Juju A Message From Mozambique LP RE James "Plunky" Branch Spiritual Jazz Mint
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Juju A Message From Mozambique LP  RE James "Plunky" Branch Spiritual Jazz Mint Plunky is a Coltrane disciple  Great player great Music
Recorded: September, 1972, S.F. CA,  Originally released in 1973.
The past twenty years or so have given us a number of free and spiritual jazz reissues, many of which were made by ensembles who never recorded again, or whose output was confined to small imprints that were never able to offer any distribution. Reissue labels such as Eremite, Strut, Now Again, Mississippi, and others have helped widen what we know of a moment in post-John Coltrane music history where Black politics, a deeper connection with African roots, and a sense that music was meant to be communal allowed groups such as Cleveland’s Black Unity Trio, Philadelphia’s Khan Jamal and his Creative Arts Ensemble, or NYC’s Abdullah Sami to expand upon late-period Coltrane, and Impulse! era Pharaoh Sanders, even if the aforementioned musicians only made a single record. 

Saxophonist James Branch- aka Plunky Nkabinde- is a crucial part of this scene. Initially connecting with Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba in San Francisco, Plunky joined Ndikho and The Natives, another spiritual jazz group that only recorded a single LP (2022 saw this LP reissued in South Africa and the US). From there, he formed Juju, and two albums later, the more celebrated Oneness of Juju, whose records have seen a number of reissues over the last 30 years. And while the Oneness LPs from the mid to late seventies are a classic fusion of funk, disco, and jazz, sharing ground with Chicago’s short-lived The Pharaohs, the first Juju LP A Message from Mozambique, released in 1973 on Strata-East and then again on Washington DC’s Black Jazz label, is a much more raw affair.

James "Plunky" Branch is an American jazz saxophonist, songwriter, and music and film producer. He founded the band Plunky & Oneness, which began as Juju in 1971 and was renamed twice (Oneness of Juju, Plunky & the Oneness of Juju) before it was given its current name in 1988.



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