Next Stop...Soweto Volume 3 - Giants, Ministers And Makers: Jazz In South Africa 1963-1984 On 2 x Vinyl LP
Strut conclude their essential three-part excursion into the archives of South African music with the third and final volume of the Next Stop... Soweto series.
Volume 3 is a long overdue retrospective of the rich jazz scene happening in South Africa from the early '60s to mid-'80s. While many major artists lived in exile abroad and furthered their careers globally, many of South Africa's finest jazz players remained, performing under the strict auspices of the Separate Amenities Act.
Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 is the story of the music that survived in South Africa during this mid-'60s to mid-'80s era. The album features many of the recognized South African jazz greats like saxophonist Dudu Pukwana and drummer Early Mabuza, the potent soul jazz grooves of The Heshoo Beshoo Group and The Drive and some of the many artists creating unique fusions like Philip Tabane's Malombo mixing African drums and hand percussion with guitar, vocal and flute. This is important music, a defiant statement in the face of unimaginable cultural repression.
The album features an unreleased track, Dollar Brand’s ‘Next Stop Soweto’ from the archives of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. As with previous volumes, the package features rare photos from the ‘60s and ‘70s with sleeve notes by South Africa’s finest author on music and culture, Gwen Ansell. The compilers of the series are Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding.
Next Stop...Soweto Volume 3 - Giants, Ministers And Makers: Jazz In South Africa 1963-1984 Track Listing
1. MALOMBO JAZZ MAKERS – SIBATHATHU
2. CHRIS McGREGOR & THE CASTLE LAGER BIG BAND – SWITCH
3. ALLEN KWELA OCTET – QUESTION MARK
4. SPIRITS REJOICE – JOY
5. BATSUMI – ITUMELENG
6. MANKUNKU QUARTET – DEDICATION (TO DADDY TRANE AND BROTHER SHORTER)
7. DENNIS MPALE – ORLANDO
8. EARLY MABUZA QUARTET – LITTLE OLD MAN (MAXHEGWANA)
9. MALOMBO – SANGOMA
10. CHRIS SCHILDER QUARTET feat. MANKUNKU - SPRING
11. JAZZ GIANTS – PINESE’S DANCE
12. HESHOO BESHOO GROUP – EMAKHAYA
13. THE DRIVE – HOWL
