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Alagbon Close/Why Black Man Dey Suffer album for sale by Fela Kuti was released Sep 09, 2008 on the Wrasse label. Fela Kuti was a gifted saxophonist and bandleader, and an indisputable musical genius whose incendiary fusion of African rhythms with jazz improvisation and funk percussion gave birth to an entire musical genre. Alagbon Close/Why Black Man Dey Suffer CD music He and his crack backing outfit, the sprawling Africa 70, cut an overwhelming number of seminal recordings in the `60s and `70s, but these two LPs from 1971, ALGABON CLOSE and WHY BLACK MEN DEY SUFFER, are amongst their finest achievements. Alagbon Close/Why Black Man Dey Suffer buy CD music These albums were released soon after Fela's life-changing `late `60s apprenticeship on the London jazz scene, and though they outline musical and lyrical themes that Fela Kuti would revisit ceaselessly throughout his long and fruitful career, they burn with the intensity of Fela's newfound inspiration. Alagbon Close/Why Black Man Dey Suffer songs The massed horns, relentless grooves, and bold improvising that would come to define Fela's aesthetic sound positively revolutionary on these essential early recordings. Alagbon Close/Why Black Man Dey Suffer album for sale Unknown Contributor Roles: Nicholas Addo-Nettey; Henry Kofi. Arranger: Fela Ransome Kuti. ...See Full Description

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Alagbon Close See All 7

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I No Get Eye For Back See All 5

11:22

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Why Black Man Dey Suffer See All 7

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Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality See All 4

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CD Universe Part number	7735008
Label	Wrasse
Orig Year	2007
Catalog number	198
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 09, 2008
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Fela Ransome Kuti
Personnel	Fela Kuti Tony Allen - drums Tunde Williams - trumpet Christopher Uwaifor - tenor saxophone Franco Aboddy - bass guitar Fela Ransome Kuti - vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, electric piano Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70