The Makgona Tsohle Band groundbreakingly blended their homegrown talents with the sounds of 1960s US and Jamaica on this raw, pioneering album.
The Boys In The Band Nkotb Mp3 Full Colour DoubleIncludes full colour double-sided insert featuring extensive historical notes, personnel and newly discovered Makgona Tsohle photos from the archives.Thats the literal English translation of the name of a band whose creativity, productivity and influence ran far and wide during the notorious era of racial oppression in South Africa.The Makgona Tsohle Band was easily the most popular and highly productive instrumental team in the African music business of the 1960s and 70s. ![]() They are often credited with the invention of that staple township music, mbaqanga. Makgona Tsohles members were utterly crucial to the styles formation and development. Their fresh innovations helped to reinforce the more modern, danceable, electrified jive as the leading force in South African township music until the mid-1970s. Every style, whether saxaccordion jive, American funk, bump jive, soul or jazz, was explored thoroughly in the studio. Each Makgona Tsohle tune had its own memorable hook and riffs, its own distinctive ambience and beautiful entwinement of guitar, bass, drum and leading instrument be it saxophone, organ or violin. And now, 50 years on, Umsakazo Records proudly presents an opportunity to hear the Makgona Tsohle Band in their formative years, raw and unfiltered, direct from the original master tapes in the Gallo archive vault. This record reaffirms the breadth of the Makgona Tsohle Bands exceptional musical genius, from pure African sax jive through to swinging 60s soul and Jamaican ska, with hints of Motown, rocksteady and reggi along the way. This is the authentic sound of Soweto from The Band That Can Do Anything. UK-based record label celebrating the heritage of vintage African jive through reissues, new beats and compilations of out-of-print music. And after Hugo Blanco - Guajira Con Arpa, I could only press the buy button. Since this date I wait for a vinyl reissue of this masterpiece.
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