Patrick Nana Kwame Ampadu is dead.
R.I.P. Nana Ampadu.
Let us play his numerous albums
for at least a week !

Alladynking, bio of Nana Ampadu

01 – Susana
02 – Mannye yie
03 – Cheeky baby
04 – Mene wo betwe mpena
05 – Suro obaa

Yesterday, dear visitors, the world has lost a legend.
Nana Kwame Ampadu died on tuesday september 28
at 2.00 AM Ghana time, age 76 in Acra, Ghana. Ampadu’s
African Brothers Band was founded in 1963. He was known
to have written over 800 songs. To honour this great musician
we have his 1980 album ‘Tribute to D.K. Nyarko’. It sounds a
little dusty, but that can’t spoil the joy of listening. A few more
unposted records will follow. Rest In Peace Nana Ampadu,
we love your work and you will forever be missed ..

Gisteren, lieve bezoekers, is één van onze muzikale helden
overleden. Nana Kwame Ampadu stierf op dinsdag 28 september
om 2.00 uur ‘s morgens, op 76 jarige leeftijd, in Acra, Ghana.
Ampadu’s African Brothers Band werd opgericht in 1963. Nana
Ampadu schreef meer dan 800 songs tijdens zijn leven. Om hem
te eren hebben we vandaag dit album uit 1980, ‘Tribute to D.K.
Nyarko. Hij klinkt wel een tikkeltje stoffig, maar dat mag niet
afdoen aan het luisterplezier. Nog enkele ongeposte platen
zullen deze volgen. Rust in Vrede Nana Ampadu, we zijn
dol op je muziek en zullen je voor altijd missen ..

(thanks for the info Jewell Acka)

Wikipedia
Discogs

Have African Feeling 1980
Wonka Mma Wo Nnte
Check Point
Odo Me Nsee
Nketenketenkete High Life Beat
Kyerema Way 1981
Oman Bo Adwo
Agatha 1981
Obiara Wo Nea Otumi No 1978
Ankonam Mobro
Osekufuo
The Best of Kwame Ampadu
Nea Medofo Aye Me
Wodee Wokoo na Wonuanom
Mede Wo Ka A 1984
Enyimba di N’aba
Owuo Aye Me Bi 1982
Osoro Siane
Sanbra
Afrohili Soundz 1973
Gyae Su
led by Paa Steel Ampadu 1970
Yaa Amponsa Special 1974
Abortion
titel
Me Poma 1984
Ampadu Boateng Dammirifua
Me Poma (Sterns)
Take the Message

01 – Kyeremirikuku
02 – Ma me nsu ma wo
03 – D.k. nyarko
04 – Owuo nye

05 – D.k. nyarko (cleaner version)

I was asked by blog friend Pete if, since this is the Global Groove,
I could post some music from China or Japan. So far there was one
Chinese post, but nothing from Japan. This is a cd from 1994 on the
wonderful Luaka Bop label of David Byrne. Shoukichi Kina, born 1948,
is in the popscene since 1977 and made a bunch of albums. This Best
off Shoukichi Kina covers 14 tracks in various styles.

Wikipedia
Discogs

01 – Jing jing
02 – Hana no kajimaya
03 – Celebration
04 – Mimichiri bozu-danji kariyushi
05 – Don-don bushi
06 – Zorba de buddha
07 – Basha-gua suncha
08 – Crazy kacharsee
09 – Subete no hito no kokoro ni hanna
10 – Haisai ojisan
11 – Eternally ecstacy
12 – Iyunu-pri
13 – I-yah hoy!
14 – Mystery track

Today we find the fourth album with Igbo highlife artist
Captain Muddy Ibe and his Nkwa Brothers. This one is
from 1984. He made some 60 records so there is still a
pile of records to find and discover. For now let’s listen
to ‘Ndi Ntise’ and share it with our friends ..

Dit is de vierde plaat met Igbo highlife artiest Captain
muddy Ibe and his Nkwa Brothers die we hebben op de
GG. Hij maakte zo’n 60 albums dus er is nog een dtapel
te vinden en ontdekken. Laten we tot die tijd alvast luisteren
naar ‘Ndi Ntise’ en hem delen met onze vrienden ..

African and Black History
Endolab
Discogs

Anyi Ma Ndi Bu Ndi 1981
Muddy Ibe and his Nkwa Brothers System ’83 1983
Ndi Kwena Ekwena 1986

01 – Wealth not by force
02 – Ndi ntise
03 – Omelum me dike

Nemours Jean Baptiste is considered to be the father of
Haïtian compas. He started out in 1955 based in Port-au-
Prince, Haïti’s capital. We had three albums so far, from
1966, 1973 and 1976. Read more about the man on the
sites linked below. During Nemours Jean Baptiste’s early
career he played with Webert Sicot in Conjunto Inter-
nacional. After the latter had started a new style in
a new group the two quarreled over the originality.
They finally fought out their differences in a soccer
match between their bands. It ended in a 1-1 tie.

Nemoursjean-baptiste.com
Discography
Discogs
Wikipedia

Ti Carole 1966
Gaçon Nan Ka 1973
Grand Orchestre de NJB 1976

01 – Aoua pipip
02 – Dedette & roro
03 – Lait milki
04 – Vive noel
05 – Petite maman
06 – Mini jupe
07 – Airways compas
08 – Faim’ confiance
09 – Amour cha cha cha
10 – Bas gogo

bonus tracks, 1974,

11 – Ti-ti-ri
12 – Nin frigidaire
13 – Moin pa te la juge
14 – Corruption

We have had two albums with drummer Ulrick Tuco Bouzi
and les Frères Déjean. One from 1981 and one from 1982.
In that same year Tuco went on with the Dixie Band. I was
listening to Tuco yesterday and decided to bring another
record with him. This ‘Ti Polis’ is from the next year, 1983.
Powerful compas with this wonderful drummer ..

We hadden al eens twee platen met drummer Ulrick Tuco
Bouzi et les Frères Déjean. Eentje uit 1981 en eentje uit 1982.
In dat zelfde jaar begon Tuco met de Dixie Band. Ik luisterde
gisteren naar Tuco en besloot nog eens een album met hem
te posten. Deze ‘Ti Polis’ is uit het volgende jaar, 1983.
Stevige compas met deze geweldige drummer ..

Discogs, Dixie Band
Discogs, Tuco Bouzi

Tuco et les Frères Déjean, Tonton Relax 1981
Tuco et les Frères Déjean, Joui La Vie Ou 1982
Les Frères Déjean, International 1976
Les Frères Déjean, Bouki ac Malice 1977
Les As de Pétion-Ville, Bagaye la Cho 1982

01 – Roulé
02 – Chêché konnin
03 – Haïti
04 – Sauve
05 – Rara

We know Sunny Adé’s Master Guitarist series with the Green
Spot Band. This is Sunny Adé with his African Beats, also with
the Master Guitarist vol. 2. from 1975. I am not sure which series
was first. If you know, please share your knowledge with us.
for now, let’s just listen ..

We zagen reeds de Master Guitarist serie met de Green Spot
Band. Deze is met his African Beats en ook the Master Guitarist
vol. 2 uit 1975. Ik weet niet welke serie eerder was, weet jij het ?
Laat het ons dan ook weten s.v.p. Voor nu
gewoon lekker luisteren ..

Wikipedia English
Wikipedia Nederlands
Discogs
Entrepeneurs bio

Private Line 1978
Ajoo 1983
Ariya Special 1982
The Mater Guitarist vol. 6
Syncro Chapter 1 1977
Mo Dupe 1985
Bobby 1983
Explosion 1984
Togetherness (Ka Jo Se) 1984
Sunny Special 1974
the Original Syncro System Movement 1974
Aura 1984
Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi 1980
the Master Guitarist vol. 2
the Master Guitarist vol. 1
The Message 1981
the Master Guitarist vol. 4
Nigeria’s juju-Highlife at its Best 1973
In London 1977
Synchro Series 1983
Festac ’77 1977
Jealousy 1987
My Dear 1986
Late General Ramat Murtala Mohammed 1976
Iyinle Odu 1982
Vol. 7
Sweet Banana 1986
the Royal Sound 1979
Check ‘E’ 1981
Synhro System 1983
the Golden Mercury of Africa 1979
Juju Music 1982
Juju Music of the 80’s 1981

01 – Moti mo
—- Apala syncro
—- Ota nlulu ibaje
—- Mawobe
—- Bomode bamawi
—- Eti won aya
02 – Kileni ase
—-Mori sisi meji
—- Iduro soro
—- Bi oba fe sebi ranti
—- Kowo-kowo
—- Didun londun

When I was making yesterday’s post I wanted to place a
link to Fela Kuti’s album ‘Black president’ of which I am
very sure it was posted way back in the beginning of the
Global Groove. Another record that has vanished in the
time I was still using Blogger. One way or the other, I am
no lover of Afrobeat, this album however is more or less
the only one that made it for me. It was one of the first
African records that reached me early eighties. Fela’s
way of playing the saxophone, the easy groove, the
hypnotic way it is built, I am no Fela fan, but
to me one of his best works ..

Toen ik gisteren een link wilde plaatsen naar Fela Kuti’s
‘Black President’ ontdekte ik tot m’n verbazing dat hij niet
meer aanwezig was. Alweer een album dat is verdwenen
in de tijd dat we Blogger nog gebruikten. Hoe dan ook, de
Afrobeat sound heeft me nooit heel erg aangesproken.
mij allemaal veel te funky, deze plaat van Fela daarentegen
was één van de eerste Afrikaanse elpees die me bereikte
in de vroege jaren tachtig en zo’n beetje de enige in het
genre die het voor me doet. Fela’s manier van saxofoon
spelen, de mellow groove, de bijna hypnotische opbouw,
ik ben geen kenner, maar voor mij is dit z’n beste ..

Wikipedia, English
Wikipedia, Nederlands
Discogs

01 – Sorrow tears and blood
02 – Colonial mentality
03 – I.T.T. (International thief thief)

When most people think about the music of Nigeria, the first thing that comes
to mind is probably afrobeat, the darkly funky African jazz stew popularized by
bandleader Fela Kuti, himself a Yoruba from the southwestern region of the country.
Or perhaps they might mention other Yoruba musicians such as King Sunny Ade
and Ebenezer Obey, the twin pillars of the southwestern juju style. Maybe their
thoughts would glide more towards the eastern extreme of the country, where Igbo
highlife stars such as Stephen Osita Osadebe, the Oriental Brothers and Oliver de Coque
have made a mark upon the arena. More imaginative thinkers might look
northwards to cite Hausa and Fulani griots like Dan Maraya Jos, Alhaji Mamman
Shata and Alhaji Musa Dankwairo. It is rare though, that the spotlight is leveled
towards the mid-western region of the region of the country, the territory encom-
passing the modern-day Nigerian states of Edo and Delta. Edo in particular boasts
of a wealth of musical traditions that is both deep and broad, yet shamefully under-
explored; and among this assortment of musical traditions, one of the richest is the
music of the Afemai, or Etsako people. And in the field of Afemai music, the
undefeated champ is Alhaji Waziri Oshomah. (read more at Superfly Records)

Endolab
Discogs
All titles

01 – Agbo-oshiomare
02 – Era-iyo-joe agbedo
03 – Omonolegba-chief aruna osumah
04 – Okpa-eva doherty agbi

baobab.com
Wikipedia, nl
Wikipedia, en
Discogs

Gouye Guy de Dakar 1983
Baobab à Paris 1978
On Verra Ça ? 1978
Senegaal Sunugaal 1975
Une Nuit au Jandeer 1978
Adduna Jarul Naawo 1975
Bawobab 75 1975

01 – Mansa
02 – Mansané cissé
03 – Sutukum
04 – Cabral
05 – Digone nga ma
06 – Sindieli
07 – Sona
08 – Tooñ baaxul
09 – Saxaar
10 – Kura
11 – Tante marie
12 – Notisé