A South African jazz masterpiece laced with funk and seeped in Afrobeat. KHOZA played a key role in cultivating Johannesburg's soul, funk & jazz scene. Inspired by OSIBISA, he gathered his compatriots for a 1976 session that yielded this landmark nugget of African vinyl history. (TOOTH FACTORY)
The panic-stricken man in khaki shorts and shirt, who used to sneak out of the military training camp at night to steal a few moments at a jazz session was eventually discharged for this, but is today a virtuoso jazz giant. After three years in the army camp “Point Military” in Durban, Dick Khoza is today acclaimed “Mr All-round music,” realized he was in the wrong business. He needed a drastic change in life. The tit-bits he picked up from Ndaba’s Swingsters Jazz Band, during his nights of truancy were not enough. He had to pull out and to do that, he deliberately fell asleep during drill hours. Today he is among the best on the jazz totem pole. Proudly pitch Black, big, barrel-chested and tough-looking, Dick, rated among the best percussionists, pounding with amazing fierceness, anything from congas to bongos. He is today a competent stage manager at a growing night-spot in Soweto. His life style is contained within the flim-flammery of amused entertainment and company of celebrities. In Port Elizabeth he met an old friend, Robert Matuba, and that was the unveiling of a new life. Exposing himself to the old hands, he landed a set of drums from “Lucky Malakana’s Broadway Brothers.” That was the unnoticeable birth of his mastery on drums. His debut performance at the German Hall, attracted the likes of Christopher Phukwana, now overseas, the late Nick Moyake, Hubert Thini, and Derrick Xunjwa.
Tracklisting:
A1. Chapita
A2. Zumbwe (Baby Tiger)
B1. African Jive (Moto)
B2. Lilongwe
B3. WD 46 Mendi Road |
