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National Library of Jamaica The legend lives on

ISLAND Records have marked the third anniversary of Bob 's death - he died on May 1.1 1981 - with a trio of releases generically titled 'Legend'. The package comprises an . a video cassette and an audio cassette. Song titles on all three releases are essentially the same, though there are minor variations. comprising Want More/Is This Love /Jamming//No Woman No Cry//Get Up Stand Up/Satisfy My Soul/1 Shot The Sheriff/Buffalo Sol­ The Han. Robert Nesta Marley O.M. 1945-1981 dier/Exodus/Redemption features thirteen songs and Song/One Love - People Whistle Test. Of particular a well put together package interest too is the early Top Get Ready/Three Little includes footage, which makes a fine visual studio/touring/interview Words//Easy Of The Pops broadcast of memento of a man whose clips, promo videos and "Satisfy My Soul", hilarious Skanking/Punky music remains very much excerpts from TV in its thoroughly part of our contemporary Party. broadcasts. The earliest inappropriate backdrop of a Of the trilogy, the video experience. skyline, and with - for which you should pay footage finds Bob, with Plexus Publishing's 'Bob and Peter the 1-Threes temporarily Marley: Re ae Kin Of The no more than £19.50 - is gg g Tosh, performing "Stir It reduced to two by the World' bio raphy is reviewed the most desirable item. g Up" for BBC2's Old Grey absence. of . It's· on pa e . Compiled by Don Letts, it g 8.

SUMMER

LONDON promoters Asgard have announced an upcoming programme II of touring American artists under the title Summer Funk. Included in the I package are visits from Nona Hendryx, Womack & Womack, Bobby Mcferrin, Fatback, Brass Construction and Casiopea. Dates and venues are: NONA HENDRYX: London Dominion July 4. WOMACK & WOMACK: Luton Pink Elephant June 6; Brighton Dome 7; Southend Cliffs Pavilion 9; London Dominion 10/11. BOBBY McFERRIN: London Shaw Theatre July 23/24/25. FATBACK: London The Venue June 3. BRASS CONSTRUCTION: Watford Bailey's June 18/19; Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall 21; Glastonbury Festival/Rayleigh Pink Toothbrush 23; London The Venue 24/25/26. CASIOPEA: Luton Pink Elephant July 18; London Hammersmith Odeon 19. • Further to the STEVIE WONJ)ER tour dates annouqced last month, additional date• and venues have flOW been confirmed. Wonder's UK itinerary now read': Uirrningham NEC June 20/21/22; Brighton Centre 26127; London Earls Court 29/30; Dublin RDS Hall July 3/4; London Wcmbley Arena 7/8.

SAM MANGWANA AND THE AFRICAN ALLSTARS

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Thurtdayhh Junt +Support PIERRE �ENDENGUE Saturday 26th May at 7.30pm. � �:·� Ttcktll £S 00 Avttltblt hom tht Vtnlll 801 OHtu. S!trnt Alttun Atcord Ctntrs. Prtmttr, london I ,l�;� Thutre Booktnga. St11grun. Kttlh Prowse ·'· HAMMERSMITH ODEON £4 00 Concnttont for UIMo·s Studtnta. OAP's. Venue 1 from\� Don:• M111.- Bt T�trt Tickets £6.50 £5.50 £4.50 available the Box Office01· 748 4081 and usual agents. '�'t. CHRIS MAY talks to drummer, bandleader - and now promoter - JULIAN BAHULA about a new attempl to bring African music to the British people ' ,. really take off in this country we need to develop a nationwide gigging circuit for HOME the growing number of British­ based African bands, a network of places where Afrophiliacs, bands and IS audiences can grow together. The good news is that I • someone has now taken the initiative to bring just such a situation about. That someone WHERE is Julian Bahula, the South African drummer who's best known as the leader of Jabula and Jazz Afrika. Now Julian THE has added another string to his bow, and another few hundredweight to his briefcase, as the guiding light of the Tsafrika organisation, a Julian Bahula: pushing African music as far as he can MUSIC club and concert booking from 8 'til 3. Among the bands and such a mushrooming agency specialising in African already booked are audience, that we need to music. Supercombo, African Waves, establish our own version of As a musician himself, Julian Hi-Life International. Gadzoh, ' Cavern Club. And is well qualified to meet the IS . Qjah, Muma D & Sweet there's no point in waiting for • • needs of other musicians, and Medicine, Jazz Afrika, District the existing music business to as a British resident for the Six, Dudu Puwana's Zila and do it, because they don't AS surely every member of the last twelve years he has an African Connection. And that's understand the scene. We've BM African music possee abundance of music business only between now and the end got to do it ourselves." would agree, the British club experience to draw on. He's of the June! It all looks more than good and concert scene has never been organising African music "I want to make the 100 Club already, and it can only get been· healthier. In recent gigs on and off since 1976, and the London home for African better. So let's support months we've had visits from last year, of course, put music," says Julian, "a place Tsafrika and take the British Fela Kuti, Franco, Sunny Ade, together the African Sounds where people know they can African scene onto a new, I Segun Adewale, Ebenezer Festival at London's Alexandra go every Friday night to hear higher level of activity and Obey, the African Brothers and Palace which featured the first the music. I want to push it as achievement. · K;mda Bongo Man. And in th!! performance in this country by far as I can. There's so much Tsafrika can. be contacted on l• next few weeks we can look Hugh Masekela in twenty I latent talent in this country, (01) 935 8660. forward to Les Quatres Etoiles, years. But compared to Toure Kunda and Pierre Tsafrika's present busy Akendegue. We've never had it schedule, these past activities so good, a veritable feast of are little more than a warm up top artists and exciting music. But the picture isn't quite as Top of the list is the ongoing healthy as it looks on the series of gigs Tsafrika are surface: all the artists listed staging at London's 100 Club. bfJfJkshelf above are visiting artists, Following the launch party on concentrating on a handful of April 27, Julian is presenting : REGGAE times, but their fulso e se of major venues in our biggest live African music at the club rp � . cities. For African music to practically every Friday night, KING OF THE WORLD, original interview matenal - Malika Lee Whitney & Der­ with Skill Cole, , mott Hussey (Plexus paper­ Cedella Booker, Rita Marley, back £6.95). Cindy Breakspcare and Family 24MAY7.30pm Biographies of Bob Marley Man among others - covers THE mUMPETSOF ZION haven't exa<;tly been thin on substantial new ground. And and the 60strong the ground over the past cou­ when it comes to photographic ANGEUCAL VOICE ple of years, but to date they've content, this latest book is CHOIR all been written by American unbeatable - there are over or European enthusiasts, and I 00 colour shots and 200 more 25MAY7.30pm however well researched in black & white, many of them THE LONDON they've been, they haven't real­ previously unpublished, and COMMUNTTY ly captured that special magic most of them previously un­ GOSPB... CHOIR and Marley generated amongst his seen outside Jamaica. There's THE DOnE BROTHERS own people. a particularly outstanding Y Now that's all changed. series of colour portraits of the 26MAY7.30pm Malika Lee Whitney and Der­ early, pre-dreadlock�d THE INSPIRATIONAL mott Hussey are Jamaican Wailers taken by Astley Chm, CHOIR broadcasters and journalists which �ny confirmed fan will 27MAY7.30pm who've put together a well in­ just have to have. formed and immensely Altogether, Bob Mar ley: TICKETSj: £4 'iO(£3.50 concessions) E Y evocative picture of Marley Reggae King Of The World is a sEAsor.JrtcKET £14.00 s��I ESCO'RS an F:dFETHRE and his era. Their strictly valuable addition to the late rwer5ldestuchos I LONDON COMMUNTTY biographical chapters will not, master's bookshelf- and how Crisp Road Harrmersrnthws 7483354 GOSPB... CHOIR perhaps, tell many BM readers good to see Jama_ican_ writers anything they don't already making a contnbullon. - know about Marley's life and Chris May.

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