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Sunday, March 24, 2024
Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight
1 Roforofo Fight 15:40 2 Go Slow 17:22 3 Question Jam Answer 13:38 4 Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am 12:03 5 Shenshema 9:07 6 Ariya 10:17
Track listing 1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:40 2. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:03 3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:38 4. "Go Slow" – 17:22 2001 CD reissue Roforofo Fight/The Fela Singles 1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:42 2. "Go Slow" – 17:25 3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:41 4. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:06 5. "Shenshema" – 9:10 6. "Ariya" – 10:18 5 & 6 are from 7" singles also released in Nigeria in 1972 on His Master's Voice, with each song split between both sides. All compositions by Fela Ransome Kuti.
Personnel Fela Kuti – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals Tunde Williams – trumpet Christopher Uwaifor – tenor saxophone Lekan Animashaun – baritone saxophone Segun Edo, Tutu Shorunmu – guitar George Bruce – bass guitar Tony Allen – drums James Abayomi – percussion
Roforofo Fight is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti recorded in Lagos and originally released on the Nigerian EMI label Jofabro in 1972.
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), also famously known as Abàmì Ẹ̀dá, was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist. He is regarded as the King of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers". AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.
Kuti was the son of Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa 70 (featuring drummer and musical director Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which he was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria's military juntas. In 1970, he founded the Kalakuta Republic commune, which declared itself independent from military rule. The commune was destroyed in a 1978 raid that injured Kuti and his mother. He was jailed by the government of Muhammadu Buhari in 1984, but released after 20 months. He continued to record and perform through the 1980s and 1990s. Since his death in 1997, reissues and compilations of his music have been overseen by his son, Femi Kuti. 🤙💙🎼😎
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Fela Kuti - 1972 Roforofo Fight
Track listing
1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:40
2. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:03
3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:38
4. "Go Slow" – 17:22
2001 CD reissue Roforofo Fight/The Fela Singles
1. "Roforofo Fight" – 15:42
2. "Go Slow" – 17:25
3. "Question Jam Answer" – 13:41
4. "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – 12:06
5. "Shenshema" – 9:10
6. "Ariya" – 10:18
5 & 6 are from 7" singles also released in Nigeria in 1972 on His Master's Voice, with each song split between both sides.
All compositions by Fela Ransome Kuti.
Personnel
Fela Kuti – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals
Tunde Williams – trumpet
Christopher Uwaifor – tenor saxophone
Lekan Animashaun – baritone saxophone
Segun Edo, Tutu Shorunmu – guitar
George Bruce – bass guitar
Tony Allen – drums
James Abayomi – percussion
Roforofo Fight is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti recorded in Lagos and originally released on the Nigerian EMI label Jofabro in 1972.
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), also famously known as Abàmì Ẹ̀dá, was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist. He is regarded as the King of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers". AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.
Kuti was the son of Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa 70 (featuring drummer and musical director Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which he was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria's military juntas. In 1970, he founded the Kalakuta Republic commune, which declared itself independent from military rule. The commune was destroyed in a 1978 raid that injured Kuti and his mother. He was jailed by the government of Muhammadu Buhari in 1984, but released after 20 months. He continued to record and perform through the 1980s and 1990s. Since his death in 1997, reissues and compilations of his music have been overseen by his son, Femi Kuti. 🤙💙🎼😎
Thanx for this. I foolishly sold my Fela CDs before ripping them and I am slowly adding them back.
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