Warrior & his Oriental Brothers International Band Original
My Success, Afrodisia 1981
Warrior and his Oriental Brothers were a popular band in Nigeria
late 70’s and early 80’s. This one’s from 1981 and brings us
the usual amount of listening pleasure. Just two tracks
but better don’t miss them.
tracks;
1 Ndo ma iki
2 Onye obula zoba isi onwey a
Le Poete Lutumba Simaro et le T.P. OK Jazz
4 Ans apres la mort du
Grand Maitre Luambo Franco
Sonodisc 1993
A couple of weeks ago I posted an album by Lutumba Simaro that
appeared to be a fake. To make up to all of his fans, today a real
one. This time I’m sure we are dealing with the real Lutumba.
4 years after the death of le Grand Maitre Luambo Franco.
tracks;
1 Dati Pétrole
2 Bilonda
3 Ono Bienvenu
4 Mumune
5 Ofela
6 M.T. Inongo
Rochereau, Kalé, Ndombé Pépé et
l’Orchestre African Fiesta National
Sonafric
An outstanding album by one of the greatest Congolese singers
of all time is this one. This LP contains some historical tracks,
Rochereau’s sweet voice was, and still is, a winner. Listen.
tracks;
1 Mokitani ya wendo
2 Christine
3 Mua metela wa tshikuluka
4 Nakoli kotika yo te ! Papa
5 Marie Clara
6 Hortense
7 Song + song = songi songi
8 Longo
Oliver de Coque and his Expo ’76
Ogene Sound Super of Africa
Engirigbo, Afrodisia / Ogene 1987
Let’s have us a little more Highlife from Nigeria.
Igbo Highlife that is with the great Oliver de Coque.
I especially like the harmony’s on this album, blended
with Oliver’s Congo style guitar, another Nigerian killer.
Sorry for the many crackles and snaps.
tracks;
1 Engirigbo
2 Ife gadi nma na Nigeria
3 Klub nationale
– Uwa bu ofu mbia
Fantastic Tchico – Méditation Sonafric 1980
Pambou Tchicaya Tchico is back with another album from his
Nigerian period. Tchico’s albums are hot already but these
are even hotter. This is the fifth album with more or less
the same cover. Well, as long as the music is this good,
who cares? What can I say? Fantastic Tchico
is simply Fantastic.
tracks;
1 Méditation
2 Mieux vaut tard que jamais
3 Lettre ouverte à mon époux
4 Zebola
l’Incomparable Johnny Bokelo – A.S. BilimanShakara Music
Another great Congolese guitarplayer is Johnny Bokelo.
This LP doesn’t have a year, can you tell us what it is ?
I can only tell you it’s a very nice album, and know nothing
more about it, I’d say just down it and go listen..
tracks;
1 A.S. Biliman
2 Yeba mabe nayo
3 Ozangi Nbanda
4 Okomisi mimi
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz – Happy Birthday
Decca West Africa / Rogers All Stars 1978
If it’s your birthday today, then this one’s for you !
And if it’s not, you may take it too, one specific visitor
must feel like it’s his birthday cause he requested for this album.
My favorite track is no 3, listen and pick your own.
tracks;
1 Happy birthday
2 Adam & Eve
3 Love and unity for Africa
4 Sickness
Global Sampler vol. 25
Sampler no.25 shows posts between
march 13 and march 28, enjoy.
tracks;
1 Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey – Adam and Eve
2 Escrete do Samba – Salgueiro chorao
3 Pompon Kuleta – Bolingo lady
4 Sekou Batourou Kouyate – Mamaya
5 Ayinla Omowura – Ire wole de
6 Daniel Santos – El bobo de la yuca
7 Beny Moré – Encantado de la vida
8 Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco – Toro mata
9 Tante Leen – Oh Johnny
Global Sampler vol. 24
Goodmorning, as some of you know I have been struggling with
several webhosters to find one that doesn’t kill my links for
what ever reason. Now Mediafire seemed to be a real good one and
it would be if it didn’t get blocked in China. I think the World
Wide Web should be available worldwide but it is not. What I shall
do is use Rapid Share untill a link gets killed. If so please report
it to me ASAP and I’ll replace it with a Mediafire link. This way the
whole world can still benefit as it should.
Some listener suggested a new Global Sampler and since I’m far behind
on them I’ll make a few to reconnect with the present.
This Sampler shows the posts between march 1 and march 10 2009.
Catching up slowly but sure.
tracks;
1 Cristóbal Pérez – La negra Celina
2 Eddy Gustave – Hora de carnaval
3 Ikenga Super Stars of Africa – Ikenga in Africa
4 Neguinho da Beija-Flor – Oficio de puxador
5 Mbilia Bel – Ba gerants ya mabala
6 Oriental Brothers International Band – Ihe eme uwa adimma
Le Quart de Siècle de Franco de mi Amor et le T.P. O.K. Jazz,vol.1, Respect, Edipop Production 1982
Le Grand Maitre Franco is still Master if we speak of Congolese music.
He has been on the scene for decades and his style changed continually.
This is some of his work from the early eighties, it has that hypnotic
rhythm I like so much, it goes on and on and makes you want to dance
till dawn. check it..
tracks;
1 Bina nangai na respect pt.1
2 Bina nangai na respect pt.2
3 Mobali malamu
4 Mujinga
Sam Mangwana – canta Moçambique
S.A.M. Productions 1983
With only two songs and just over 14 minutes of playingtime,
we can hardly call this Long Play. It is more like a 12″single
on 33 rotations per minute. Sam Mangwana delivers 2 very nice tracks
though which you wouldn’t like to miss. Backcover information doesn’t
give any other credits but I know it is recorded with the great Franco.
Enjoy this.
tracks;
1 Vamos para o campo
2 Moçambique Oyé
Skah-Shah ( l’ex Shleu-Shleu d’Haïti ) – Guêpe Pangnole
Maggie Records 1974
I have to confess to you visitors I am not particular loyal to
my own formula. I started this page to bring together music from
all over the globe, as the blogtitle suggests. Slowly however African
music is taking over. Therefore it is a good thing that visitors wake
me up sometimes, and show me some inspirational material.
Compas ( Kompa ) from Haïti is a delightful style of party music, and
I have a special album for you today. After Shleu-Shleu had split up
part of them decided to stay in Haïti and part moved to New York City.
There they started Skah-Shah of which this is the first album, read_more .
tracks;
1 Guêpe pangnole
2 Kelly
3 Vinn’ dancé
4 Apparence
5 Rinmin
6 Consolation
7 Bam passe
Tchico – La Voix d’Or d’Afrique
Maïkano 1983
Pambou Tchicaya Denis or short, Tchico is back at the GG with an
album from 1983. It’s a very sweet sounding one by Africa’s Golden
Voice, produced on the smooth side this one goes in like honey.
tracks;
1 Giselle
2 Kathy
3 Loango
4 Marriage
Lutumba Simaro – Le Poète
Productions Souk vol. 2
He was one of Franco’s best composers at the OK Jazz.
Somehow his music can’t miss. I like about
everything the man did. This album is called ‘Le Poète’,
after his nickname. Topnotch musician, a hero.
tracks;
1 Na boyi ibala
2 Consolation
3 O ndimi ngai te
4 Zulu
5 Ma Adele
6 Patience