela yokuphila kumagazini we-Black Enterprise futhi baqhube ukufundisa nge-jazz okujwayelekile kanye nokuvakasha kokushintshisana eHaiti.
I-Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2018 yemukela leli gagasi elisha labaculi be-Jazz, bazi ukuthi, cishe, lokho elikulindele kuzodlulwa kakhulu ukudlala kwangempela kwalaba bahlabani abaziwayo nabasafufusa.
