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Also, a new Africa Scream Contest (Music from Benin and Togo) is a great companion to those Soundway / Strut comps -for those still trying to figure out where to go for African music beyond Fela. Fela is merely the gateway to great unheard music.

Kublakhan61, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:48 (fifteen years ago) link

Orlando Julius

Hurting 2, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link

^^^Hell yes.

Kublakhan61, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link

The Egypt 80 band were great in DC (they were in NY the day before and elsewhere in North America and Europe lately). Fela's bandleader is now on keyboards, and they had a great percussionist on a wood block who was banging out afrobeat clave-style beats. The conga player ocassionally switched to a very large conga drum lying horizontal on the ground that he sat on and banged with sticks. Two awesome guitarists who were not flamboyant at all, just stood there while quickly picking and strumming lots of gorgeous high-pitched afrobeat guitar lines. The four piece horn section (not counting Seun's alto sax) with two trumpets, a baritone sax, & a regular sax, boomed in and out, and ocassionally they all got to solo. Not to mention the shakere gourd player, the trap drummer, the bassist, and the women dancer/singers. Seun's alto-sax solos weren't bad either. Yea, there's nothing new about highlife meets jazz meets James Brown afrobeat in 2008, but it still sounded nice. It brought back memories of when I saw Fela in DC way back when.

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:33 (fifteen years ago) link

I was busy hanging out with my sick friend and only made it at the end, when there was a long line to get in - he sounded grebt

gabbneb, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

i still bump seun kuti's "many things", probably more than anything that came out in '08 except for rebirth brass band.

hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link

Both Seun and Femi Kuti put on awesome live shows. But I still think Tony Allen's albums are superior. The latest:

Tony Allen - Secret Agent (World Circuit) 09

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link

didn't even know about that, thx.

hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link

looks like it's not easily available (legally) in the u.s. yet, unfort

hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link

it's so great to watch him play, such a light touch

hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link

I got it via that link at CD Wow US - $17, no tax or postage is not bad.

Review: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UzIGdFZOgU&feature=player_embedded

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link

tracks on his myspace sound good, if mellow. love the intensity of the horn section, tempos, and vocals on that seun disc. of course it would be better if tony was on drums.

hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTeZNuvlxzU&feature=related

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link


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