Our Boys are Doing It Sony BMG Cedar Walton (piano) and Reggie

Cedar Walton (piano) and Reggie Workman (bass)

Canadian soul star Tanika Charles unleashes the new album “Reasons To Stay” that drops worldwide on May 16 via independent soul specialist label Record Kicks

"Word Of The Farmer" becomes "Croft" and "Tam Tam" began life as "One More Time"

of which we hear the first recorded version here

otherworldly beauty

Our Boys are Doing It Sony BMG Cedar Walton (piano) and ReggieDennis Mpale had become a key figure in South African jazz by the time the mid 70s swung around having already had a career spanning some pivotal moments in the genre's evolution. From leading the trumpet section in Chris McGregor's Castle Lager Big Band to co founding the jazz fusion group Roots, Mpale was instrumental in shaping jazz and in 1977, he released Our Boys Are Doing It his solo debut. It was produced by Rashid Vally and issued on Mercury