It seems strange that Blue Note, a label generally associated with bop, hard bop, and
the early avant-garde, would have released an album like Solomon Ilori's African High Life. It doesn't really fit in with Blue Note's back catalog and ...
Fela Kuti's 1975 Confusion shows him and Africa 70 at the heights of instrumental prowess
and ambiguous jibes (the stabs are about to get a bit more direct and heated with 1977's Zombie). Confusion begins with an unusual free jazz ...
Finding Fela, the documentary by director Alex Gibney, is a compelling film that was originally
intended to portray the cast of the Bill T. Jones musical Fela! during rehearsals and performances in Lagos, Nigeria; it's the first Broadway musical ever ...
He Miss Road was produced by none other than Ginger Baker, who was a semi-regular
jamming partner of Fela Kuti's as well as a close friend. And the tunes Fela wrote for this platter are wild, cosmic, sexy as hell, ...
Included are five cuts from one of Mali's top '70s bands. This terrifically infectious music
features skittering intertwining guitars, chugging horns, and fine lead vocals by Sekou Kante and Lanfia Diabate. ~ Roots & Rhythm
![Title: African High Life [Bonus Tracks]](https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0094635943726_p0_v1_s90x140.jpg)
![Title: Confusion [LP]](https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0720841207016_p0_v1_s90x140.jpg)
![Title: Finding Fela! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]](https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0720814113320_p0_v1_s90x140.jpg)
