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artist: Fela Anikulapo Kuti And Roy Ayers
album: Music Of Many Colours
label: Barclay
cat: 547 203-1
year: 2000
genre: Jazz+funk
sub-genre: Soul, House, Roots
source: Vinyl
grabber: Eac
encoder: LAME 3.97 V2 --Vbr-New -V 2
quality: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
size: 51,1 MB
link: http://www.felaproject.net
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│tracklist.
no. time track title
A 18:39 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
B 17:33 Africa - Centre Of The World
total time: 36:12 min
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│release notes.
This meeting of the minds and bands of Afro-funk creator Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti and American vibist and R&B/jazz innovator Roy Ayers
is a collaboration that shouldn't work on the surface. Fela's music
was raw, in your face politically and socially, and musically
driven by the same spirit as James Brown's JBs. At the time of this
recording in 1979, Ayers had moved out of jazz entirely and become
an R&B superstar firmly entrenched in the disco world. Ayers'
social concerns -- on record -- were primarily cosmological in
nature. So how did these guys pull off one of the most badass jam
gigs of all time, with one track led by each man and each taking a
full side of a vinyl album? On hand were Fela's 14-piece orchestra
and an outrageous chorus made up of seven of his wives and five
male voices. For his part, Ayers played vibes, and saxophonist
Harold Land blew like the soul master he is. The rest of the Ayers
septet performed on his tune only, the funk fest "2,000 Blacks Got
to Be Free," an open-ended soul groove overdriven into Afro-funk by
Fela's orchestra. Ayers is down on the quick changes, and his band
leads the orchestra in pulling down the funk into a hypnotic sway
and groove. On Fela's "Africa -- Centre of the World," everything
starts out dark and slow with a chant from the master and then the
chorus and Fela's trademark tenor honk. The horn section kicks in
and Ayers starts playing all around the mix like a restless spirit.
He darts in and out of the changes and sometimes hovers above them.
The effect is as mesmerizing as it is driving. This is a sure bet
for any bash where you want 'em to dance until they drop. For the
purpose of musical history, this was a meeting that panned out in
all the right ways and left listeners with a stellar gift of a
recorded souvenir.
Credits:
Artwork By [Design] - Mark Weinberg
Artwork By [Illustration] - Chas Gerber
Bass - Kalanky Jallow Clement
Chorus [Female] - Alake Anikulapo Kuti , Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti ,
Folake Anikulapo Kuti , Ihiase Anikulapo Kuti* , Tokunbo Anikulapo
Kuti
Congas - Popoola Awodoye
Congas [Rhythm] - Okon Etuk Iyang , Udoh Udoh Essiet
Drums - Nicholas Avom
Engineer [Recording], Mixed By - James Green
Flugelhorn - Overbowale Moses
Guitar [Rhythm] - Tunde Brown
Guitar [Tenor] - Okalue Ojeah
Percussion [Sekere] - Olagunju Omojola
Percussion [Sticks] - Taiye Ojomo
Producer, Saxophone [Tenor] - Fela Kuti
Producer, Vibraphone - Roy Ayers
Saxophone [Baritone] - Lekan Animasahun
Saxophone [Tenor] - Ovinlade Adeniran
Trombone [Valve] - Fesobi Olawaiye
Trumpet - Olu Fayeun Otenioro
Notes: Originally released 1980.
Enjoy!.
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