Bola Johnson: Man No Die
Man No Die
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Vampisoul
- Bestellnummer: 3547420
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.10.2010
From the vaults of Philips in Nigeria comes this collection of mysterious trumpeter and bandleader Bola Johnson. Unmissable 60s and early 70s recordings for all highlife and Afrobeat fans. A missing jewel from a golden age of Nigerian music. Up till now, Bola Johnson only seems to figure in the margins of the high octane Lagos music scene of the late 60s and early 70s. He may have never had the focus, the career longevity or the catalogue of titans like Afrobeat's Fela Kuti, juju's King Sunny Ade or highlife's Victor Olaiya, but his music took its own magnificent route through the popular music of the time. His joyful treasure of a voice embellished every style in his repertoire, from the sweetly melodic heights of highlife and palm wine to the soulful skanking of Afro-blues / funk andAfrobeat; his red hot trumpet scorches its way to your yearning soul; his tunes vibrate with infectious hooks and undulating rhythms; he seems equally at home composing across thestylistic range. Funk? Calypso? Highlife? You got it! Bola Johnson was born in 1947 into a musical family. He attended Livingstone Academy in Lagos and, after that, the prestigious Eko Boys High School. In 1962 he dropped out of schoolto follow his musical destiny. His trumpet dreams were inflamed by his time playing with Nigerian trumpet-playing legend and highlife maestro Eddy Okonta, but he joined Eric Akeaze's highlife band as a singer and maracas player in that same year, then resident at the Easy Life Hotel, in Mokola, Ibadan, which was the hub of the music scene in Nigeria in the 60s. When Eric Akeaze and his band left the Easy Life Hotel, Bola was asked to stay and set up the Easy Life Top Beats. They also toured the northern part of Nigeria. When Bola returned south, this time to Lagos later in 1968, he and his musicians were match fit and ready to make their funkiest tracks. In 1964, while still only 17 years old, Bola had been signed to the Philips West African record label, and he recorded many of the rootsier tracks you can hear on this al...
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Baby 1:10 / -
- 2 Somebody Find Me Trouble
- 3 Iyawo Kokoro Mi Da
- 4 Money Hard
- 5 Oh My Baby Josephine
- 6 Obiriko Aye N Yilo
- 7 Asewo Ajegunle Yakare
- 8 Oro Aiye
- 9 Koto Ye O
- 10 Buroda Mase
- 11 Kilode
- 12 Mimo Mimo Loluwo
- 13 Ezuku Buzo
- 14 Hot Pants
- 15 Mele Latori
- 16 Lagos Sisi
- 17 Oyinmomo
- 18 Lagos Special
- 19 Never Part 1
- 20 Edumare Soro
- 21 Pappa Rebecca Special 1 (She's A Woman)
- 22 Nigeria Drive On The Right