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HIGHLIFE ON MOVE: SELECTED NIGERIAN & GHANAIAN RECORDINGS
- Ref. ML8115
- SOUNDWAY RECORDS, 2014. Enregistrement 1954-1966.
Ce double disque rassemble des morceaux de highlife du Ghana, du Nigéria mais aussi d'immigrants londoniens. Le highlife est la première musique "moderne" de ces pays, née dans les années 1950 et influencée par le calypso, le mambo et le jazz. La compilation réédite pour la première fois les deux premiers enregistrements de Fela Kuti. Livret détaillé en anglais. (ASDS)
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Interprètes
- Ginger FOLORUNSO JOHNSON & HIS AFRO-CUBAN BAND
- KWAMALAH QUAYE SEXTETTO AFRICANA
- Steve RHODES & HIS LONDON HI-LIFERS
- Fela Ransome KUTI & HIS HIGHLIFE RAKERS
- Chris AJILO & HIS CUBANOS
- SOUNDZ AFRICANA
- Buddy PIPP'S HIGHLIFERS
- THE QUAVERS
- AFRO RHYTHM KINGS
- Bobby BENSON & HIS ORCHESTRA
- John SANTOS MARTINS ACC BY ZEAL ONYIA & HIS B
- E.C. ARINZE & THE EMPIRE RYTHM ORCHESTRA
- LORS GANDA & RUPPERT NURSE'S CALYPSO BAN
- ADAM'S AFRICAN SKY ROCKETS
- NIGERIAN UNION RYTHM GROUP
- Bobby BENSON & HIS COMBO
- RANS BOI'S AFRICAN HIGHLIFE BAND
- Eddie LAMPTEY & THE PEOPLE HIGHLIFE BAND
- WEST AFRICAN RYTHM BROTHERS
- WEST AFRICAN SWING STARS
- Awotwi PAYNIN & HIS GHANA ROCKERS
- T. ODUESO'S AKESAN HIGHLIFERS
- NIGERIAN UNION RHYTHM GROUP
- Willie PAYNE & THE STARLITE TEMPOS
- Fela Ransome KUTI & HIS KOOLA LOBITOS
- THE BLACK STAR BAND
- Victor OLA-IYA & HIS "COOL CATS"
Pistes
Disque 1
- 1 Highlife no. 5
- 2 Son of Africa
- 3 Abeni
- 4 Drink a tea
- 5 Fela's special
- 6 Oju rere
- 7 Afro mood
- 8 Africana
- 9 Obaa amponsa pandogo
- 10 Ghana special
- 11 Money money
- 12 Donaldo's samba
- 13 Marabi dance
- 14 Kitch
- 15 Okokoko
- 16 Fancy baby
- 17 Biko rapum paulina
- 18 Maggie
- 19 Ghana, forward forever
- 20 A night in Port Harcourt
Disque 2
- 1 Algana
- 2 Tortoise mambo
- 3 Niger mambo
- 4 Highlife comes to Europe
- 5 Maria
- 6 Egbe mi
- 7 Iwa d'arekere
- 8 Omo Africa
- 9 Brown skin gal
- 10 Brown skin gal
- 11 Georgina
- 12 Eyo mani mi
- 13 Ojikolobo
- 14 Wa sise
- 15 NIgeroan independence
- 16 Abrokyiri awo yi
- 17 Ekuona rhythm
- 18 Anyin ga na