Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood Of Breath (RCA Neon)

SA McGregor had a particularly hard time in the UK with his band of African Jazzers although highly acclaimed his first line up disbanded before McGregor went on to form a new group. The story of what happened to some of the guys playing in his first line up and this “new” line up is tragic. Nevertheless this LP produced by Joe Boyd does have some fine moments although can be a bit of a wig stretcher, for me at least. The track “MRA” by Dudu Pukwana is a solid township groove with a similar (ish) feel to Latief’s “Sister Mamie”.

“MRA”
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