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Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Sikalo: Sixties South Africa Jazz and Gospel Musicals

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Another synchronous find from my recent ‘sleeveless’ dig: Gibson Kente’s successful and trend-setting 1966 musical Sikalo ...
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

King’s Messengers Quartet: Five Albums

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UPDATE: 5th June 2017 Sad news received via Althian Alexander and Mokale Kaopeng is that Washington Sixolo passed away on 4th June 20...
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Sunday, 13 December 2009

Assagai: Zimbabwe (1971)

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This 1971 prog-rock offering by Assagai includes one of my favourite voices, Martha Mdenge. A follow-up to their self-titled debut album, ...
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Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Malompo Jazz (c 1967)

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Well, here is that elusive and rare Malompo Jazz LP in which Lucas (Lucky) Ranku stands in for Philip Tabane, who had fallen out with Jul...
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Saturday, 5 December 2009

Stay on top with “The Syndicate” (1975)

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Graduating with Soul 103, the Syndicate dish up mellow mid-tempo “jive lounge” instrumentals just right for a Sunday afternoon’s relaxing. ...
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Friday, 4 December 2009

Keep on Bumping with the Syndicate (1975)

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On this Soul 102 offering of suspected moonlighting musicians the sax player on the first track sounds like Mike Makhalemele. Following the...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Watch out for "The Syndicate" (1975)

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Bump, funk, afro-soul, and general get-up-and-groove kicks off ElectricJive’s festive season offerings in a quick-fire triple posting – Sou...
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