It's been an amazing year for reissues of hitherto-lost '70s music from Africa. I can't remember a time in this decade when I’ve been so excited by the quality of music being reissued. The last time I recall such an intoxicating year was 1998, and that was based largely on one album: Buda Musique's Ethiopiques Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, the landmark anthology of vibraphonist, comp
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