The Cranes, everyone’s grandfathers
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-cranes-band-uganda/
Après plus de 40 ans d’absence, The Cranes, le groupe ougandais, gloire des années Idi Amin Dada, est réapparu sur scène en 2019 au Nyege Nyege Festival, suite au travail et aux recherches d’un réalisateur néerlandais pour son documentaire sur la disparition d’un des musiciens.
"They came with guns, he only had a guitar."
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Dr Nico Kasanda – Bougie Ya Motema
https://amf.didiermary.fr/docteur-nico-kasanda-bougie-ya-motema/
Orchestre African Fiesta & Dr. Nico Kasanda – Bougie Ya Motema / Runeme Mama – “Surboum Africaine” 7″ in 1967.
The Dark City Sisters
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The Dark City Sisters were a South African female vocal group formed in 1958, comprised of four young women, with several changes during the course of years. They recorded several hit records during the 1960s, helping usher in the mbaqanga style. […]
Tribute to Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tribute-almamy-samore-lafiya-toure/
Guinean band Bembeya Jazz National commemorated Samori Ture (Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure) in their 1969 release Regard sur le passé.
The album draws upon Mandinka Djeli traditions and consists of two epic recordings recounting Ture’s anti-colonial resistance and nation-building. […]
The Story of Ethio Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/story-ethio-jazz-mulatu-astatke/
Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached […]
#60smusic #70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #MulatuAstatké
The Ethiopians – Engine 54
Freedom Train is a compilation released in 2013 with tracks from the original album by The Ethiopians called “Slave Call,” and a few more from the late 60s and 70s, including the original version of “Train to Skaville.”
The Ethiopians were one of Jamaica’s best-loved harmony groups during the late ska, rocksteady and early reggae […]
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Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-music-ghana-nigeria-60s-70s/
70s Highlife Music from Ghana and Nigeria in this documentary, unfortunately lacking all the songs and performers names. If you know, please comment below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pTBW-NsbSA
#60smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Documentary #FelaKuti #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria
Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-all-stars/
Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian highlife and what would become Afrobeat.
His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]
Paris DJs – Summer 2013
https://amf.didiermary.fr/paris-djs-playlist-summer-2013/
Paris DJs is a Paris-based production team (Djouls, Grant Phabao, Loik Dury & Ben Hito) featuring worldwide guest vocalists, musicians, deejays, graphic/web designers and writers.Reggae, Afro, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop and more audio goodness.
Playlist includes Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra and Muyiwa Kunnuji.
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroFunk #Guinea #Nigeria #Soundcloud #Afrobeat
Vum Vum – Muzangola (1969)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/vum-vum-muzangola-1969/
In Angola, in one way or another, Vum Vum is normally considered to be the father figure of the Angolan rock scene.
Here’s the rare “Muzangola” EP released in 1969.
There has been a fair amount of tributes paid to the overwhelming uniqueness of Muzangola, his first EP, published in 1969 by Valentim de Carvalho. However, […]
Uta Bella – Monboulae
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uta-bella-monboulae/
Very old stuff from French TV (ORTF) in 1969, a live music show called “Pulsation”. The Diva Uta Bella starts singing @ 2:38. In the first part, you’ll see a very young Manu Dibango playing the organ…
Chief (Commander) Ebenezer Obey
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-aimasiko/
Ebenezer Obey (born in April 1942), aka Chief or Chief Commander, began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar‘s band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. [...]
Old African Music Playlist
Collects posts from the African Music Forum blog into a full playlist of YouTube tracks and videos.
Maravillas de Mali – Rendez-vous chez Fatimata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-mali-rendez-vous-fatimata/
“Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” est la signature d’une lointaine époque musicale, ancrée dans le Danzón (l’un des rythmes au tempo lent, qui s’interconnecte au Son Cubano) avec bien sûr des éléments de rythmes maliens. Avec ce groupe mythique des années 60, c’est toute une nouvelle génération de musiciens qui montait sur scène [...]
2 compilations, “The Unique Sound Of Luanda 1968-1976” & “Hypnosis, Distorsions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978,” to revive the unique soundtrack of Angola is the 60s & 70s.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/angola-soundtrack-60s-70s/
These compilations represent the best of the short lived recording industry in Angola, a brief moment of history, when three recording companies produced approximately 800 limited [...]
Jazz/The African Sound
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jazz-african-sound-chris-mcgregor/
“Jazz/The African Sound” by Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band, one of the most important African records of all time, a lost global Jazz classic, and a true holy grail for collectors of Jazz and WorldJazz.
Post also includes Archie Shepp live in Stuttgart, with Brotherhood of Breath.
#60smusic #Apartheid #BrassBand #Jazz #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #Blaugust
Les Rapaces, de Mayotte
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rapaces-mayotte-comores/
Les Rapaces, de Mayotte, sont des légendes de la musique mahoraise dans les années 70.
En 1958, Edmond Bébé, alors jeune étudiant, fonde le groupe Les Rapaces. Ce sera le premier groupe de popmusic à Mayotte. Il est influencé par la grande mode du jerk et la folie des yéyé qui fait fureur en France […]
Maravillas de Mali – Boogaloo sera Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-de-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/
Si “Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” était la Face B du 45T (7″) sorti en 1972, la Face A était ce “Boogaloo sera Mali.”
Les 2 titres ont été réédités en 1983 sur l’album “Les Merveilles Du Mali – Maravillas De Mali”, avec les arrangements de Boncana Maiga.
Grachan Moncur III – New Africa
Grachan Moncur III (June 1937 – June 2022) was an American jazz trombonist. Moncur joined Archie Shepp’s ensemble, and recorded with other avant-garde players, working for Blue Note.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/grachan-moncur-new-africa/
His album New Africa was recorded in 1969 in Paris. […]
“Cool Cats Invasion” is a classic collection (102 tracks) of Highlife, Palm-wine music & Jùjú from Nigeria & Ghana, from the 50’s & 60’s.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/
This compilation includes unavailable tracks by Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, as well as legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti‘s first recordings of […]
#50smusic #60smusic #Compilation #Ghana #JujuMusic #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic
Letta MBulu – What Is Wrong With Groovin’?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/letta-mbulu-what-wrong-groovin/
Letta MBulu’s “What Is Wrong With Groovin’?” is a single released in 1967 and written by Hugh Masekela.
Letta is a South African jazz singer who left the country in 1964 to escape apartheid, with her husband Caiphus Semenya.They left South Africa for Los Angeles and worked with many (Jazz) musicians & composers […]
Thelonious Monk met Dollar Brand
https://amf.didiermary.fr/thelonious-monk-met-dollar-brand/
When Thelonious Monk first met Dollar Brand… By 1964, Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim) had already made 3 LP’s as a bandleader. He was living in Switzerland and had just gotten a boost from Duke Ellington.
[Thelonious Monk and his wife, Nellie] were at Kongresshaus in Zurich where Monk gave another successful concert. After […]
#60smusic #AbdullahIbrahim #Apartheid #Jazz #SouthAfrica #TheloniousMonk
Charles & Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/
Nawuliranga, by Charles & Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya)
A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda.
A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly [...]
Fela Kuti – Waka Waka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fela-ransome-kuti/
“Waka Waka” and “Se E Tun De” on this 45T from the sixties by Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos.
There’s a live version on the 3-disc set Highlife: Jazz and AfroSoul (1963-1969) below. A collection of recordings made between 1963 and 1969 that provide unique insight into the beginnings of Kuti’s craft. […]
#60smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Highlife #Jazz #Nigeria #AfroJazz
Duke Ellington – Fleurette Africaine
https://amf.didiermary.fr/duke-ellington-fleurette-africaine/
Fleurette Africaine aka “African Flower” from album “Money Jungle” in 1962.
“African Flower” or “Little African Flower” (Petite Fleur Africaine) is a composition by jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. He first recorded it for his 1962 LP Money Jungle. Ellington originally named it “La Plus Belle Africaine” when he composed it for […]
