ARTIST...: VA
TITLE....: Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti
YEAR.....: 2010
LABEL....: Now-Again Records
CAT.NO...: NA 5056
GENRE....: Funk
TIME.....: 62:00 min
SIZE.....: 104,5 MB
QUALITY..: 231kbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: Lame 3.98.4
SOURCE...: CDDA
RLS.DATE.: 2011/05/19
WEBSITE..: www.nowagainrecords.com/black-mans-cry/
TRACKLIST
01) (03:41) Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Shacalao
02) (02:49) Dan Satch And His Atomic 8 Dance Band - Woman Pin Down
03) (03:30) 6th Infantry Brigade Of The Nigerian Army - Black And Proud
04) (02:48) Bola Johnson - Hot Pants
05) (05:45) Segun Bucknor - Adebo
06) (05:09) Bola Johnson - Never Trust A Woman
07) (05:25) Jerry Hansen - Sisi Mi
08) (03:34) Lisandro Meza - Shacalao
09) (09:43) Lever Brothers Gay Flamingoes - Egbi Mi O / Black Man's Cry (Medley)
10) (04:26) Mosco Tiles Fonclaire Steel Orchestra - Black Man's Cry
11) (02:54) Sylvania East Side Symphony - Egbi Mi O / Black Man's Cry (Medley)
12) (02:11) Phirpo Y Sus Caribes - Comencemos
13) (04:11) Daktaris - Up Side Down
14) (03:16) Karl Hector And The Malcouns - Toure Samar
15) (02:38) Whitefield Brothers - Lullaby For Lagos
NOTES
Covers and music inspired by the Godfather of Afro-Beat. This Fela Estate-approved
anthology includes rare and previously unreleased music from Nigeria, Ghana,
Colombia, Trinidad and more.
He's best known by his first name, Fela. He's certainly Nigeria's most famous musical
export. His name itself conjures images of 70s Lagos: a metropolis awash in the
jubilation that swept in after the 1970 armistice in the civil war between the
Nigerian Army and Eastern Biafran secessionists, a capital city in the midst of
transition. This is the environment in which Fela and his Africa 70 popularized the
hybrid of highlife, jazz and James Brown style, big-band funk he invented: Afro-Beat.
In Nigeria, his countrymen knew his music like Americans know Elvis. On foreign
shores, a chosen few Westerners could claim to know the extent of Fela's genius. As a
result, while music historians have filled books with references to the influence of
Westerners on Fela's creation, little has been said about Fela's inspiration on
others. Thus, our compilation begins.
Fela's music, and that of his organization inspired musicians across the global
village when Afro-Beat was new and novel. This compilation focuses on the music Fela
inspired û whether by fellow Nigerians recording alongside him in the early 70s,
neighbors in Ghana, then-modern Colombian cumbia ensembles inspired by the man who
injected a new feel into the Yoruban rhythms that formed cumbia's base, Trinidadian
steel bands or the select few organizations left that have maintained Fela's fury in
the new millennium.
This is but a cursory investigation into those inspired by Fela Kuti's genius, but it
is unique: the first time that many of these tracks are not only offered a second
chance for worthy introspection, but, in the case of many, the first time they're
being issued full stop.
Compiler Egon has written extensive liner notes û and sourced never before seen Fela
photos and other ephemera - for this project, included in the hardbound book that
contains the CD and in a large-format booklet in the 4 x 10" vinyl box set.
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