Idi Amin from the United Kingdom in 1962, Amin remained in the armed forces, rising to the position of major and being appointed Commander of the Army in 1965. Aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin launched a 1971 military coup and declared himself President. During his years in power, Amin shifted from being a pro-western ruler, enjoying considerable Israeli support to being backed by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. In 1975, Amin became the chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a Pan-Africanist
Kabell Years: 1971–1979 selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith except where noted. Disc one Disc two Disc three Disc Four Notes Kabell Years: 1971–1979 Kabell Years: 1971-1979 is a four-CD box set released on Tzadik Records compiling American jazz trumpeter/composer/inmproviser Wadada Leo Smith's earliest albums which were originally released on his own, privately pressed label Kabell along with additional previously unissued material from the same era. The set includes the previously released material from "Creative Music - 1", "Reflectativity", "Song of Humanity" and "". In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes that