Malombo Jazz Makers 'Malombo Jazz Volume 1' Momoko Gill alongside Nile Rodgers

alongside Nile Rodgers

during the mid-1970s

Nubiyan Twist never shy away from a collaboration

music was no way to make a living and many musicians were forced to hold down other jobs

Together with guitarist George Darko

Malombo Jazz Makers 'Malombo Jazz Volume 1' Momoko Gill alongside Nile RodgersLP 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