Catalogue       Group                                                       A side/B side                                                        Year

Number

Jojo 7-1       Kendu Revolution '72                      Simon A Aluoch/Amolo Belly                      1974

Jojo 7-4       Kendu Revolution '72                      Walter Mboya/Jaber Akeyo                        1974

Jojo 7-5       Gem Lucky Band                            Abong’o M K’Owuor/Joseph Onyango          1974

Jojo 7-6       Owilla Lakeside Voices                    H Otiende/Albert Ochaka No 2                    1974

Jojo 7-7       Ukwala Matata Jazz                        Ogendo Jowi/Albert Ochaka No 1                1974

Kendu Revolution are here produced by George Opiyo on a label distributed by AIT and dedicated to Luo benga bands. The driving forces within the band appear to be Sam Oketch and Samwel Ajock.

Kendu Jazz Band and variants on the name have singles on Kundi, Matata, Melodica, Sibuor and Sungura. As there are also Kendu Revolutions ’73 and ’74, it seems strange that these singles are both dated 1974 - unless, of course, the band was prone to frequent schisms and breakaways.

Both Gem Lucky and Owilla Lakeside recorded extensively for

other labels, but this is the only single encountered so far by Ukwala Matata Jazz.

Jojo 7-1 and 7-4 come from the collection of Op of the skafunkrastapunk forum, the rest are from the VoA library