Caiphus Semenya – Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow - Be With Records
2020 re-issue, 140g vinyl. Caiphus Semenya, AKA Mr Letta Mbulu, is a
South African legend and Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow, his second solo
LP, is perfect. A ten out-of ten album if ever we heard one. It’s also
incredibly rare, especially in good condition, so Be With is delighted
to present this reissue. Now a revered composer, musician, and arranger,
Caiphus left apartheid South Africa in the 60s for self-imposed exile
in Southern California together with his wife, Letta Mbulu. Settling in
Los Angeles he started working with the likes of Hugh Masekela and
Miriam Makeba and other exiled and semi-exiled South african artists, as
well as, of course, his wife Letta. Caiphus also found himself working
with and composing for a broad range of jazz and pop artists, including
Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley. His facility with both
jazz and African forms served him well. His LA stay also the beginning
of an ongoing collaboration with Quincy Jones, the fruits of which can
be tasted in Caiphus’s African compositions for the scores to Roots and
Spielberg’s adaptation of The Color Purple. Originally released in 1984,
Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow is not just a musical masterpiece, it is
also the soundtrack to the life of many South Africans - both then and
now. Fusing the US-heavy sounds of boogie, disco and funk with Afrobeat
and traditional African elements, it’s truly a spectacular listen. Jabu
Nkosi handles keyboards on the album, with synths by Caiphus and Craig
Harris. Sipho Gumede is on bass and Condry Ziqubu is on guitars. The
Afro-Cuban grooves of “Mamase” open the record. Continuing where Listen
To The Wind left off, this is another horn-heavy call-and-response ode
to a positive life.
- Product Code: BEWITH086LP, Reissue 12"
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24.90€
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