Name: Ndikho Xaba and the Natives
Brand: Ndikho Xaba and The Natives

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MRI140lp

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Colour

Black

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-10

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

850024931480

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Ndikho Xaba and The Natives

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Mississippi

Ndikho Xaba left South Africa in 1964, an exile from his homeland who eventually found a home in San Francisco's vibrant spiritual jazz scene of the late 60s. A songwriter, bandleader, pianist, and inventor of percussion and woodwind instruments, Xaba played alongside contemporaries like Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, and Sun Ra. But it was on the single album he recorded in the US, released in an edition of just 500 copies in 1971, that Xaba realized his unique vision. <br><br>Backed by a band that included Plunky Branch and Lon Moshe (Oneness of Juju and Black Fire label), Xaba bridged the Black Atlantic, connecting the music of Africa with the most brilliant lights of the Diaspora, and drawing a line between the Black Power movement of the US and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Across five songs, Xaba and the band move through spiritual invocations, wrenching soul, and dizzying layers of rhythm knocked out on homemade instruments. The album is a critical political and historical document, and one of our favorite spiritual jazz albums of all time.<br>

Ndikho Xaba and the Natives

Music US

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