South African Jazz Rock Discography 1959-1979

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Albums

KEY
Artist – Album Title (Label Catalogue Number) Year

The Vikings – Live at the Club Pepsi (RCA Victor 31,323) 1959

Tracks

Side One

1. Rock Around The Clock
2. Royal Garden Blues
3. Blue Paul
4. Send Thomas Kwela
5. Now Is The Time
6. Lonesome Road
7. Intermission Riff

Side Two

1. Vivacation
2. Kwaai Kris Kwela
3. Not Going To Mersey Square
4. Medley: Jenny Jenny – Hound Dog
5. Caravan
6. Kansas City
7. Jumping With Symphony Sid

The Vikings – The Vikings with Roger Smith (RCA Victor 31,546) 1961

Tracks

Side One

1. Hoots Mon
2. Made You
3. The Webb
4. Red Sails In The Sunset
5. Swing Sharp
6. Drip Drop

Side Two

1. Peter Gunn
2. Travellin’ Man
3. Bull Rock
4. The Wayward Wind
5. Swanee River
6. My Prayer

The Band

Paul Ditchfield/ Harold Miller/ Chris Smit/ Peter Michael/ Tony Shaw/ Jimmy Kennedy/ Al Bentley/ Roger Smith vocals on second album

Die Peanut Butter Conspiracy – Deuntjies Vir Dansdag (Unika, UNL 1907) 1969

Tracks

Side One

1. Ou Kalahari
2. Bummelied
3. Die Heidelied
4. Groen Koringlande
5. Vat Jou Goed En Trek / January, February
6. Siemamba

Side Two

1. Groen En Goud (The Bats cover)
2. My Hartjie My Liefie
3. Ou Kraal Liedjie
4. Alibama
5. Weltevrede Stasie (The Bats cover)
6. Sarie Marais

The Band

Henry Harris: drums / John Lindemann: guitar / Ron Schiff: keyboards / Unknown bass player (possibly Jill Murray Brown)

Sounds Of Brass – Live! Live! Live! (Continental, SZB 8269) 1969

Tracks

Side One

1. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
2. Special Delivery/ Viva Bobby Joe
3. South Carolina
4. Turn On A Dream
5. I Who Have Nothing
6. Aquarius/ Let The Sun Shine In

Side Two

1. Nothing But A Heartache
2. Soul Deep
3. Bringing On The Good Times
4. Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight
5. Tracy
6. Day After Day

The Band

Peter Hubner: keyboards, brass/ Lofty Schultz: sax, flute/ Dennie Loren: vocals/ Paddy Powell: guitar, vocals/ Manny Francisco: percussion, vocals/ Nippy Cripwell: bass, vocals / Neville Whitmill: vocals

Music Corporation – Are You Ready? (Date, DAS 2103) 1971

Tracks

Side One

1. Are You Ready?
2. Don’t Ever Stop
3. Melody Fair
4. Get It

Side Two

1. Drive My Car
2. In The Hollow Of Your Hand
3. Running Down The Highway
4. Pots And Pans

The Band

Lofty Schultz: sax, flute/ Paddy Powell: guitar, vocals/ Manny Francisco: percussion, vocals/ Nippy Cripwell: bass/ Allan Goldswain: keyboards, vocals/ Eric Norgate: trumpet/ Sean Bergin: sax, flute

Various Artists – Music Of Our Time (CBS, MOOT 1) 1971

Sampler Compilation Album

Tracks

Side One

1. Livin’ In Heart – Chase
2. In And Out Of Love – The Rascals
3. Nightmare No 5 – Al Kooper
4. Lowdown – Chicago
5. If Not For You – Bob Dylan
6. Celebration – Argent
7. Wrong End Of The Rainbow – Tom Rush
8. Devil Lady – Dreams
9. Blackpatch – Laura Nyro

Side Two

1. Things Yet To Come – Sweathog
2. Se A Cabo – Santana
3. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Johnny Winter
5. Get It – Music Corporation
6. Move Over – Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
7. C’mon – Poco
8. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
9. Take Me In Your Arms – Blood, Sweat and Tears

Hammak – Live! (Cameo, CAM 1039) 1971

Tracks

Side One

1. When You Dance I Can Really Love
2. Theme From An Imaginary Western
3. Don’t Let It Bring You Down

Side Two

1. Empty Pages
2. Fire And Rain
3. Jam

The Band

Keith Lentin/ Mandy Cohen/ Anton Fig/ Mike Faure/ André de Villiers/ Henry Barenblatt/ Nicholas Pike/ Midge Pike

Impi – Impi (CBS, ASF 1638) 1971

The Bats with an expanded line-up

Tracks

Side One

1. Son Of A Zulu Man
2. No One Seems To Notice
3. Catch My Love
4. Rifleman
5. Seven Kinds Of Hell

Side Two

1. Deep River
2. Herd Boy
3. Picaninnies
4. Nada
5. Sun

The Band

Paul Ditchfield/ Eddie Eckstein/ Barry Jarman/ Peter Clifford/ Neville Whitmill/ Eric Brook/ Peter Hubner

Assagai – Assagai (Vertigo (US), VEL-1004) 1971

Tracks

Side One

1. Telephone Girl
2. Akasa
3. Hey Jude
4. Cocoa

Side Two

1. Irin Ajolawa
2. Ayieo
3. Beka
4. I’ll Wait For You

Assagai – Assagai (Vertigo (UK), 6360030) 1971

Tracks

Side One

1. Telephone Girl
2. Akasa
3. Hey Jude
4. Cocoa

Side Two

1. Irin Ajolawa
2. Ayieo
3. Beka
4. I’ll Wait For You

The Band

Louis Mmoholo/ Dudu Pukwana/ Mongezi Feza/ Bizo Muggikana/ Fred Coker/ Charles Cuonogbo

Assagai – Zimbabwe (Phillips, 6308 079) 1971

Cover by Roger Dean

Tracks

Side One

1. Barazinbar
2. Wanga
3. La La
4. Dalani

Side Two

1. Bayeza
2. Sanga
3. Come Along
4. Kinzambi

The Band

Dudu Pukwana/ Terri Quaye/ Smiley De Jonnes/ Louis Moholo/ Bizo Mngqikana/ Fred Fredericks/ Mongezi Feza/ Martha Mdenge /Backing band: Jade Warrior

Pacific Express – Black Fire (EMI, EMCJ(L) 11528) 1976

Tracks

Side One

1. Brother
2. Feelings
3. Sky Ride II
4. Heaven

Side Two

1. Black Fire
2. You’re Everything
3. Love Your Baby Right
4. Wind Song

The Band

Robbie Jansen/ Issy Ariefdien/ Basil “Manenberg” Coetzee/ Chris Schilder/ Jack Momplé/ Paul Abrahams/ Zayn Adams

Samson – African Trilogy And Other Curios (WB Records, WBC 9005) 1978

Tracks

Side One

1. Sangoma
2. African Trilogy
   1. Sun Dance
   2. Fire Dance
   3. Rain Dance
3. Foot-up – Foot Down

Side Two

1. La La Da, La La Do
2. Afrodisia
3. O My Friend – (So Good So Good)
4. It’s Alright
5. Laughing All Over Again

The Band

Lead vocals: Cedric Samson/ René Veldsman/ Neville Paulson (Neville Nash)/ Producer: Lofty Schultz/ Choir: Betty Mthombeni, Retsi Pule, Zakhmi Dlamini, Stompie Mavi, Harriet Matwane, Petunia Seakatsie, Joe Seakatsie

Harambee – Giving A Little Away (WB Records, WBC 9008) 1978

Tracks

Side One

1. Prayer To The Young Moon
2. Overture
3. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
4. Walk Tall
5. Midnight In The Jungle/ O Fortuna

Side Two

1. Orangoutang
2. Elegy
3. Giving A Little Away
4. O Fortuna
5. Nkosi Sikelele Afrika

The Band

Kenny Henson/ Ramsay Mackay/ Colin Pratley/ George Wolfaardt/ John Oakley-Smith/ Gabriel Mazibuko/ Various vocalists

Harari – Kala Harari Rock (Gallo, ML 4303) 1979

Tracks

Side One

1. Kala Harari Rock
2. Give
3. Safari

Side Two

1. The Whole World’s Dancing Now
2. Soweto Sunset
3. Jikeleza
4. Elephant Dance

The Band

Alec ‘Om’ Khaoli/ Oupa Segwai/ Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse/ Doc Mathilane/ Masike Mohape/ Thelma “Neo” Segonah

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) – Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (The Sun, Gallo, SRK 786145) 1979

Recorded in 1975

Tracks

Side One

1. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro

Side Two

1. Kamalie

The Band

Abdullah Ibrahim/ Harold Land/ Basil Coetzee/ Blue Mitchell/ Buster Cooper/ Lionel Beukess/ Doug Sides/ Gilbert Mathews/ Basil Moses/ Kamalie and his Apaches

Playlist

Singles

KEY
Artist – A-side/ B-side (Label Catalogue Number) Year

• The Vikings – Skokiaan Rock/ Hamba Kahle Rock (RCA Victor 71.300) 1961
• Sounds Of Brass – Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye/ Turn On A Dream (Continental PD 9628) 1969
• Music Corporation – Don’t Ever Stop/ Get It (Date DA 62) 1971
• Impi – Deep River/ Herd Boy (CBS SSC 1110) 1971
• Impi – Nada/ Picaninis (CBS SSC 1139) 1971
• This Side Up – Rifleman (Impi)/ Catch My Love (Impi) (ICS 806) 1971
• The Collection – Kentucky Hill/ Catch My Love (Impi) (ICS 824) 1971
• Assagai – Telephone Girl/ I’ll Wait For You (Vertigo TOS 785) 1971
• Samson – La La Da, La La Do/ Laughing All Over Again (Warner Bros Records) 1978
• Koko – Man To Man/ Dust To Dust (Lofty Schultz) (Butterfly BT 169) 1978
  The Band: Cedric Samson/ Nippy Cripwell/ Jethro Butow/ Zane Cronjé
• Zayn Adams and Pacific Express – The Greatest Love Of All/ Without You (Gull GUL 1013) 1979

This page was originally created by Tertius Louw in October 2001.
Updated by Brian Currin, February 2025, June 2025, January 2026.