Recorded in Paris in 1981 on what's billed as an all-night session, this is a good little guide to how African big bands do it. It's so easy-rolling that an entire evening could've been filled this way. At times eerily reminiscent of the early 70s JBs but almost diametrically opposed in rhythm structure (tight lock grooves vs. this free form rolling improv), this is more an exe...
Nigeria has produced some of the most diverse, most exciting pop artist to come to the attention of Western audiences. Such performers as King Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sonny Okosun, I. K. Dairo, Ebenezer Obey and others have helped make African music a key component of the World Beat movement. KONKOMBE is an extroidinary journey to the Nigerian op music scene, a perfect ...
As a pioneer of Afrobeat and a seminal figure in the history of world music, Fela Kuti has created an outstanding artistic body of work that continues to influence new generations of musicians and fans. His political activism ignited revolutions in Africa and his music inspired generations around the world.
Originally broadcast on German and Nigerian television, Berliner Jazzta...