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AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 3, 2018 - 05:39pm PT
Tony invented Afrobeat with Fela Kuti in Lagos in the 60's.
Now he is playing a lot of jazz with afrobeat and swings like mad.
A couple of videos
https://youtu.be/Jy2ZtLn3KlY
https://youtu.be/doEg75S1mlI
zBrown

Ice climber
Mar 3, 2018 - 07:20pm PT
Groovy, est? I don't know

Did ya check out the horn section in vid2?
AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 3, 2018 - 07:41pm PT
Ya, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
I was hoping others would suggest their favorites
AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 16, 2018 - 06:56am PT
Another version of the Kalakuta incident was told by a Nigerian who has lived in Calgary since the 80's. Tunde is a big Fela fan and practically lived at the Shrine in the mid 70's.
Tunde says that one of Fela's sons and his buddies got into a tussle with the military at a checkpoint in Lagos. There was some sort of fight and a few soldiers got beat up. The soldiers ran back to the barracks and said "Lets get those M***ckers" so the army went to Fela's Kalakuta Republic compound and burnt it down.
Zombie is one of the classic tunes
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