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Vol. 1-Travelling with My Portable Electric Phonog by Various (Record, 2010)

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What did South Africa and South East Asia of the 1940s and 50s have in common?. In both places the local population was trying to gain independence from British colonialism. The Zulu of South Africa are the largest ethnic group in the country and are well known for their rich musical traditions.

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Release Year2010

FormatRecord

GenreInternational

ArtistVarious

Release TitleVol. 1-Travelling with My Portable Electric Phonog

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Item Length12.29 in

Item Width11.69 in

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NotesAlthough colonialism is never a good thing, there are always some positive outcomes when two cultures collide, especially when it comes to music. In the 1940s Zulu musicians in South Africa began fusing traditional Zulu choral music with Western jazz. A continent away in India, we see that the same kind of musical revolution was taking place during this same period. Calcutta in particular became a musical hotbed beginning in W. W. II. The jazz scene was dominated by house bands from British hotels and social clubs. An influx of refugees in 1942 from Burma also brought new blood to Calcutta, like Reuben Solomon who once had the hottest band in Rangoon. Batuk Nandy was a steel guitar player who rose to fame by making music for Bollywood films, while Bismillah Khan was an Indian shehnai (a traditional flute-like instrument) master.