Black Disco: Black Disco 3 (Cape Jazz) Vinyl LP

"With a Yamaha organ and a dream, Pops Mohamed started his musical journey in mid-1970s South Africa as the founder of Black Disco, creating a hip and innovative blend of chill-out jazz with spiritual overtones. On the band's self-titled debut from 1975, Mohamed's cosmic organ is supported by two of the most sought-after session players on the South African jazz scene, Cape Town's sax and flute wizard Basil Coetzee, who had risen to fame in 1974 as one of the soloists on the hit 'Mannenberg,' and Sipho Gumede, the young bass prodigy from the city of Durban. The album is a mostly downtempo affair with the drum machine on Mohamed’s organ laying down the beat while the trio soars in blissful improvisational territory. Bassist Peter Odendaal and drummer Monty Weber join Mohamed and Coetzee for Black Disco 3 in 1976, preserving the New Age lounge aesthetic but allowing the group to flex their jazz chops more adventurously. 'Spiritual Feeling' from the debut album is revamped as 'Spiritual Feeling Riding the Blue' but the album opener 'Dawn' is the centrepiece – a trippy, flute-driven awakening that unfolds over a period of ten minutes. Reissued and available internationally for the very first time, Afrodelic's 2024 replica edition of Black Disco 3 is fully licensed and sourced from the original analog master tapes." - Afrodelic Records

• first vinyl reissue of 1976 South African jazz-funk album, officially licensed
• black vinyl pressing
• remastered from the original analog tapes
• limited edition of 400
• original release year: 1976
• music label: Afrodelic Records 2024