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Jabu Nkosi

Born: October 7, 1954

Jabulani Patrick Nkosi was born in Alexandra, a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa which forms part of the City of Johannesburg to legendary saxophonist and pioneer of South African Jazz Isaac 'Zacks' Nkosi and EMI session vocalist for the Dark City Sisters Kate Nkosi (née Olene) in 1954, he was the eldest son of four other siblings.

Two Tenors South Africa Style

by Chris May
November 28, 2023

The latest batch of albums from Canada's We Are Busy Bodies label, which specialises in vinyl reissues of South African jazz, spotlights saxophonists Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Mike Makhalemele, separately and together, on three discs originally released in 1975 and 1976. Ngozi and Makhalemele both opted to remain in South Africa during the apartheid era, thus ...

Deeper Roots

By Almon Memela

Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Released: 2022
Track listing: Don’t Cry; Deeper Roots; To All My Friends; Steel Man; Song For My Baby; Ubabam Zakes.

Roots: Deeper Roots

by Chris May
May 29, 2022

Originally released in South Africa in 1975, Deeper Roots--reissued in spring 2022 on the Canadian vinyl-only label We Are Busy Bodies--inhabits a place on the instrumental jazz/R&B spectrum akin to that of US label Prestige's juke-box singles of the 1960s by artists such as tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons (according to label boss Bob Weinstock, Prestige's biggest ...

Jabu Nkosi's City Jazz 7, Remembering Bra Zacks

Label: Gallo Records
Released: 1997
Track listing: 1, Swazi Twist, 2. Jack Pot, 3 Amaswati, 4. Easy, 5. Tamatie Sauce, 6. Mandinga Dance, 7. Kampala, 8. B M S C, 9. Hoshh Hoha

Back Home

Label: Gallo Records
Released: 1990
Track listing: A1 Bhungezi, A2 Back Home, B1 Skatana II, B2 Flybird