Lauryn Hill pays tribute to Fela Kuti (2016)
September 8, 2016 – Lauryn Hill attends with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 the “Fela Kuti Tribute” at La Philharmonie in Paris
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Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti and his band Africa 70 plus Ginger Baker record ‘Fela Kuti With…
‘Fela Kuti With Ginger Baker – Live!’ is an album recorded by Fela’s band Africa 70 with Baker on two songs and released on August 30, 1971 by Regal Zonophone. Track listing : 1.Let’s Start (Fela Ransome-Kuti) – 08:06 . 2.Black Man’s Cry (Fela Ransome-Kuti) – 12:12 . 3.Ye Ye De Smell (Fela Ransome-Kuti) – […]
Femi Kuti performs at Newport Jazz (2000)
August 12, 2000 – Femi Kuti, Fela Kuti‘s son plus his band and dancers perform at “Newport Jazz Festival” in Newport, RI
We remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti. ‘The African King’
This day (August 2, 1997), in Lagos, Nigeria, died Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and pioneer of Afrobeat music.
We remember Jack Bruce. ‘Big Bass Man’
This day (October 25, 2014), in Suffolk, died Jack Bruce an English vocalist, bass guitarist and founding member of Cream.
Africanisms
From ‘Para Africa Traigo Mi Son’ to ‘Ritmo Africano’ , we have mixed 18 ‘Tropical Rhythms‘ tunes around the theme of ‘Africa meets Jazz meets Latin‘. It has Tabu Ley Rochereau, Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Eubie Blake and many more.