Andi ChorleyFamily Affair by Harry Miller's Isipingo, released on Ogun in 1977
Marcello Carlin wrote:
The record begins with the easy kwela strut of the title track, Moholo-Moholo audibly having a ball with his ride and rimshot refrains (his unshakeable consistency here puts me in mind of Jaki Liebezeit with Can) as the catchy riff leads into solos by Griffiths, whose playing is romantic yet occasionally discursive, Charig, who seems intent on recapturing Feza’s ghost with his snarling triple-tonguing and hyperactive half-valve shrieks before settling back into his more familiar meditative melancholy – and Tippett doubles up and multiplies supporting piano figures beneath, or alongside, the trumpeter – and Osborne, who leads the ensemble into a free section...
https://ogunrecords.blogspot.com/2025/03/harry-millers-isipingo-family-affair.html
https://harrymiller.bandcamp.com/album/family-affair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVZGB3RSLU
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