Black Times

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 · 2018 · with Carlos Santana

Context

Title track of the album Black Times, released on Strut in 2018 and nominated for a Grammy in the world music category. Carlos Santana engages in dialogue on guitar with the vocals of Seun Kuti, leader of Egypt 80, his father Fela Kuti's former band.

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.

Sources

• relix.com
• EN: Seun Kuti

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