Daniel Viglietti (1939) is a very popular and politically committed artist from Uruguay. He experienced jail in 1972 due to his socialist views and had to exile during military dictatorship (1973-84), which led him to travel worldwide denouncing uruguayan situation with his songs.
Here's a brazilian 7" extract from Milton Nascimento's album "Milagre Dos Peixes". The album has been also recorded live with Som Imaginario band. It corresponds to the guitarist's international recognition period, as released the same year he appeared on Wayne Shorter's "Native Dancer". Very nice brazilian jazzfunk track with psych touches on voices by Nico e Telo.
Here's another Fela Kuti afrobeat cover, from an artist I initially thought was from Suriname, but i finally discovered he was from Cabo Verde. This country being a portuguese colony, Johnny Rodrigues was supposed to serve in portuguese army to fight Angola independence movement, but he could avoidit flying to the US with his family, and then lived in Netherland during the mid 70s. He recorded this LP in 1974, including the track "Hey Mal Yo", which is inspired from traditional Portuguese folk song and dance called "O Malhão" (meaning the winnover), and which became N°1 in dutch charts in 1975. Another track in the album is the Fela Kuti cover Lady, here played with a nice funky groove.
Johnny and his Orquesta Rodriguez - African Woman:
Many artists worlwide covered Fela Kuti songs. Try the afrocolombian weird version of Shakara HERE, or a jazz fusion cover HERE, or a mandingo afrobeat-inspired senegalese folk HERE. Lady lyrics:
Fabricado por FADIANG (Fabrica de Discos de Angola)
From the 60s, electric wave hit Angola with a big influence from northern neighbor Congo and his typical electric guitar rhythms. But more traditional Angolan rhythms like semba or rebita are also often integrated into new music productions, same way as external influences (from Brasil or West Indies, including merengue) which made Angolan music a really rich and rhythmically diversified mixture, despite the few quantity of vinyls that could survive up to now.
From the 60s avant garde jazz to the 70s jazz rock fusion, Michael White had opportunity to play his violin with many kind of musicians. He released 3 LPs on Capitol with his band The Fourth Way, then various albums as leader on Impulse, and worked as sideman for Pharoah Sanders or Alice Coltrane.
The Land of Spirit and Light is a creative melodic and percussive mixture, allowing space for improvisations supported by Cecil McBee punchy bassline. This track is a unique trip around Fela Kuti's "Egbe Mi O"... Michael White seems to suggest that Spirit and Light are to be found (or at least searched) in Africa.
Michael White - The Land of Sipirt and Light (Part 3):
Michael White (violin)
Kenny Jenkins (vocals)
Bobby King (guitar, classical guitar)
Bob King (classical guitar)
Cecil McBee (bass instrument)
Stanley Nash (vocals)
Prince Lasha (flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet)
Ed Kelly (piano)
Kenneth Nash (percussion)
Ever heard a Fela Kuti track played by capeverdean artist based in Holland?! Check HERE.
