Yakhal' Inkomo

Winston Mankunku · 1968 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Composition by South African tenor saxophonist Winston Mankunku Ngozi, recorded in 1968 in Johannesburg. The title translates as "the bellowing of the bull" and is read as an allusion to the violence of apartheid; Mankunku reportedly dedicated it to his mourning of John Coltrane. The album sold hundreds of thousands of copies in South Africa, and Mankunku received the Castle Lager Jazz Musician of the Year award for 1968.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to South African jazz. Among the origins and influences of South African jazz: Free jazz, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Sources

• EN: Winston Mankunku Ngozi
• musicismysanctuary.com

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