All That Jazz ...

[Nikhil]

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[Nikhil]

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[Sushant Sharma]

Music from the Front Room

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[sameer kumar]

 

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[Nikhil]

Saturday afternoon listening ...

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[sameer kumar]

Saturday afternoon listening ...

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Great album & superb pressing by Sam records

 

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[Fiftyfifty]

Any fans of Fela Kuti here?

 

[Nikhil]

Any fans of Fela Kuti here?

Not a big big fan but this album comes to mind ...

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[Sushant Sharma]

Any fans of Fela Kuti here?

First heard of Fela Kuti from this movie I watched when it came out. Beautiful movie.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0857191/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

 

[acemachine26]

Any fans of Fela Kuti here?

Yup, big fan! Don't own any of the box sets by Knitting Factory but I've been picking up the individual releases when I see them. Eagerly waiting for Opposite People from boxset 6 to get an individual release since that's a top 5 Fela record imo.

 

[Fiftyfifty]

Here's Opposite People for those who are new to Fela

 

[acemachine26]

Here's Opposite People for those who are new to Fela

Such an infectious groove, especially once it reaches the 12:50 mark. Here's a great live version featuring his youngest son Seun Kuti:

 

[Fiftyfifty]

His life is even more interesting - his political activism, including self nomination for President of Nigeria, his religion -Yoruba, his commune - 12 wives that he divorced as he felt marriage encourages selfishness and jealousy, his music - Afrobeat, combination of Fuji music, funk, jazz, highlife, salsa, calypso, and traditional Yoruba music.

 

[acemachine26]

His life is even more interesting - his political activism, including self nomination for President of Nigeria, his religion -Yoruba, his commune - 12 wives that he divorced as he felt marriage encourages selfishness and jealousy, his music - Afrobeat, combination of Fuji music, funk, jazz, highlife, salsa, calypso, and traditional Yoruba music.

Couldn't agree more. For those curious to know more about that side of Fela, I highly recommend this documentary: Music Is The Weapon

 

[Fiftyfifty]

Such an infectious groove, especially once it reaches the 12:50 mark. Here's a great live version featuring his youngest son Seun Kuti:

An almost 'all white' band performing almost 'all black' music Great example of music bringing diverse cultures together!
Another example of this is Joe Zawinul. Listen to his album 'My People'. Would you guess that it's a white Austrian performing?

 

[himadri]

Really need this box set as well as the other box collecting his albums on Contemporary. His Atlantic Years box set is one of my prized possessions.

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Wow , I have the Coltrane Atlantic Years box set, this one looks equally attractive. Congrats and (sigh!!)