Tete Mbambisa - Tete's Big Sound - The Sun 1976

01. Umthsakazi (The Bride)
02. Stay Cool
03. Black Hero’s
04. Dembese (Dedicated to Cyril McGabane)
05. Unity

Barney Rachabane: alto saxophone
Freeman Lambatha: baritone saxophone
Sipho Gumede: bass
Tete Mbambisa: piano
Dick Khoza: drums
Enoch Mthaleni: guitar
Aubrey Simani & Duku Makasi: tenor saxophone
Tex Ntuluka: trumpet

Recorded on February 22, 1976

The Sun gl 1830

In 2012 Tete Mbambisa have published his first solo album that contains some of the compositions played here and others tracks. it is an absolutely great album for those who are interested in cape jazz, the sound is superbe and the music have a strong feeling, you can buy it here:
https://jisarecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-heroes

PAT MATSHIKIZA - KIPPIE MOEKETSI Feat. BASIL COETZEE "TSHONA!" (THE SUN, 1975)

Dennis Phillips, alto saxophone (only tr.1)
Kippie Moeketsi, alto saxophone
Basil Coetzee, tenor saxophone
Pat Matshikiza, piano
Alec Khaoli, bass
Sipho Mabuse, drums


1. Tshona! 11:45
2. Stop & Start 5:13
3. Umgababa 11:19
4. Kippie's Prayer 3:42

Tracks 1 and 2 by Pat Matshikiza
Tracks 3 and 4 by Kippie Moeketsi


Recorded probably in 1975.


Originally on The Sun GL 1796 (1975)

This rip from the CD "Various – Jazz In Africa Volume Two"  (Camden, 1998)

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TETE MBAMBISA  "AFRICAN DAY"

Barney Rachabane, tenor saxophone
Basil Coetzee, tenor saxophone
Duku Makasi, tenor saxophone
Tete Mbambisa, piano
Sipho Gumede, electric bass
Gilbert Mathews, drums

5. African Day  17:44


From the same CD as above.

The CD says it's a traditional theme, but the music/theme sounds very closely to Mbambisa's 'Stay Cool' from the LP "Tete's Big Sound", released 1988. So I'm inclined to credit this song to him.
This version seems to be previously unreleased.
But I'm in no way an expert on Jazz from SA - so I could be wrong....

Tete Mbambisa - Did You Tell Your Mother - 1979

Here is one record by one of the most unknown hero of the south African jazz. Tete Mbambisa has been considered as a major reference by musicians like Johnny Dyani or Dudu Pukwana. But Mbambisa have recorded only few records, less than ten for a man who is more than 80 years old. Here we have some very beautiful cape jazz, relaxed music with positive vibrations. Some of the musicians on this session can also be found on some records by Dollar Brand recorded and published by the same label like « Cape Town Fringe » or « Mannenberg Is Where It’s Happening ».

• Trane Ride - Past Time - Winter time - Irene

Bass: Zulu Bidi

Drums: Monty Weber

Piano/composition: Tete Mbambisa

Tenor Sax/Flute: Basil Coetzee

The Sun ml4258 published in 1979

Recently the label Matsuli Music have reissued the first session by Mbambisa under the name « The Soul Jazzmen »

https://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/inhlupeko-distress

In 2012 independent producer Jonhattan Eato have recorded and published a superbe solo piano by Tete Mbambisa that can be found here

https://jisarecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-heroes

or

http://ev2.co.uk/jisa/records/content.html

Last but not least: a recent recording by Tete with British musicians have been published in south Africa in the end of 2017 in a very limited quantity, it will probably be issued in the world very soon. In preparation is also the first time issue of an unreleased session from 1978.