Mombasa - African Rhythms & Blues (1975)

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
  • Get ready to be transported to the heart of Africa with Mombasa's groundbreaking debut album, "African Rhythms & Blues." Led by the visionary trombonist Lou Blackburn, this pioneering ensemble blends the vibrant rhythms of the continent with the soulful sounds of jazz to create a mesmerizing musical tapestry that defies categorization.
    Recorded in 1975 at Cornet Studio in Cologne, Germany, "African Rhythms & Blues" captures the essence of Mombasa's electrifying live performances. From the infectious groove of "Nairobi" to the hypnotic pulse of "Shango," each track on this essential album is a testament to the band's unparalleled talent and creativity.
    Featuring a lineup of world-class musicians, including Donald Coleman on congas and bamboo flute, Charles Jefferson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Gerald Luciano on electric bass and percussion, and Cephus McGirt on drums, Mombasa delivers a spellbinding fusion of African rhythms and jazz improvisation that will leave you breathless.
    Originally released on the legendary German label Spiegelei, "African Rhythms & Blues" quickly became a cult classic among collectors and aficionados of afro jazz. Now, thanks to the meticulous efforts of producer Ekkehart Fleischhammer and the studio wizards at DMS, this long-lost gem is available once again, remastered from the original tapes and presented in all its glory.
    So dim the lights, turn up the volume, and let the infectious grooves of Mombasa's "African Rhythms & Blues" take you on a journey to the heart of the African continent. With its intoxicating blend of rhythm, melody, and soul, this is an album that will captivate your senses and leave you craving more.
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    / wt.flac
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Комментарии • 158

  • @jahblessin3996
    @jahblessin3996 21 день назад +211

    RUclips algorithm on fire with the recommended tracks

  • @xMERCx
    @xMERCx 12 дней назад +52

    Algorithm blessed me today

  • @3rdmm
    @3rdmm 21 день назад +70

    00:00 Nairobi
    07:32 Massai
    15:36 Holz
    19:59 Kenia
    26:49 Makishi
    29:25 Shango

  • @Baribrotzer
    @Baribrotzer 16 дней назад +24

    Charles Jefferson - Trumpet/ Fluegelhorn/ African Thumbharp,
    Lou Blackburn - Trombone/ African Shawm, Bandleader, Compositions,
    Donald Coleman - Congas/ Bamboo Flute,
    Gerald Luciano - Electric Bass/ Percussion/ Domba Drums,
    Cephus McGirt - Drums.

    • @soundvision10
      @soundvision10 16 дней назад +2

      Thank you.

    • @paulmikol1647
      @paulmikol1647 8 дней назад

      Thanks alot, very cool... Good keepin the shit alive yo ✌👍😎

  • @mertmert6989
    @mertmert6989 20 дней назад +70

    I love this guerilla publishing of obscure masterpieces by users in youtube 🔥🔥🔥

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  20 дней назад +11

      Thanks for listening

    • @philduperron5307
      @philduperron5307 15 дней назад +9

      Prob one of the most interesting thing for me on RUclips is the chance to experience so much music of the past. All the serious record-heads cant help but sharing. Life is good.

    • @paulmikol1647
      @paulmikol1647 8 дней назад +1

      @@wtflac Dude this shit is a such a total gift of a gem of a find. I'm hearing all kinds of influences that musicians, especially of the same cohort, have on each other so like MJQ, Ramsey Lewis, Don Shirley, Herbie, Quincy, even Santana, et. al. Total brilliance. Thank you so much for keeping the scene alive and I haven't even had a chance to subscribe and see what else you have yet so thanks in advance for whatever that may be too 🤣✌🤘👍✊💯😎

  • @kayminpierrelarochelle8385
    @kayminpierrelarochelle8385 20 дней назад +28

    Is this anyone else's favorite new album???
    Absolute gem...

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 День назад

    Sublime.

  • @user-ix1oh4te7e
    @user-ix1oh4te7e 16 дней назад +24

    Ayyyy! RUclips with the fly azz suggestion. The algorithm knows what I like 👍🏾

  • @edwardcave1947
    @edwardcave1947 14 дней назад +14

    1975??? I’d have been 28 years old. This is great, I love African jazz

  • @richard345
    @richard345 19 дней назад +9

    Definitely influenced by Miles Davis Bitches Brew. I love it!❤

  • @Ramblin-Man
    @Ramblin-Man 18 дней назад +15

    I was looking for clubs playing music like this (or Osibisa - or Nigerian high life by way of Fela Kuti) in april 2002 when I traveled westward from Benin and Togo to Ghana and Ivory Coast, but all I found were discos where they played Afro-pop and Alpha Blondy. But the spits with grilled goatmeat outside were yummy - far better than that water rat I had in Benin...🤔
    Btw, I saw Osibisa twice 1980-90 here in the far south of Sweden, and Femi Kuti in Denmark in 1991.

    • @user-sq6ku6mk8b
      @user-sq6ku6mk8b 18 дней назад +4

      Ah, the smell of the spits with goat meat and this music brings back fond memories of my trip thru Africa in '78-'79; Yaounde, Cameroon had both! Nice memory, shortly after Bucket Mathison's legendary Sahara crossing. Travel on!

    • @noisenik
      @noisenik 17 дней назад +2

      twoo goood taxi rides: W. London , midnight, dude pulls up in a shining black 3 series BMW, dresssed like a Panther, interior totally black and black leather with led equalizer flickering to deadly F.U.N.K... i was Respectful... smooooth ride... very polite.... very cooool..... Bamako, World Social Forum Africa, supposed to make a meeting, mashed yellow audi, springs through the seats, radio tuned to some local Afrobeat station, chickens, red dust and corrogated iron oozing by in the sun: maaan, don't care... just keep goin'.... all the way to the horizon if necessary, you wish... just don't touch that dial, lose that signal.... thAT viBE

    • @Ramblin-Man
      @Ramblin-Man 15 дней назад +1

      @@noisenik Sounds magic. Mali (and the Bamako IDFA African movie festival) has been on my list for decades, having seen great artists at Danish Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark in the 80s and 90s (Samba Touré is coming to Denmark, close to where I live, June 11...), but the political situation is so bad nowadays, with both ISIS and various, internal conflicts (nomads vs cow owning settlers). The latter won't affect travelers, but a Swedish guy on MC was kidnapped for six years in Timbuktu some years ago, so. And what with all the millitary coups in West Africa, one after the other - it's like Nigeria in the 60s and 70s. Thanx but no thanx as of now. Hopefully I can go there in this lifetime (which probably is my only one...).🤔

    • @Ramblin-Man
      @Ramblin-Man 15 дней назад

      @@user-sq6ku6mk8b​: Oh yeah, visiting the voodoo market at its origin in Porto-Novo, Benin (formerly Dahomey, next to Nigeria), and an originally Swedish (later Danish, then Dutch) slave fort in Ghana was a necessary embarassment, as was the Slave Port and museum in Oudiah (where Angélique Kidjo, 1½ years my senior, was born and had a house - but she was in Paris at the time they told me...).
      I was in Peru and Bolivia 6 weeks in Feb-March, my 59th and 60th countries, and will try Tirana/Dürres in Albania for a week in late May/early June. But it's not a competition - I've often returned to places I liked already the following year (India/Nepal, Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore...), and I've been traveliing five times in China, Thailand and Philippines (where my ex-wife comes from). I took my SCUBA diving license in The Maldives at a friend's place 40 years ago (ouch!)...
      I was on a package tour in Tunisia with mum and my kid brother 3 weeks already in 1972, very popular in Sweden at the time, and only a 3½-hour flight from the brand new (1971) YELLOW airport at Sturup near Malmö. We - aged 9 and 10 - discovered Sousse and ate deep fried briek for 10 cents while she was sun bathing from after breakfast until dinner time, while a boy walking the beach, selling oranges shouted "Apelsin*, vitamin, very good sex machine!" several times daily (*apelsin = orange in Swedish...). He'd also learned "Jävla smålänning!" (somewhat similar to "You bloody Scotsman!")if you didn't pay the asking price (always haggle with Arabs, they EXPECT it, whether it's Marrakech, Cairo or Sidi Bou Said...).
      I've spent almost 6 years abroad in the past 43 years. Timbuktu has been on my list for 35 years, but the violence in West Africa has now spread to even Senegal. I was in The Gambia on a package tour in Dec. '84 and couldn't afford a three-day elephant safari in Senegal, so I want to go there and the volcanic islands of Cabo Verde where wonderful Cesária Évora came from (I saw her in Copenhagen maybe 20 years ago)...🤔
      /J, Sweden
      PS. I still love to listen to 'Bassa-Bassa' with Osibisa.ruclips.net/video/alDKsOXLOG8/видео.html

  • @reme7903
    @reme7903 22 дня назад +18

    So glad this kind of music is available for us to enjoy! Thanks for uploading this masterpiece!

  • @hermancharlesserrano1489
    @hermancharlesserrano1489 15 дней назад +10

    Damn! What an opening…bless the algorithm, bless it’s knowledge of me, better than I know myself 🤣😍

  • @adamcrary1602
    @adamcrary1602 15 дней назад +5

    This is likeflippin’ thrpugh the dollar bin at the vinyl spot and coming up with something miraculous. RUclips is Def. dialed in to my tastes … sometimes it reads my friggin’ mind. All i did this morning was THINK of J. J. Cale and there was an album of his at top of my scroll next time o turned on my phone. Idk how itsdoin’ it but I may start trusting it to know what i wanna listen to! Scary times for somebody like me, but maybe i just gotta embrace the musical aspect despite the countless unknown consequences/repercussions that await…

  • @BSilva1984
    @BSilva1984 21 день назад +12

    The album is a masterpiece

  • @CaptainKirk007
    @CaptainKirk007 16 дней назад +4

    Is it normal to have dancing shoulders disease after this album? ❤Great stuff.

  • @PsychicZya
    @PsychicZya 13 дней назад +3

    Such a gem!!

  • @harrymuhammad9835
    @harrymuhammad9835 22 дня назад +10

    MEDICINAL...THANK YOU!

  • @alvarogarciaherrero8240
    @alvarogarciaherrero8240 18 дней назад +5

    Overpowered musicians !!! thanks for this candy :)

  • @gkiahu6589
    @gkiahu6589 11 дней назад +2

    I love this great 👍

  • @stephentyler9697
    @stephentyler9697 20 дней назад +8

    On fire! Real music! Thankyou!
    This is so smooooooooooth!!!

  • @MrDastardly
    @MrDastardly 24 дня назад +11

    Glorious music. Why do we not hear more of this? It’s amazing! 👏👏👏👏

  • @kmym5709
    @kmym5709 14 дней назад +2

    commenting so the algorithm will give me more of these ahhhh

  • @djtrakakadrunkpoet8598
    @djtrakakadrunkpoet8598 16 дней назад +3

    I'm Flippin Flippin this

  • @disklamer
    @disklamer 25 дней назад +5

    This is funky as all getout, a forgotten gem.

  • @prolozaloser4461
    @prolozaloser4461 20 дней назад +8

    Oh to be blessed with soul cleansing live poetry 🗣

  • @aldopayalef7845
    @aldopayalef7845 20 дней назад +4

    Beautiful, we need more. Greetings from Buenos Aires

  • @JulietaRosarina
    @JulietaRosarina 8 дней назад

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @mainamutitu6136
    @mainamutitu6136 7 дней назад

    Tamu sana

  • @issaroncallo4225
    @issaroncallo4225 9 дней назад +1

    wou

  • @ankolefx3272
    @ankolefx3272 19 дней назад +9

    My soul Needed this ❤

  • @1anglosaxon
    @1anglosaxon 16 дней назад +4

    In Mombasa this July this is coming with me

  • @paulmikol1647
    @paulmikol1647 8 дней назад

    Incredible. This is indeed what's up y'all. Next time anybody asks you what's up just say Mombasa and if they know whats up, they'll know what's up... What a gem folks; and the algorithm brought me here too from Quartetto Cetra (who I only know about because Gale was singing to them while watering his houseplants when Gus knocked on his door in Breaking Bad 😄) which I would not have expected but it's awesome because I'm a massive jazz fan and I've never heard of these guys... Ha the second song is playing right now that shit is crazy breh total fire like some Miles with like Herbie and Santana and Mangione, for starters... Brilliant stuff 👍👌✌😎

  • @ankolefx3272
    @ankolefx3272 19 дней назад +6

    Album cover gave it away 🎉

  • @MarWest
    @MarWest 18 дней назад +4

    this is fantastic

  • @romulorodriguez5056
    @romulorodriguez5056 4 дня назад

    Yeah....OSIBISA ...uka chuku...eka ..eka...

  • @issaroncallo4225
    @issaroncallo4225 9 дней назад +1

    This is absolutly BLESS.....thank you so much

  • @ArthurCarletti-
    @ArthurCarletti- 19 дней назад +5

    What a groove!

  • @danielcaetanocardoso5380
    @danielcaetanocardoso5380 12 дней назад +2

    Muito bom isso!!!
    Valeu por contribuir com essa sinfonia musical.

  • @negatonnoxxx514
    @negatonnoxxx514 18 дней назад +3

    Super soundzz

  • @kaelmoffat2198
    @kaelmoffat2198 9 дней назад +1

    Thanks for posting this!! Wonderful!

  • @thepandasdoitbetter
    @thepandasdoitbetter 3 дня назад

    *chefs kiss*

  • @user-wx1un1xo9o
    @user-wx1un1xo9o 16 дней назад +2

    Hab die Band als junger Mann in Ingolstadt gesehen und mir damals die LP mitgenommen ,die noch in meiner Sammlung steht. Ich kann mich noch gut an die riesige Cabasa der Band u den Groove erinnern.

  • @bachirtt6105
    @bachirtt6105 21 день назад +3

    what a vibe

  • @ErnieBingala
    @ErnieBingala 8 дней назад

    You mixing me down 😂,,,you all over me,,lord keep this band banded!

  • @TallBob2k
    @TallBob2k 6 дней назад

    It's so nice to find the occasional diamond thanks for posting this is a treat

  • @tobytylor919
    @tobytylor919 15 дней назад +7

    It is my favorite album. I remember Yusuf Latif... You know what I mean!
    Fantastic!

  • @nicolaslegrand9414
    @nicolaslegrand9414 17 дней назад +3

    wow!!!!!

  • @daveydudely9954
    @daveydudely9954 12 дней назад

    interesting, i have owned Osibisa from around the same period, but never heard of Mombasa

  • @christophe3832
    @christophe3832 7 дней назад

    Damn c'est énorme cette sélection. Perfection ultime

  • @dalibormaric7857
    @dalibormaric7857 17 дней назад +1

    Thanks 🎉

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  16 дней назад

      You're welcome 😊

  • @katiaplantscientist
    @katiaplantscientist 16 дней назад +2

    I

  • @JazzFunk22
    @JazzFunk22 4 дня назад

    🪘🥁🪘.......👍🏽💥🤘🏽

  • @krloco3330
    @krloco3330 11 дней назад

    Gracias por esta obra de arte.... Thanks for this piece of arts...
    Cheers from Chile.... Abya Yala....

  • @josiahlewis506
    @josiahlewis506 13 дней назад

    What an incredible sound! A treat for the ears in every way. Many thanks for uploading this gem.

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  13 дней назад

      Thanks for listening

  • @chabada.
    @chabada. 21 день назад +1

    This trumpet! Wow ❤
    Mombasa you’re killing 🎉
    Thank you algorithms, you deserve an invitation for dinner ! 😂
    Edit: thank you Flac for sharing these Spanish/North African vibes

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  20 дней назад +1

      Always a pleasure, Chabada!

    • @chabada.
      @chabada. 20 дней назад

      @@wtflac 😂✌️😎❤️

  • @tzkwalji
    @tzkwalji 9 дней назад

    Kenya yetu Hakuna Matata

  • @espectaculardavidrcq
    @espectaculardavidrcq 10 дней назад +1

    Auténtico.

  • @pongotv22
    @pongotv22 19 дней назад +1

    groovy and laid back, im a fan.

  • @user-oy6xb5gv3r
    @user-oy6xb5gv3r 20 дней назад +1

    Fantastic album♪♪Lovely❤

  • @TheGenuineA
    @TheGenuineA 22 дня назад +1

    Nice. I can imagine other troubadours in the mix with your band. A home town representation is the driving force with a barrage of eclectic frequencies in the mix...🎯

  • @avatarttc3839
    @avatarttc3839 22 дня назад +1

    👂👂👂❤️❤️❤️je pleure et je danse, mon ❤️ s emballe..je quitte cette plane terre 😱😱

  • @matthewlloyd-winder7624
    @matthewlloyd-winder7624 14 дней назад

    Brilliant surprise🎼💕🙏😀

    • @pialfre
      @pialfre 14 дней назад

      Yeah! Agreed

  • @isidrobartolomecarrillo9853
    @isidrobartolomecarrillo9853 23 дня назад +2

    🎉 gracias
    🎉 por los Sonidos magnìficos.
    🎉●DE A F R I C A●

  • @TheTuifalcao
    @TheTuifalcao 16 дней назад +1

    genial !

  • @lestercobos5927
    @lestercobos5927 14 дней назад

    Excelente

  • @CK-cb8km
    @CK-cb8km 18 дней назад +1

    Chupez!

  • @beargarooandthevideogames3247
    @beargarooandthevideogames3247 19 дней назад +2

    Liked, saved, etc 2 seconds in

  • @michaelroche5744
    @michaelroche5744 14 дней назад

    Love it!

  • @noisepuppet
    @noisepuppet 15 дней назад +1

    How did RUclips know

  • @sevaamrita3971
    @sevaamrita3971 14 дней назад

    Wow 🎉

  • @tienoan1537
    @tienoan1537 20 дней назад +1

    I need rhythms

  • @elisavieira737
    @elisavieira737 19 дней назад

    Beautiful,picture too ❤️

  • @mattgoodman1699
    @mattgoodman1699 19 дней назад +1

    🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @heartlarva
    @heartlarva 20 дней назад

    truly amazing and I can't find this on any streaming service, Gods work

  • @franstein9277
    @franstein9277 24 дня назад +1

    Ah, yes!

  • @ricoben3137
    @ricoben3137 23 дня назад +1

    agréablement surpris belle découverte ... merci

  • @ochinamc
    @ochinamc 21 день назад

    Otimas vibrações a tods qque estão ouvido❤🙏 Que arte linda og❤️

  • @TravisCinemaNow
    @TravisCinemaNow 20 дней назад

    The groove is fly

  • @richard345
    @richard345 19 дней назад +2

    The buddhist chant around 15 min was quite unexpected

    • @srrfpp
      @srrfpp 16 дней назад

      Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ❤

  • @giannisspakouris5022
    @giannisspakouris5022 20 дней назад

    Quality music

  • @gerryjarcia
    @gerryjarcia 12 дней назад

    sunshine of your love groove for a minute and a half at 12:30, interesting.

  • @jfchm
    @jfchm 21 день назад

    WOW 😮 Amazing channel and marvelous music!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much ❤

  • @Justinn229
    @Justinn229 18 дней назад

    Oh my god 🎶❤️

  • @michaeldempsey3281
    @michaeldempsey3281 21 день назад

    Again, a superb upload by flac

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  21 день назад

      Thanks for the visit

  • @AaronMatthews71
    @AaronMatthews71 21 день назад

    YESSSSSS

  • @djgromivanov6674
    @djgromivanov6674 16 дней назад

    🎼🎼💎💎♥♥

  • @giannigazza3259
    @giannigazza3259 21 день назад

    Discone bellissimo!!

  • @sainbainauu2784
    @sainbainauu2784 20 дней назад

    29:25 세련된 💕 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @maReK.OczOplAs
    @maReK.OczOplAs 2 дня назад

    To są raczej amerykańsko-niemieckie impresje jazzowe na temat afrykańskiego brzmienia - bardzo dobre impresje.

  • @emiliolbd7424
    @emiliolbd7424 21 день назад

    Gracias, amigo.....

  • @powerhouse1981
    @powerhouse1981 19 дней назад

    @17:21 got exactly what I need going on.

  • @ankolefx3272
    @ankolefx3272 19 дней назад

    30:37😮

  • @pmd1361
    @pmd1361 21 день назад

    Yees

  • @swagmessiah666
    @swagmessiah666 25 дней назад +1

  • @andrejohnson6731
    @andrejohnson6731 20 дней назад

    The transcript on this is mad 😂

  • @JuniorAmaral
    @JuniorAmaral 19 дней назад

    Uol

  • @Gene-XL
    @Gene-XL 21 день назад

    Tried finding this on Apple Music. No such luck. 😕

    • @nuguns3766
      @nuguns3766 20 дней назад

      Forget apple those guys try to brainwash

    • @DP-te9cg
      @DP-te9cg 18 дней назад

      They have it available on Bandcamp. All of the Analog Africa releases are there as well.

  • @GuyTheCurator
    @GuyTheCurator 21 день назад +1

    Too many ads. Keep breaking the vibes

    • @wtflac
      @wtflac  20 дней назад +3

      I have not monetized my channel, so I have no control over the ads.

    • @nuguns3766
      @nuguns3766 20 дней назад

      ​@@wtflacAHHA! Go to RUclips studio in ur account and then find a preferences or setting thing on the left side menu then a pop up box should appear, in advanced settings there's a check mark u uncheck which should stop the ad bombardment
      Please

    • @richard345
      @richard345 19 дней назад

      Pay the $12 a month and your problem is solved. I have to do that or I wouldnt be able to watch RUclips because the ads are too disruptive

    • @nuguns3766
      @nuguns3766 19 дней назад +1

      @@richard345 no

    • @richard345
      @richard345 18 дней назад

      Then stop complaining about the ads if you don't want to spend $12 to eliminate them.

  • @AlexisMestizoOsorio
    @AlexisMestizoOsorio 16 дней назад

    Nice album, so bad itsnt in soptify