Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
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Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou & Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]
#80smusic #AfroFunk #Cameroon #FullAlbum #Jazz #ManuDibango #AfroJazz #HerbieHancock
Old footage of Harari live
Harari (“Lone Wanderer”) was a legendary Afro-Rock group founded in the late 60’s by Om Alec Khaoli, Selby Ntuli and Sipho Hotstix Mabuse.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/old-footage-harari-live-kippies-club-joburg/
Through the years Harari supported many international acts on their tours of South Africa, including Percy Sledge, Timmy Thomas, Brook Benton, Wilson Pickett and Letta Mbulu. […]
Harari – Party
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This single by Harari, “Party” (the 7″ release), entered the US Disco Top 100 in 1982.
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
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With Afrobeat & Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek (aka Kaleta) —a native of Benin Republic— on lead guitar, the Brooklyn-based Afro-Funk band Super Yamba Band explores the psychedelic sounds from Benin & Nigeria. […]
Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya
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Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation. Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from [...]
#60smusic #AfroFunk #Ethiojazz #Jazz #Soundcloud #Sudan #OldAfricanMusic
Black Jesus Experience – Ethiobop
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Ethiobop is a track from album “Migration” in 2014 by Black Jesus Experience, an Ethio-Jazz band from Melbourne, well known for years of Australian performances as Mulatu Astatke‘s band. They blend traditional Ethiopian music with modern hip-hop and funk grooves.
K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta – Me Da A Ɔnnda
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Me Da A Ɔnnda is a classic and essential Hi-Life & Afro Funk album from one of the greatest Ghanaian singer and composer, recorded in 1980 by the legendary K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta band.
K . Frimpong was born on July 22nd, 1939 at Ofoase in the Ashanti – Akim district and entered right […]
Eboni Band
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Motown meets West Africa. This self-titled 1980 debut album by Eboni Band features Motown session musicians, producer and arrangers.
Reinventing itself as a record for the ages, a tour-de-force of cross continental soul and funk, it features session musicians from Motown and Ivory Coast’s Eboni Records alongside Fred Wesley (James Brown/Parliament). It was produced by […]
Togo Soul 70
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“Togo Soul 70” are 3 compilations of rare and unusual songs & releases mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70s and 80s.
A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk, […] a snapshot of some hundreds of rare and often forgotten tapes from the most prolific, professional and exciting phase of the country’s […]
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection
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A lost recording from the archives of producer Torsten Larsson with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer songwriter Norman Zulu and Swedish Jazz / Soul collective Jive Connection.
The links between South Africa and Sweden have long been strong with Sweden one of the most supportive European nations in [...]
T. P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: Unite Africaine
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Two monumental full-side tracks from a pair of late 70s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo albums, Unite Africaine isn’t exactly a compilation, more a combination of the standouts at a time when the band was at the peak of its powers.
The EP was released originally as “Mélomé Clément Chef d’Orchestre.” Originally released in 1977, [...]
Rim Kwaku Obeng – Rim arrives
https://amf.didiermary.fr/funky-drummer-rim-kwaku-obeng/
Rim Kwaku Obeng and The Believers – Rim Arrives / International Funk were considered “lost” albums until this release in 2015.
Kwaku the drummer, born Samuel K. Mfojo, struggled to get his music recorded. From winning the admiration of the late Quincy Jones, but unable to work for him, to living 6 months homeless in […]
Tamfoum Ibrahim & Amabano Band – Salam
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Ibrahim Tam Fum Kayenge Dembo (Fidel) is a guitarist born in Kinshasa who played in many bands. Here in a video shot in the Netherlands with Amabano Band.
Geraldo Pino, Afrobeat’s Godfather
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Geraldo Pino is considered, including by Fela himself, the Godfather of Afrobeat.
Geraldo Pino Biography
By Jason Ankeny / AllMusic
The acknowledged godfather of Afrobeat, Sierra Leone native Geraldo Pino laid the foundation for the West African soul and funk revolution of the 1970s.
Born Gerald Pine in Freetown on February 10, 1939, he was the […]
Almon Memela (Soweto)
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Born in 1936, Almon Memela is (was?) a South African composer, guitarist and producer, from Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal, who taught himself to play guitar as a child (first on homemade instruments and with no encouragement from his family). A remarkably versatile artist, his music went from Soul Jazz and Jive to Mbaqanga and AfroFunk. [...]
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Nigeria Special 1970-76
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“Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-76” is a compilation released in 2008.
Sai Galaxy – Get It In The Sun
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Australian producer Sai Galaxy (Simon Durrington) brings a fusion of classic Afro Funk, Disco & Jazz House. As the name suggests, Sai Galaxy represents a star-studded cluster of artists from around the world – their varied styles colliding to form a refreshing fusion of classic Afrobeat, Disco and West African funk. Drawing from the influence […]
Dernier album par El Rego
https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-final-album-benin/
Je vous livre une info trouvée dans la presse Béninoise, et qui m’a plus qu’étonné, car très franchement, je pensais que cet artiste nous avait déjà quittés : Théophile do Régo dit El Rego a sorti en 2010, à 73 ans donc, son dernier album, avant de prendre sa retraite définitive ! […]
