Airport transport in Mannenberg

“Mannenberg” is a Cape jazz vent by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid government, Ibrahim had been vibrant in Europe and the United States during the 1960s and ’70s, making brief visits to South Africa to folder music. After a flourishing 1974 collaboration subsequently producer Rashid Vally and a band that included Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen, Ibrahim began to folder another album with these three collaborators and a sponsorship band assembled by Coetzee. The broadcast was recorded during a session of improvisation, and includes a saxophone solo by Coetzee, which led to him receiving the sobriquet “Manenberg”.

The piece incorporates elements of several additional musical styles, including marabi, ticky-draai, and langarm, and became a landmark in the move forward of the genre of Cape jazz. The tune has been described as having a beautiful declare and catchy beat, conveying themes of “freedom and cultural identity.” It was released below Ibrahim’s former reveal Dollar Brand upon the 1974 vinyl album Mannenberg – Is Where It’s Happening. Named after the township of Manenberg, it was an instant hit, selling tens of thousands of copies within a few months of its release. It superior became identified taking into account the struggle adjacent to apartheid, partly due to Jansen and Coetzee playing it at rallies adjacent to the government, and was along with the movement’s most popular songs in the 1980s. The fragment has been covered by other musicians, and has been included on several jazz collections.