Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band - Ngoma Tanzania LP xx1960s This is a mature flavour

This is a mature flavour

This came just a few months after she recorded the classic Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook LP

or strokes that have been changed and painted over" and this is evident in the innovative production style that 'paints with sound' using overlapping nuances to create an undefinable and intoxicating new palette

With Obi and Insert

‘We got no time unless you can get your vocals right in one take’

Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band - Ngoma Tanzania LP xx1960s This is a mature flavourSweet and joyful sounds from the first half of 1960s Tanzania. Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band were at the forefront of muziki wa dansi, the emerging dance music scene influenced by Cuban 78s, crazes like the twist and cha cha cha, and the local sounds of their home country. Hailing from the town of Morogoro, they rose to be stars across the country. Out of over 100 sides recorded for local labels, mostly Mzuri Records of Kenya, these twelve