Jazz Articles about Malombo

Long-Lost Paradigm-Shifting LPs By South Africa's Malombo Jazz Reissued

by Chris May
May 16, 2023

Strut Records has reissued in LP format two long-lost classics of Black South African jazz, Malombo's Malombo Jazz (Gallotone, 1966) and Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2 (Gallotone, 1967). At the time of their release, the albums were in a symbiotic relationship with the country's emerging Black Consciousness movement. It would be hard to overstate the discs' historic importance--or their artistic quality. (Before reading on, anyone unfamiliar with the band might like to check the YouTube clip below.) ...