Diamond Express

by Dudu Pukwana

Diamond Express cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Freedom
  • Country: South Africa
  • Length: 37:45
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

South African saxophonist Dudu Pukwana delivered a fiercely energetic and deeply rhythmic session on 'Diamond Express'. The album fuses the aggressive improvisation of free jazz with heavy, driving funk grooves and post-bop structures. It stands as a powerful statement of global jazz fusion, highlighting Pukwana's intense technical skill.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, technical, avant-garde, instrumental, fusion, saxophone, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Ubaguile (See Saw) (8:00)
  2. Diamond Express (8:22)
  3. Madodana (The Young Ones) (7:53)
  4. Tete And Barbs In My Mind (4:35)
  5. Bird Lives (8:55)

Credits

  • Dudu Pukwana - primary artist, alto saxophone, composed by, written-by
  • Victor Ntoni - bass
  • Ernest Mothle - bass, electric bass, electric bass guitar
  • James Meine - drums
  • Louis Moholo - drums, percussion
  • Lucky Ranku - guitar
  • Frank Roberts - keyboards
  • Nathan Dambuza Mdledle - painting [cover]

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