Fela Kuti

This day (October 25, 2014), in Suffolk, died Jack Bruce an English vocalist, bass guitarist and founding member of Cream. Digest Tracklist : Spectrum Road Featuring Jack Bruce, Cindy Blackman Santana, Vernon Reid And John Medeski. . Born Under A Bad Sign (2011) . w/ Joe Bonamassa – Midnight Blues . Live On Later With […]

September 8, 2016 – Lauryn Hill attends with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 the “Fela Kuti Tribute” at La Philharmonie in Paris

‘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) – […]

August 12, 2000 – Femi Kuti, Fela Kuti‘s son plus his band and dancers perform at “Newport Jazz Festival” in Newport, RI

This day (August 2, 1997), in Lagos, Nigeria, died Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and pioneer of Afrobeat music.

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.