(Lassissi LS26).
Ghanaian guitarist Osenkafo I.K. Anin (Annin) played within Police Dance Band in Kumasi, or Parrots Band, before creating the Cutlass Dance Band.
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Showing posts with label == LP. Show all posts
Les Docteurs du Rythme - Haiti Goes Latin (Creole mambo, 60's)
(ANSONIA SALP 1538).
Michel Desgrottes (1923-1993) worked with Guy Durosier in Hotel Rivera orchestra in the 50s. This 60s LP is based on french popular themes brought back by producer Jean Huc and played in a haitian latin style. But Michel Desgrottes' own composition "Ce Pas Fot Moin" is an irresistible jazzy mambo sung in Creole.
Les Docteurs du Rythme - Ce pas fot moin:
Follow with Caribbean sounds on Muzzicaltrips here.
Lemed Janvier et l'Orchestre African Allstar (Soukous from Benin, 1981-82)
(Oueme LJ001).
Lemed Janvier took part of recordings with Orchestre Poly Rythmo, Les Volcans du Benin and Tabu Ley from Congo.
Trio Select in Action (Haiti, 1971)
(Marc Records MDVG-219).
Haitian music can be very good setting fire to the dancefloor, but can also be very fresh and sweet to your ears. Here's a beautiful example with a song from Trio Select vol. 2, led by guitarist and popular singer Henry Gesner (1925-1998), very famous under his surname "Coupé Cloué".
Yusef Lateef in Nigeria (1983)
(Landmark LLP-502).
Flute and tenor sax player Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) just passed away, so here's a post dedicated to this real sound explorer (before being a jazzman), who integrated eastern or african influences in many of his recordings. Famous for his deep, free and spiritual music all along the 60's and 70's in the US, he also directly enriched his open-minded approach spending years in Nigeria in the early 80's.
Cuba VII Congreso de la Union Internacional de Arquitectos (1963)
In 1963, the 7th Congress of UIA (Union Internacional de Arquitectos) released a special LP for the event, presenting diversity of cuban music.
Lukoki Diatho and Joe Mpoyi - Vava (congolese singers in the 80's)
(Maikano MAILP1031).
Following years of success with Franco's TP OK Jazz, singer Lukoki Diatho ran several projects with his colleague Joe Mpoyi Kaninda in the mid 80's (Orchestre Canons du Zaire, Tiers Monde Cooperation). This album "100-1" is one of them, although name of the band is not mentioned.
Bola de Nieve - Chivo Que Rompe Tambo (1960)
(Sonotone SLP8).
Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernandez (1911-1971), received his surname Bola de Nieve (Snowball) by cuban singer Rita Montaner. He's a really atypical singer and pianist in cuban musical scene, active from the 30s, then famous internationally, to the 60s he spent back in Cuba.
Ange Ebogo Emerent (Ozima rhythm from Cameroon, 1976)
(Africana Star AFRI005).
Singer from Cameroon, Ange Ebogo Emerent recorded his first 7inch in 1974 with Orchestre Essian on Sonodisc.
Alberto Beltran, El Negrito del Batey (Dominican singer in Cuba, Panart 1950's)
(Panart LP-2017).
Panart Records was a pre-revolution cuban record label (before 1959), and released a good number of amazing records. Here's Alberto Beltran, a dominican singer, joined by Conjunto Casino.
Carlos Alberto "Katchas" Martins - Broda (Funana pioneer and Bulimundo mentor, 1977)
(DMC 111-101).
One aspect I could not guess when I begun Muzzicaltrips blog, is the number of people around the world it would lead me to meet or to exchange with. Today's post comes from one of theses interesting exchanges, as it's a contribution from Norway, proposed by Olav Aalberg, great connoisseur of music from Cabo Verde:
Kossou Houechehoun et son Groupe Folklorique Guê (Benin)
(PALP 002).
This folkloric music comes from Mina people (South of Benin and Togo) which have a very rich musical heritage.
Dieuf-Dieul de Thies (unreleased senegalese sounds from early 80s)
(TRLP017).
An obscure 80s band from Thies in Senegal have just been brought back to life by label Teranga Beat. Dieuf-Dieul played from 1979 to 1982, but it appears their music never have chance to be released on a proper vinyl nor tape album until today. That's why i found interesting to present this record on Muzzicaltrips and to discuss with Teranga Beat Label founder, about these recordings and amazing piece of senegalese musical heritage.
Dangerous trips to Angola by Muzzicaltrips (semba, merengue, kizomba selection from Angola 70s)
Muzzicaltrips taking part of various musical projects including radioshows, I'd like to share some "dangerous trips" or "viagens perigosas" in Angola realised recently for Radio Capsao. A special musical selection based on dusty records, archives from golden era from this country culturally influenced by portuguese colonists, by other lusophone colonies, by Cuba and the Caribbean, and for sure by specific african musical heritage. Wars and instability during the 60s to 80s also influenced a unique musical production : semba, merengue, kizomba, but also political music and struggle songs (or propaganda songs, depending on point of view), reflecting a wide spread imperialist oppression feeling.
Dane Belany - Motivations (1975)
(Sahara 1005).
Here's a unique musical project auto produced by Dane Belany and release in New York by Sahara label. Influences are clear: dedicated to Frantz Fanon, and lyrics from several songs inspired by Aimée Cesaire or David Diop (senegalese pan-africanist poet from the 50s).
Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Barrister - Erin Goke (Fuji music, 1987)
(Omo Aje, OLPS1338).
Fuji is a kind of smooth transe music...
Carnaval in Santiago de Cuba (1960s)
(Le Chant du Monde, LDX 4250).
Carnavals tour stops for sure in Cuba, through the release of this LP by french label Le Chant du Monde. Liner notes from the cuban writer Alejo Carpentier remind the historical background of original african and Spanish influences blending in Santiago, the second city founded in Cuba.
Alpha (Chancy Records, Haiti, 1981)
(Chancy Records CCLP7994).
Although Alpha band comes from Guadeloupe, this LP is produced by haitian bass player (Tabou Combo) Adolphe Chancy.
Gansou Nestor et son groupe folklorique de Tchingounme (70s)
Initially a sacred rhythm played to put the curse aside after a death, "Tchinkoumé" became a popular celebratory music from Savalou region (in Benin, just north from the coastal areas when the hills begin).
Uhuru Dance Band - Betu Me O Awow (1970)
(Decca 258.112).
Highlife knew his golden era during the 50s and 60s in Ghana, but this late 1970 "special hi-life numbers" just sounds like in the old good time, when president Kwame Nkrumah used to promote it as a symbol of modern (pan)african expression.
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