The featuring Mankunku Ngozi Cliffs - Alex Express LP
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Hailing from Cape Town, tenor saxophonist Winston Mankunku Ngozi (1943-2009) is a venerated figure in the pantheon of South African jazz. Inspired by Coltrane while rooted in indigenous folklore, he released the classic album Yakhal Inkomo at the outset of his career with the Mankunku Quartet in 1969. Backed by the Cliffs, Alex Express documents Mankunkus return to the studio in 1975 with a handful of new and original compositions and his inimitable tone on full display. Shaking off the burden of Yakhal Inkomo, which was heralded as an earnest manifesto for modern South African jazz, the album is a carefree affair that leans into township grooves with joyful exuberance. In addition to a collaborative project with Mike Makhalemele entitled The Bull and the Lion, Alex Express is the first of just two rare snapshots of Mankunku in the 1970s. Disillusioned by the recording industry, it would take until his resurgence in the 1990s for Mankunku to flesh out his recorded legacy.
A1: Alex Express
A2: Over The Cliff
B1: Gu Gu Lethu
B2: Ever Green
B3: Revelation
The featuring Mankunku Ngozi Cliffs - Alex Express LP
Vinyl
$28.54
Release details
- Format
- Vinyl
- Release date
- 11/10/23
- Genre
- Jazz
- Barcode
- 634457143197
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- Format Detail: LP
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- Internal ID: JITRE
- Genre: Jazz
- Released: 11/10/23
- Format: Vinyl
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