Fela With Ginger Baker Live

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Nigerian musician and pan-African activist Fela Kuti is captured here on a live recording with a world-class guest artist. The CD includes Fela's Africa '70 backing band consisting of two large choruses (male and female) around a core of over a half-dozen musicians on horns, guitars, and percussion from the world over. Fela's music is a high-energy, rhythmic concentration of influences distilled from jazz, funk, and traditional African forms. Fela is generally given credit as the originator of this manifold Afro-beat sound. Originally recorded in 1971, Live! features Ginger Baker (Cream) thundering out a foundation to the four long (about 12 minutes each) pieces nested in Fela's percussion troupe. This cross-genre fusion sound of sounds allows for plenty of extensive soloing during the extended forays. ~ Tom Schulte, Rovi