Marc Sylvin / Del Rabenja - Madagascar Now LP

While he was working on the repertoire for the new version of his group Malagasy, with young Malagasy musicians he had met in Paris in 1972 (and who can be heard on the album "Malagasy At Newport-Paris"), Jef Gilson realised that two of his new discoveries, in addition to being established polyinstrumentalists (who both had sharpened their skills in the legendary  seja-jazz band from La Réunion, Le Club Rythmique), were also skilled composers. They were capable of reinventing jazz and  traditional Malagasy music, adding influences from the new generation inspired by pop, rock and funk into the mix. He  offered them the chance to share the two sides of an album recorded on his own label, Palm, alongside their compatriots.  Ange "Zizi" Japhet, Gérard Rakotoarivony and Frank Raholison.