An eclectic band from Brooklyn, NY most often categorized as "funk", though their influences range from rock, blues, jazz, and African and Latin music as well. Their early albums (Mandrill, Mandrill Is, Composite Truth, Just Outside Of Town, and Mandrilland) are sometimes wild and experimental and sometimes danceable and fun, often times both at once. Their approach is somewhat comparable to early Funkadelic. Like Funkadelic, by their 1975 album called Solid they had settled into a smoother...
These are photos from concerts where Mandrill played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Leon Russell / Mandrill Oct 30, 1971 Durham, North Carolina, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
rare earth / Mandrill Oct 8, 1971 Ithaca, New York, United States Uploaded by Suraci
Nina Simone / pharoh sanders / Mandrill / leon thomas / The Voices Of East Harlem / The Undisputed Truth Sep 19, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Ike And Tina Turner / Mandrill Jun 11, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Free / Mott the Hoople / Mandrill May 14 - 15, 1971 New York, New York, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
