Manna for Ndikho Xaba & The Natives fans from its offshoot, Juju, propelled by Babatunde’s drums and lit with Plunky Nkabinde’s sax fire - proper deadly free jazz business, out of sight on vinyl for 50 years!
Strut do us another solid with first ever reissue of Juju’s utterly compelling 1973 debut, forged in the highly politicised Bay Area against a backdrop of an active Black Panthers and rising Afro-American consciousness during the civil rights era. That energy fed directly into the intense recordings of ‘A Message of Mozambique’, the first output by Juju, who first met as members of The Natives - backing band to South African pianist Ndiko Xaba - and would continue their journey together on its 1974 follow-up ‘Chapter Two: Nia’. The album shares some material with the 2019 pressing of Juju’s ‘Live at the East 1973’, and likewise captures a unique band in full flight at a crest of their collective powers.
It’s not hard to hear their links to the incredible ’Ndiko Xaba & The Natives’ LP from the striking blast of sax and tempered percussive tempest in ‘(Stuggle) Home’, and the also the achingly discordant blues of ‘Soledad Brothers’ that follows (both also on their 1973 live side), but the differences can be felt in the disciplined frenzy of wind and Afro-Latinate polymetric percussion in ‘Freedom Fighter’, and the more concise ‘Father Is Buck’ that shows how they were also influenced by the broader cultural landscape of the Bay Area, while ‘Make Your Own Revolution Now’ is practically proto-Afro-punk in its 11 minutes of thrashing free jazz foment, and ‘Nairobi/Chants’ locks it right down to swingeing fundamentals ripe for the daring DJs.
Highly recommended!
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Manna for Ndikho Xaba & The Natives fans from its offshoot, Juju, propelled by Babatunde’s drums and lit with Plunky Nkabinde’s sax fire - proper deadly free jazz business, out of sight on vinyl for 50 years!
Strut do us another solid with first ever reissue of Juju’s utterly compelling 1973 debut, forged in the highly politicised Bay Area against a backdrop of an active Black Panthers and rising Afro-American consciousness during the civil rights era. That energy fed directly into the intense recordings of ‘A Message of Mozambique’, the first output by Juju, who first met as members of The Natives - backing band to South African pianist Ndiko Xaba - and would continue their journey together on its 1974 follow-up ‘Chapter Two: Nia’. The album shares some material with the 2019 pressing of Juju’s ‘Live at the East 1973’, and likewise captures a unique band in full flight at a crest of their collective powers.
It’s not hard to hear their links to the incredible ’Ndiko Xaba & The Natives’ LP from the striking blast of sax and tempered percussive tempest in ‘(Stuggle) Home’, and the also the achingly discordant blues of ‘Soledad Brothers’ that follows (both also on their 1973 live side), but the differences can be felt in the disciplined frenzy of wind and Afro-Latinate polymetric percussion in ‘Freedom Fighter’, and the more concise ‘Father Is Buck’ that shows how they were also influenced by the broader cultural landscape of the Bay Area, while ‘Make Your Own Revolution Now’ is practically proto-Afro-punk in its 11 minutes of thrashing free jazz foment, and ‘Nairobi/Chants’ locks it right down to swingeing fundamentals ripe for the daring DJs.
Highly recommended!
Manna for Ndikho Xaba & The Natives fans from its offshoot, Juju, propelled by Babatunde’s drums and lit with Plunky Nkabinde’s sax fire - proper deadly free jazz business, out of sight on vinyl for 50 years!
Strut do us another solid with first ever reissue of Juju’s utterly compelling 1973 debut, forged in the highly politicised Bay Area against a backdrop of an active Black Panthers and rising Afro-American consciousness during the civil rights era. That energy fed directly into the intense recordings of ‘A Message of Mozambique’, the first output by Juju, who first met as members of The Natives - backing band to South African pianist Ndiko Xaba - and would continue their journey together on its 1974 follow-up ‘Chapter Two: Nia’. The album shares some material with the 2019 pressing of Juju’s ‘Live at the East 1973’, and likewise captures a unique band in full flight at a crest of their collective powers.
It’s not hard to hear their links to the incredible ’Ndiko Xaba & The Natives’ LP from the striking blast of sax and tempered percussive tempest in ‘(Stuggle) Home’, and the also the achingly discordant blues of ‘Soledad Brothers’ that follows (both also on their 1973 live side), but the differences can be felt in the disciplined frenzy of wind and Afro-Latinate polymetric percussion in ‘Freedom Fighter’, and the more concise ‘Father Is Buck’ that shows how they were also influenced by the broader cultural landscape of the Bay Area, while ‘Make Your Own Revolution Now’ is practically proto-Afro-punk in its 11 minutes of thrashing free jazz foment, and ‘Nairobi/Chants’ locks it right down to swingeing fundamentals ripe for the daring DJs.
Highly recommended!
Manna for Ndikho Xaba & The Natives fans from its offshoot, Juju, propelled by Babatunde’s drums and lit with Plunky Nkabinde’s sax fire - proper deadly free jazz business, out of sight on vinyl for 50 years!
Strut do us another solid with first ever reissue of Juju’s utterly compelling 1973 debut, forged in the highly politicised Bay Area against a backdrop of an active Black Panthers and rising Afro-American consciousness during the civil rights era. That energy fed directly into the intense recordings of ‘A Message of Mozambique’, the first output by Juju, who first met as members of The Natives - backing band to South African pianist Ndiko Xaba - and would continue their journey together on its 1974 follow-up ‘Chapter Two: Nia’. The album shares some material with the 2019 pressing of Juju’s ‘Live at the East 1973’, and likewise captures a unique band in full flight at a crest of their collective powers.
It’s not hard to hear their links to the incredible ’Ndiko Xaba & The Natives’ LP from the striking blast of sax and tempered percussive tempest in ‘(Stuggle) Home’, and the also the achingly discordant blues of ‘Soledad Brothers’ that follows (both also on their 1973 live side), but the differences can be felt in the disciplined frenzy of wind and Afro-Latinate polymetric percussion in ‘Freedom Fighter’, and the more concise ‘Father Is Buck’ that shows how they were also influenced by the broader cultural landscape of the Bay Area, while ‘Make Your Own Revolution Now’ is practically proto-Afro-punk in its 11 minutes of thrashing free jazz foment, and ‘Nairobi/Chants’ locks it right down to swingeing fundamentals ripe for the daring DJs.
Highly recommended!
Black vinyl with original artwork and new interview with bandleader James “Plunky” Branch in thick 350gsm board sleeve.
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Manna for Ndikho Xaba & The Natives fans from its offshoot, Juju, propelled by Babatunde’s drums and lit with Plunky Nkabinde’s sax fire - proper deadly free jazz business, out of sight on vinyl for 50 years!
Strut do us another solid with first ever reissue of Juju’s utterly compelling 1973 debut, forged in the highly politicised Bay Area against a backdrop of an active Black Panthers and rising Afro-American consciousness during the civil rights era. That energy fed directly into the intense recordings of ‘A Message of Mozambique’, the first output by Juju, who first met as members of The Natives - backing band to South African pianist Ndiko Xaba - and would continue their journey together on its 1974 follow-up ‘Chapter Two: Nia’. The album shares some material with the 2019 pressing of Juju’s ‘Live at the East 1973’, and likewise captures a unique band in full flight at a crest of their collective powers.
It’s not hard to hear their links to the incredible ’Ndiko Xaba & The Natives’ LP from the striking blast of sax and tempered percussive tempest in ‘(Stuggle) Home’, and the also the achingly discordant blues of ‘Soledad Brothers’ that follows (both also on their 1973 live side), but the differences can be felt in the disciplined frenzy of wind and Afro-Latinate polymetric percussion in ‘Freedom Fighter’, and the more concise ‘Father Is Buck’ that shows how they were also influenced by the broader cultural landscape of the Bay Area, while ‘Make Your Own Revolution Now’ is practically proto-Afro-punk in its 11 minutes of thrashing free jazz foment, and ‘Nairobi/Chants’ locks it right down to swingeing fundamentals ripe for the daring DJs.
Highly recommended!