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Fela Kuti & Africa 70 · 1973 · Album Afrodisiac (EMI), ouverture de 12 minutes

Context

First track of Afrodisiac, an album gathering re-recorded versions of Fela's Nigerian 45s, captured in London in 1972. Wikipedia notes that the album served as a model for Talking Heads' Remain in Light (1980).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz. Among the origins and influences of Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk.

By the same artist

• Gentleman (1973)
• Jeun Ko Ku (Chop & Quench) (1973)
• Water No Get Enemy (1975)
• Confusion Pt. I (1975)
• Zombie (1976)
• Africa – Centre of the World (1980)

Sources

• EN: Afrodisiac (Fela Kuti album)

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