ʻO ka mele jazz paha he honua i hoʻomalu ʻia e nā kāne, akā ʻaʻole like ka jazz me ka ʻole o nā leo kūʻokoʻa a ikaika, a me nā ʻano pilikino, o nā wahine leo leo he nui. ʻO Nina Simone, ʻo Billie Holiday, ʻo Cassandra Wilson, ʻo Dianne Reeves: he nui nā mele mele jazz wahine koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kēlā me kēia Jazz Hall of Fame, e hōʻike ana i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aloha, kūʻē, manaʻolana a me ke kanaka ma o nā mele poina ʻole.
ʻAʻohe mea kānalua i kēia manawa ua puka mai kahi nalu jazz hou - kahi neʻe ulu e alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi i manaʻo i ka mana a i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a mele a pāʻani mua a poʻokela no, a ma luna o. no ko lakou mau kaiaulu, me ke aloha ole. ʻO ka poʻe leo leo wahine ke poʻo o ia neʻe, ma US, ma ka Caribbean a ma UK, a ʻeono mau wahine hīmeni koʻikoʻi o kēia hanauna hou i hōʻike ʻia i kēia makahiki ma ka Saint Lucia Jazz Festival.
"ʻO koʻu manaʻo e hoʻohana i nā mele e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i koʻu poʻe a e hoʻokiʻekiʻe iaʻu iho," wahi a Lalah Hathaway, ka mea i manaʻo ʻo "he mele ke ʻano o ke kūʻē ʻana". ʻO Hathaway, ka mea e hoʻokani nei i ʻelua mau papa ma ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻalima, Mei 11 ma Royalton, he ʻekolu manawa lanakila Grammy: ma 2014 no ka Best R&B Performance me Snarky Puppy; a laila 2015 no ka Best Traditional R&B Performance, me Robert Glasper a me Malcolm-Jamal Warner no "Jesus Children;" a, hou, ma 2016 no ka uhi o kona makua kāne 1972 hit "Little Ghetto Boy".
Hōʻike pū ʻia nā leo Caribbean, nā mele a me nā mele i ka paʻi 2018 o ka ʻahaʻaina, ʻoi aku me Zara McFarlane, ka mea hoʻokani leo ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ma ke kiʻi jazz UK. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo McFarlane ma Lākana, akā, maopopo, "no Jamaica ʻo ia, ʻoiai ua kākau ʻia ka ʻāina o kona makuahine a me kona makuakāne i loko o kona ʻuhane a haʻalulu ma kāna mele." Ua mahalo nui ʻia kāna album hou ʻo "Arise", a aia ʻo ia ma ka huakaʻi i nā kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa e hoʻopau me kāna hana ma Saint Lucia i ka lā 9 o Mei.
Hāʻawi ʻo Haiti Pauline Jean i nā leo Caribbean, nā manaʻo a me nā ʻāina i kāna hana. Hoʻokumu kāna mele i ka hui ʻana o ka jazz honua e huki ana mai kona mau aʻa Creole a hoʻohui i nā inflection hou a me nā kuʻuna. Ma kēia paʻi o ka Festival, e hui pū ʻo ia me ko Saint Lucia maikaʻi loa, ʻo Luther Francois, Arnaud Dolmen, Cameron Pierre a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hōʻike i ka holomua o Creole Jazz ma ka Caribbean.
ʻO nā leo kumu ʻē aʻe i hōʻike ʻia ma Saint Lucia Jazz 2018 ʻo Carolyn Malachi nāna, ma ka Pōʻalima, Mei 11, e hāʻawi i kāna reggae a me hip-hop-infused jazz influences, melding rhythms African me ka ʻuhane ʻAmelika; a ʻo Jazzmeia Horn i koho ʻia ʻo Grammy, i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he mele kūʻokoʻa "no ka mea, lawe ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia mele āna i hīmeni ai. He mea hoʻokani ʻo Jazzmeia nona nā huaʻōlelo, nā ʻano, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani i hōʻike i kona manaʻoʻiʻo piha a ola ʻo ia i kēia manawa.
Ma ka lā Sābati, Mei 13 ma ka Pigeon Island National Landmark, ʻo Avery*Sunshine, e lawe i ka ʻahaʻaina i ka wanaʻao hou me kāna mau paipu hekili a me ka puʻuwai puʻuwai. Ua pahū ʻo Avery*Sunshine me kāna album hoʻomaka ponoʻī i ka makahiki 2010. Maikaʻi i nā ʻōlelo mele he nui mai ka ʻuhane a me ka hale a i ke mele kahiko, jazz a me hip-hop, hōʻike ʻo Avery*Sunshine me ka leo e ʻōlelo wiwo ʻole a haʻi i kahi moʻolelo kamaʻāina kūʻokoʻa: he moʻolelo e pili ana i ke aloha, hoʻōla a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mea hou iā ia iho - he mea kūpono. memo no ka la makuahine.
ʻO kēia mau wāhine akamai a pau, he poʻe hoʻoikaika kaiaulu a he philanthropists i ko lākou pono ponoʻī: ʻO Lalah Hathaway kekahi o nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no kahi hoʻolaha e manaʻo nei e hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻoikaika a hoʻoneʻe i ke kaiāulu ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi umauma. He mea kākoʻo ʻo ia no nā keiki o ke aʻo ʻana i ke mele: “ʻO ka mele kahi hana hui like ʻole a me ke kūlana. He kamaʻilio, ʻaʻole he monologue, "wahi āna.
I kēia manawa, hele ʻo Pauline Jean i Haiti i kēlā me kēia makahiki me kahi hui o nā mea hoʻokani pila ma ke ʻano o ka Experience Ayiti Mission, e hāʻawi i ke kōkua, nā papa haku, nā ʻaha mele manuahi, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kani ma nā wahi like ʻole o ka mokupuni; a kākoʻo ʻo Carolyn Malachi no ka loaʻa like ʻana o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻenehana, hāʻawi i nā ʻatikala o ka nohona i ka Black Enterprise Magazine a alakaʻi i ka hoʻonaʻauao jazz maʻamau a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ma Haiti.
Hoʻokipa ʻo Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2018 i kēia nalu hou o nā leo leo Jazz, me ka ʻike ʻana, i nā mea āpau, e ʻoi aku ka nui o kāna mau manaʻo i nā hana maoli o kēia mau hōkū i hoʻokumu ʻia a piʻi.
