Malombo Jazz Makers

The image on the cover really gets at the feel of the set – as the instrumentation here features simply percussion, electric guitar, and flute – all used in really inventive, highly rhythmic ways!

There's a lilting groove to the set that recalls earlier rhythms from the South African scene – but the use of guitar and phrasing of the flute are also showing a stronger influence from jazz – maybe not the modern modes of a group like The Blue Notes, yet still a key cultural shift that really makes the album a legendary one from the scene at the time!

PERSONNEL:

• Abbey Cindi - (flute, harmonica)
• Hilda Tloubatla (vocals)
• ucky Ranku - (guitar)
• Julian Bahule - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. NGIVULELE
• A2. UDONDOLO
• A3. SOUL OF AFRICA
• A4. JOLLY JOURNEY
• A5. UMKHOSI
• A6. MAJAZANA

• SIDE B
• B1. ABBEY’S BODY
• B2. VUKANI
• B3. HLEZIPHI
• B4. SIBATHATHU
• B5. MALOMBI WALK
• B6. EMOUBANE