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Group Cape Town connection

The Cape Town band, steeped in rock and soul rather than jazz, that Abdullah Ibrahim worked with on Underground in Africa in 1974. Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen played saxophones in it, and the sessions began the working partnership that produced "Mannenberg" later that year.

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is associated with

Underground in Africa (1974) the band behind the record

is in

Cape Town

counted as a member

Basil Coetzee (1974) saxophone
Robbie Jansen he started the band

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