Dollar Brand - Mannenburg - "Is Where It's Happening"
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LINER NOTES

 

IS THIS WHAT RASHID VALLY WANTED?
—Abdullah Ibrahim

WRITE TO THE "DOLLAR BRAND FAN CLUB"
P.O. BOX 3379, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
 

DOLLAR BRAND
MANNENBURG - "IS WHERE IT'S HAPPENING"


recorded 1974-06
issued 1974-11-04
The Sun / As-Shams
Gallo
made in South Africa
produced by Rashid Vally
published by As Shams Music
SRK 786134
matrix SRK 786134 A
matrix SRK 786134 B
33 rpm
stereo
first issue
cover images by Dollar Brand
cover printed by Interpak
source: Flatinternational Archive

TRACK LISTING

 

1.1Mannenburg

(Dollar Brand)

1.2The Pilgrim

(Dollar Brand)

ARTISTS

 

DOLLAR BRAND - piano
BASIL COETZEE - tenor sax & flute
ROBBIE JANSEN - alto sax & flute
MORRIS GOLDBERG - alto sax
MONTY WEBER - drums
PAUL MICHAELS - bass
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM - piano

NOTES

 

Probably one of the most iconic and influential jazz albums to come out of South Africa. The album was recorded at the UCA Studios in Cape Town in June of 1974 and featured two long-form tracks, one on each side.

The title track, Mannenburg, is a mispelling of the name of the township in the Cape Flats outside Cape Town. Manenburg was established in 1966 as part of the apartheid government's Group Areas Act plan to segregate people by race; forcibly moving people-of-colour out of so-called "white areas". In this case people from the "Coloured" community were moved from areas such as District Six.

Curiously, the album's title also gave tenor saxophonist, Basil "Mannenburg" Coetzee, his famous nick-name.

Other issues of this album are titled Cape Town Fringe.