''Khumbula (Remember)'' is an album by drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo and pianist

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. It was recorded on October 23, 2004, at Gateway Studios in Kingston, England, and was released in 2005 by

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. Prior to the recording session, Moholo-Moholo and Tracey had not played together for thirty years, and had never performed as a duo. According to Tracey, there was no planning involved: "we just went in and started playing. There were no words at all concerning the music that passed between the two of us. The red light went on and we started playing."

Reception

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'' called the album "an astonishing performance, and one of Moholo's most instantly approachable records." They wrote: "from the first notes... the chemistry is assured and strong." John Eyles of ''

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'' stated that the musicians "sound as if they have been improvising together all their lives, so fluent is the music," and noted that Moholo-Moholo "retains his ability to turn on a sixpence when required, instantly responding to Tracey, and creating the impression of telepathy." Writing for ''

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'', John Fordham described the recording as "completely in-the-moment music-making," and remarked: "Tracey sounds at times like a man trying out a punchline on a fellow-conversationalist who barrels on without hearing it... Moholo, by contrast, sustains a hissing, simmering kind of rhythmic trance rather than a groove, depriving Tracey of his usual narrative shapes. But the pianist responds to the challenge with typically economical ingenuity."

Track listing

# "Molo (Hello) Afrika - Later Europe" – 5:01 # "Links" – 3:50 # "Landela (Follow)" – 6:31 # "Shapes" – 5:56 # "Plurality" – 7:22 # "Musicale" – 13:17 # "Very Urgent" – 7:43 # "Goduka" – 10:59

Personnel

– piano *

Louis Moholo Louis Tebogo Moholo (10 March 1940 – 13 June 2025) was a South African jazz drummer. He was a member of several notable bands, including The Blue Notes, the Brotherhood of Breath and Assagai. Biography Born in Cape Town, Moholo formed The ...

– drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Louis Moholo albums Stan Tracey albums Ogun Records albums