Eba Aka Jerome - Trahison vol. 1 (1978)

(PAPA-DISCO 001).

A great soukous track from Ivory Coast, with interesting lyrics dealing with cheating in a couple (trahison = betrayal). Long track but with incredible guitar break (from 9th minute), those particularly apreciated by colombian picoteros (I found in a colombian uncredited bootleg these 3 minutes "repique" guitar part, which is actually the only part of the track they play on sound systems).

Eba Aka Jerome - Trahison:

More Soukous tracks on Muzzicaltrips here.

Cora Funk (1978)

(Eboni ER-00005).

The introduction of cora and djembe in an american disco-funk production is not always easy to achieve coherently, but here the blend of influences works pretty well, with strong african influence, thanks to top class musicians involved:

Lamine Konte (Senegal): voice, composition, cora
Fode Drame (Senegal): cora
Aisha Kone (Ivory Coast): bckg vocals
Amadou Doucoure: guitar
Fred Wesley: trombone
Gregg Middleton: bass
Wes Blackman: guitar
Hiroshi Upshir: keyboards
Ernie Fieds Jr: sax
Nolan Smith: trumpet
Nii Aye Yaw Aseidu: Djembe

Cora Funk - Sabuma :

album

Like several Eboni LPs, cover design is realized by M. Greenfield.

Bonga / Tiao / Jo Maka - Racines (1978)

(Playa Sound SF202).

A kind of "Black Atlantic" musical mixture is here well represented with this album from Bonga (Angola), Tiao Tocha Perazzo (Brazil) and Jo Maka (Guinea). Slaves from Benin, Angola and Congo were transplanted in brasilian Nordeste. From these african roots, afro-brazilian generations developed both sacred music (candomble) and popular music (samba). This beautiful album is a nice way to meet up again musically. 

Bonga / Tiao / Jo Maka - No speed limit:

Credits:
Tiao Rocha Perrazo: voice, guitar, berimbau, cavaquinho
Bonga: voice, reco-reco, surdo, gaita
Jo Maka: alto and soprano sax
Rubens: bass
Ferando Falcao: surdo, triangle

Bob Pinodo and Reggae mix

In order to remember last month Pamwine Party in Paris "Jamaica meets Africa", here's a reggae-soul flavoured track from Bob Pinodo (Ghana) played to introduce the "Africa" set.

It comes from the album "Master Show of Africa" recored in 1978 for Essiebons label.

Bob Pinodo - Africa:

And here follows a part of the jamaican  live selection (Selecta Olive - Boom Boom Collective) played that night: