Makaya & The Tsotsis, from 1974

 

Again note the difference in visual quality between the CD cover above and 2 LP's below.

First of the Bob Degen albums, from 1974 info here.  Percussionist Makaya Ntshoko:

Born in Cape Town on 29th of October 1939, he grew up in Langa; died August 27, 2024.

Early on he learned from musicians such as George Castle (bass), Banzi Bangani (trumpet), Morris Goldberg (alto) and the drummers Columbus Phakamile Joya and Maurice Gawronsky. He teamed up with "Dan Boy" Danayi (alto) and Martin "Lilly" Mgijima and had the opportunity to jam and perform with Cups Nkanuka (tenor) and his Peninsula Stars.

In 1959 he joined fellow Cape musicians Dollar Brand and Johnny Gertze on a trip to Johannesburg where together with Kippie Moeketsi, Jonas Gwangwa and Hugh Masekela they formed the legendary Jazz Epistles. The group was committed to serious, progressive jazz and recorded their ground breaking album.

He actually made a bunch of albums back in the day mostly described as free jazz so of little interest to me.  The style of this one is really really meandering contemporary jazz with minimal direction, like a drunkard's walk through an empty park with not even any trees, or jungle animal predators to attack you.  Makaya's Song (a bonus track on the CD):