Pianist Tete Mbambisa is one of the South African jazz greats who stayed in his home country in the 1970s, when many of his peers like Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba were beating apartheid by going into exile. It was hard to get international recognition (not to mention make a living) as a South African jazzman in the 70s, but there's some fabulous music from that period that we're only started to hear.
The As Shams label has just issued previously unreleased recordings from 1976 featuring Mbambisa, his stellar quartet and guest soloists Basil Coetzee, Barney Rachabane and Dennis Mpale. These sessions are right up there with Ibrahim's best work of that period. Hear it for yourself this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday April 28, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): Mali's Soninke sound of the 1990s; Afrofunk from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Ghana; more from Colombia's La Perla, who will be at the Get Tight Lounge on Saturday May 4 (and live on WRIR that afternoon); what's new in the world of reggae; and the reissue of a qawwali classic by the Sabri Brothers.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117776
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia-USA | Mulatu | Mulatu Of Ethiopia | Strut | 2024-1972
Tete Mbambisa | South Africa | Umsenge | African Day | As Shams / The Sun | 2024-1976
Diaby Doua | Mali | Boliñaame | Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound Of Camara 1987-2016 | Hot Mule | 2024-1998
Djeneba Seck | Mali | Anka Maliba | The Truth | Sterns Africa | 2005
Sali Sidibé | Mali | Wale Gnouma Don | Wale Gnouma Don | EMI | 1990
Petelo Vicka Et Son "Nzazi" | RD Congo-Angola | Sungu Lubuka | Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa-Brazzaville 1969-1982) | Analog Africa | 2024-1982
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Ghana | Akoko Ba | Simigwa | Essiebons | 1975
La Perla | Colombia-Cuba-France | Abrecaminos (feat. La Dame Blanche) | Callejera | Mambo Negro | 2022
Novalima | Peru | Bandolero | Afro | Mr Bongo | 2004
Venezonix | USA-Venezuela | Ponsigué (feat. Carlos Talez) | La Trenza EP | Nacional | 2023
Pahua | México | Espantapájaros (feat. La Perla) | Espantapájaros - Single | Nacional | 2023
Anue Nahki | Jamaica-New Caledonia France | Land And Oil | Land And Oil - Single | Littlerock Sound | 2024
Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan | USA-Jamaica | My Sound Is Heavy | My Sound Is Heavy - Single | Subatomic Sound | 2024
Jah'Mila | Jamaica-Canada | Bad Habit | Bad Habit - Single | Wharf | 2024
Alpheus | England UK-Spain | Unify | Unify | Liquidator | 2024
Sabri Brothers | Pakistan | Jahan Roshan Ast | Jami | Piranha | 2024-1996
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