Malombo Jazz Makers 'Malombo Jazz Volume 1' Momoko Gill during the mid-1970s

during the mid-1970s

sonically adventurous record from two of the UK’s most forward-thinking artists

The Healing Drums of Brixton (with sculptor Alexander Sokolov and outsider musician Michael O’Shea)

Nubiyan Twist never shy away from a collaboration

Malombo Jazz Makers 'Malombo Jazz Volume 1' Momoko Gill during the mid-1970sLP Strut present the first international reissues of two classics of South African jazz by Malombo Jazz Makers, Malompo Jazz (1966) and Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2 (1967). Formed in Mamelodi township near Pretoria, the group started out as Malombo Jazz Men with Julian Bahula on malombo drums, Abbey Cindi on flute and Philip Tabane on guitar. Fusing traditional and improvised rhythms with jazz, Malombo became renowned as one of the first South African