Mankunku Quartet Yakhal' Inkomo (Special editon, Half speed master)

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• The Mankunku Quartet’s 1968 album “Yakhal’ Inkomo” is just over 30 minutes of jazz perfection. This compact and to the point album would comfortably join the ranks of the best works in the catalogs of major jazz labels such as Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse. However, “Yakhal’ Inkomo” was originally released on the South African record label World Record Co. which resulted in it becoming a hard-to-find and sought-after item for jazz collectors. Copies of the first pressing sometimes fetch prices of up to 1,000 on the collectors’ market. It has long been regarded as one of the best South African jazz albums, and DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson backed this up when he included it in his radio program “The 20 – South African Jazz”, which focuses on the “best of the genre”.

  Tenor saxophonist Winston “Mankunku” Ngozi recorded t