Mombasa - African Rhythms & Blues (1975)

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

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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.

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

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[@edwardcave1947]

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

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Fantastic recording. ❤ Mombasa is on fire musically.

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The album is a masterpiece

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

[@Ramblin-Man]

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]

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!

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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]

@@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]

@@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.kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52nfKaFjbGCfZo

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[@richard345]

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

[@ArthurCarletti-]

What a groove!

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Album cover gave it away 🎉

[@disklamer]

This is funky as all getout, a forgotten gem.

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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 👍👌✌😎

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You ain't saying nothing but the truth right there! Great stuff thanks for the upload!

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excellent

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Such a gem!!

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

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Overpowered musicians !!! thanks for this candy :)

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I'm Flippin Flippin this

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Beautiful, we need more. Greetings from Buenos Aires

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I love this great 👍

[@1anglosaxon]

In Mombasa this July this is coming with me

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Karibu

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this is fantastic

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Super soundzz

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

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what a vibe

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

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You're absolutely right. 😊

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because of the devil.

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

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wow!!!!!

[@user-wx1un1xo9o]

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.

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commenting so the algorithm will give me more of these ahhhh

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Right?!

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I

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

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

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Gracias, Gracias, Gracias!!!

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Thanks 🎉

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You're welcome 😊

[@pongotv22]

groovy and laid back, im a fan.

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

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Damn c'est énorme cette sélection. Perfection ultime

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genial !

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Thanks for posting this!! Wonderful!

[@fgnamaste]

great and unexpected album found

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agréablement surpris belle découverte ... merci

[@krloco3330]

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

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Fantastic album♪♪Lovely❤

[@ErnieBingala]

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

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

[@TheGenuineA]

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...🎯

[@madderhat5852]

Sublime.

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Auténtico.

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Liked, saved, etc 2 seconds in

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*chefs kiss*

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Ah, yes!

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Love it!

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Beautiful,picture too ❤️

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

[@josiahlewis506]

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

[@wtflac]

Thanks for listening

[@heartlarva]

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

[@emiliolbd7424]

Gracias, amigo.....

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

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Brilliant surprise🎼💕🙏😀

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Yeah! Agreed

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Quality music

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The groove is fly

[@michaeldempsey3281]

Again, a superb upload by flac

[@wtflac]

Thanks for the visit

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Discone bellissimo!!

[@chabada.]

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]

Always a pleasure, Chabada!

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@@wtflac 😂✌️😎❤️

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nice juci trumpep

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Wow 🎉

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

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YESSSSSS

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Oh my god 🎶❤️

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

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How did KZbin know

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Chupez!

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🎉🎉🎉

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Tamu sana

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🎉🎉🎉🎉

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I need rhythms

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wou

[@richard345]

The buddhist chant around 15 min was quite unexpected

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ❤

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👍

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Hello from Kyiv Ukraine 🎉

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Excelente

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🎼🎼💎💎♥♥

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Is this on Spotify? Can’t find it.

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Don't know, I use KZbin.

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🪘🥁🪘.......👍🏽💥🤘🏽

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29:25 세련된 💕 👏👏👏👏👏

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Kenya yetu Hakuna Matata

[@gerryjarcia]

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

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Yees

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