Name: The Jazz Epistles - Gafsa by trunk records in 2023
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: Awesome and rare Jazz from South Africa. The Jazz Epistles, a band with a line up that includes Hugh Masekela, Dollar Brand etc. This is he cue "Gafsa", LP available on Trunk offshoot label, Adventures In Sound. Vinyl only...

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Awesome and rare Jazz from South Africa. The Jazz Epistles, a band with a line up that includes Hugh Masekela, Dollar Brand etc. This is he cue "Gafsa", LP available on Trunk offshoot label, Adventures In Sound. Vinyl only...

The Jazz Epistles - Gafsa

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