Franco Aboddy Discography of CDs

Franco Aboddy albums Recorded in 1975. Includes liner notes by Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam, Michael A. Veal & Rikki Stein. Newcomers to the music of Fela Kuti are faced with some difficult choices since the late-1990s/early-2000s reissues of ...

Franco Aboddy songs ZOMBIE was released while Fela, a political enemy of the Nigerian government, was in prison in Lagos, Nigeria, serving a five-year sentence for currency smuggling. "I will never, never stop fighting," Fela ...

Franco Aboddy albums Liner Note Author: Mabinuori Kayode Idowu. Photographer: R. Francis. Arranger: Fela Kuti. Personnel: Fela Kuti (vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano); Oghene Kologbo (tenor guitar); Christopher Uwaifor (tenor saxophone); Lekan Animashaun (baritone saxophone); Stephen Ukem, ...

Franco Aboddy discography 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. ...

Franco Aboddy albums Includes liner notes by Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam, Rikki Stein and Mabinuori Kayode Idowu. Digitally remastered by Pompon (Translab Paris, Paris, France). Perhaps one risks charges of artistic insensitivity by saying so, but by the mid-'70s ...

Franco Aboddy CD discography Includes liner notes by Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam, Rikki Stein and Mabinuori Kayode Idowu. Digitally remastered by Pompon (Translab Paris, Paris, France). A 1977 release (J.J.D) and a 1976 one (Unnecessary Begging) are paired together on ...

Franco Aboddy music CDs In 1998, Victor released Excuse O/Monkey Banana, which contained two albums -- Excuse O and Monkey Banana -- by Fela Kuti on one compact disc. ~ Jason Birchmeier Liner Note Author: Mabinuori Kayode ...

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Franco Aboddy CD discography Recorded in 1975 & 1976. Includes liner notes by Michael E. Veal, Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam. One in the series of spectacular re-releases of Fela Kuti's 1970s recordings that pairs two albums on one disc, ...

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Franco Aboddy discography By the time of 1976's Kalakuta Show, Fela Kuti's releases were becoming to seem not so much like records as ongoing installments in one long jam, documenting the state of mind of ...

Franco Aboddy CD discography  

Franco Aboddy music CDs ZOMBIE was released while Fela, a political enemy of the Nigerian government, was in prison in Lagos, Nigeria, serving a five-year sentence for currency smuggling. "I will never, never stop fighting," Fela is quoted as saying in the liner notes. "This jail only makes me stronger and I hope it's giving my people more courage to do their part in the struggle." Includes liner notes by Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam, Rikki Stein and Mabinuori Kayode Idowu. Digitally remastered by Pompon (Translab Paris, Paris, France). With the inclusion of Nigerian master musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti's incendiary 1977 single, "Zombie," "Mr. Follow Follow," a typical ...

Franco Aboddy discography Recording information: Arc Studios. Unknown Contributor Role: Henry Kofi. Personnel: Fela Kuti (vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, keyboards); Regina Osuhor, Bose Osuhor, Felicia Idonije, Ronke Edason, Tejumade Adebiyi (vocals); Leke Benson (guitar); Lekan Animashaun (baritone saxophone); Stephen Uken, Tunde Williams, Nwokoma Ukem (trumpet); Franco Aboddy, Nweke Atifoh (bass guitar); Tony Allen (drums); Nicholas Addo-Nettey, Shina Abiodun, Oladeinde Koffi (congas); Babajide Olaleye (maracas). Audio Mixer: Demola Odebiyi.