Instrumentalists are also, instrument players who compose music for other music genres other than Jazz. Just to get this out of the way, an instrumentalist is one who, despite being exceptionally good at playing a musical instrument chooses to only do covers of already existing music and/or gives the songs a jazz interpretation. The musicians on this lists are strictly Jazz musicians and does not include instrumentalists. Kenya is known more for Rhumba and sometimes its hard to count the Jazz musicians with both hands. Things have been changing slowly and this is evident from the number of Jazz musicians that are joining the pioneers. I have written quite a bit on this before and given some insight on what prevents us from reaching higher heights. Trumpeter Christine Kamau is the only lady Jazz musician in Kenya in a male dominated sceneĪlthough the Jazz scene in Kenya has been growing, it is yet to be mentioned in the same breath as South Africa when speaking about places in Africa where Jazz is vibrant.
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