Malombo Jazz Makers Plus 2 - "Bahula Dithabeng"
Malombo Jazz Men - "Abie's Mood"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Hleziphi"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Matshenyogo"
Malombo - "Bird Meets Elephant"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Sibathathu"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Sefuralomg"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Abbey's Body"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Jikeleza"
Jabula - "Let Us Be Free"
Jabula - "Thunder Into Our Hearts"
Jabula - "Journey To Africa"
Jabula - "Jabula Happiness"
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - "Woza Cindi"
Jabula - "Ithumeleng Ba Mamelodi"
Malombo Jazz Makers Plus 2 - "Bahula Dithabeng"
Malombo Jazz Men - "Abie's Mood"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Hleziphi"
Malombo - "Malombo Workshop"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Matshenyogo"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Bababelo"
Malombo - "Bird Meets Elephant"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Abbey's Body"
Malombo Jazz Makers Plus 2 - "Away From Malombo's"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Jikeleza"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Sefuralomg"
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Sibathathu"
Jabula - "Sorrows" (extract)
Jabula - "Let Us Be Free"
Jabula - "Thunder Into Our Hearts"
Jabula - "Journey To Africa"
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - "Woza Cindi"
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - "Tlhompho"
Jabula - "Jabula Happiness"
Jabula - "Ithumeleng Ba Mamelodi"
Julian Bahula - "Heita Cindi"
Review: It would be fair to say that drummer Julian Bahula holds a unique place in the history of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. From the 1960s onwards, the acclaimed jazzman's afro-jazz fusion bands - Malombo Jazz Makers, Jabula and Jazz Afrika amongst them - were amongst the most vociferous supporters of the ANC's fight against white supremacy. This excellent retrospective from Strut - a kind of off-shoot of their pioneering Next Stop Soweto series - tells the full story of Bahula's extraordinary career. It's packed with openly political jazz, inspired spoken word cuts and thrilling drum workouts (see Jabula's "Let Us Be Free"), all of which brilliantly join the dots between various styles of US jazz and indigenous African music.
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