El Combo Bonito appeared with different frontmen during their active period, 50's and 60's. On this 'Cositas Colombianos vol. III' it was Ramón Ropain. The album displays various styles such as pompo, cumbia, paseo, mecedor, porro guapachá, cumbiamba, cumbia go-gó and porro charanga. This one is from 1967 .. Tijdens hun actieve priode, 50's en[...]

These mainly instrumental cumbia's are from way back around 1966 or so, after over half a century they are still a joy to listen to .. According to Discogs the title of this album is Cositas Colombianas, like mentioned on the back sleeve. The front sleeve speaks of Cumbia Bonita after the tenth song. Discogs[...]

Do you know how many albums Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe made, I don't. It must be a whole lot, Discogs goes to 58 but they sometimes miss a few too. One way or the other, we love to find another every now and then. This one is called '76 but was made in 1975. As[...]

Good morning groovers, If you've missed the GG posting, just got back from a small trip. After some 18 months at home a welcome break. Of course I could not resist to check some record stores on the way. This is one of the albums I found. We can never have too much music by[...]

Some of the most mellow Nigerian highlife was made by Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe. He made a huge pile of records of which I still need to find a bunch. This is number 18 here at the GG, the last one I can offer for now. Let's hope, when the covid madness allows us to[...]

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe (March 1936 – May 11, 2007), often referred to as just Osadebe, was an Igbo Nigerian highlife musician from Atani. His career spanned over 40 years, and he is one of the best known Igbo highlife musicians. His best-known hit was the 1984 single "Osondi Owendi" (Igbo: One man's meat is[...]

We had some fourteen of them but everytime I find another, it makes me a happy man. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe's albums always display fantastic smooth rhythms, pure joy to listen to. This is an album from 1976, he made so many, I still have to find a bunch. For now just get it &[...]

The groove received some requests for Nigerian highlife, who to pick better then Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe and his Nigerian Sound Makers International. This one was recorded in the Phonogram Studios in London in 1975. The Chief delivers as always and does not let us down once again with this hot slice of highlife. Better[...]

Uit 1968 komt deze live registratie van de Pata Cumbia door het orkest van meester Lucho Bermudez. Het is opgenomen in Hotel Tequendama in Bogotá. Lucho bracht de cumbia samen met het ritme van de pata-pata en smeedde zo deze toen nieuwe sound. 12 nummers die flink uptempo voorbij razen, lekker geda- teerd is het[...]

We hebben er al 14 gehad, niet dat dat erg veel zegt, Chief Stephen osita Osadebe heeft er vele malen meer gemaakt. Kijk eens op http://endolab.jp/endo/EAOsadebe.html Hoe dan ook, zijn muziek gaat nooit vervelen. Vandaag dus nummer vijftien op deze pagina, een album uit 1974. We already had 14 of his records but that doesn't[...]

Hij heeft er velen gemaakt. Chief Stephen osita Osadebe's albums blijven opduiken en telkens weer een die je nog niet eerder hebt gezien. Zo vond ik er op de afgelopen beurs in Utrecht maarliefst drie waarvan hier de eerste. Altijd even sfeervol en subtiel zijn zijn produkties. Dit plaatje begint zeer langzaam maar is zoals[...]

Hello groovers, yesterday I received some really nice feedback from one of our visitors. Obiora Obikwelu from Minnesota USA is from Nigerian descent and grew up with the Nigerian Highlife of Oliver de Coque, Oriental Brothers and such. He started his own little group inspired by the music of his ancestors and sent us some[...]

He made quite a bunch of swell records, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe is back at the Global Groove after a year or so. The 12th album by his hand we post, the other 11 shall be made available again in some time. This one is from 1991, one of his later but not lesser lp's.[...]

Hello Groovers, it's been a week or four since my last post, I've been on a trip to Brazil and came back home this week. The work on the new and improved GG takes more time than expected and my motivation to continue making the old page has decreased considerably. Of course I'll keep making[...]