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ARTIST
ASSAGAI
TITLE
Assagai
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
COSMIC ROCK
CATALOG #
COSMR 014LP
COSMR 014LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
11/25/2022
Reissue, originally released in 1971. South-African jazz-rock worshippers alert!
Assagai
was an Afro-rock band, active in the early 1970s in London, whose relatively short career produced two albums recorded in 1971. It has been described as "
the second best-known African group of the late '60s/early '70s in Britain
" after
Osibisa
. The original band consisted of five members, three from South Africa and two from Nigeria: drummer
Louis Moholo
, trumpeter/flautist
Mongezi Feza
, alto saxophonist
Dudu Pukwana
, tenor saxophonist
Bizo Mngqikana
, and guitarist/bassist
Fred Coker Assagai
's self-titled debut album was released in 1971 on Vertigo; among the African musicians who played with the group on the recording was
Terri Quaye
. Previously, in the 1960s Pukwana, Feza, and Moholo had been members of the jazz band
The Blue Notes
alongside
Chris McGregor
.
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