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STRUT präsentiert das 1977er Album des Ghanaen Meister-Perkussionisten Okyerema Asante für Black Fire Records mit Oneness Of Juju und Brian Jackson als exklusives CD- und Vinyl Reissue, remastered mit ausführlichen Liner Notes (Interviews) und unveröffentlichten Fotos.
After playing a short spell early in his career with Ebo Taylor’s Blue Monksband at Tip Toe’s in Accra, Asante joined the fledgling Hedzoleh Soundzduring the early ‘70s at their Napoleon Club residency in the city. Afterplaying Fela’s Shrine, Fela recommended them to Hugh Masekela as anideal backing band and Hedzoleh joined Masekela on a US tour inDecember 1973. Sharing the same management company, Charisma,Asante first met Plunky and Oneness Of Juju during an East coast tourwith Masekela, starting a relationship with the band that has endured untiltoday.
Recorded at Arrest Studios in Washington D.C. in October 1977 andfeaturing musicians from Oneness alongside Gil Scott Heron cohort BrianJackson on piano, Drum Message represents an important milestone forAsante: “This album really came from my heart. I wanted to project theAfrican spirit in the music and come out with some unique African jazz. Tobe able to record it on Black Fire was extra special.” The album alsoinvolved some serious physical graft: “The studio was up on the 14th Floorand the elevator was often broken down. I showed up with a van full ofAfrican drums and Jimmy Gray from Black Fire and myself had to carrythem all the way up there, each day!”
The resultant album was well worth the sweat. ‘Adowa’ adds jazzarrangements to a traditional Asante rhythm and Oneness classic ‘FollowMe’ is skilfully re-worked (“I used the bass drum in place of the bass guitarso it was all based on rhythms.”). New versions of Asante dancefloorfavourite ‘Sabi’ sit alongside the mellow groove of ‘Asante Sana’ (“I wantedsomething cool like reggae or highlife on that track, a similar vibe. So, Iwent inbetween.”). - Tracklist
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- 1. DRUM MESSAGE 3.25
- 2. ASANTE SANA 6.39
- 3. FOLLOW ME 5.36
- 4. SABI 6.32
- 5. MOTHER AFRICA 5.02
- 6. NEVER FLY AWAY FROM THE FUNK 5.07
- 7. PLAY A SWEET RHYTHM ON THEM DRUMS 6.36
- 8. ADOWA 3.20
- 9. SABI (BLACK FIRE MIX) 6.27
- 10. KAZI’S AWAKENING 6.07
- 11. TO THE ANCESTORS 12.15
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Interpret OKYEREMA ASANTE Genre Weltmusik Label STRUT Art. Nr. X03219247-2 EAN 4062548027297 Medium CD Set-Inhalt 1 Veröffentlichungsdatum 05.11.2021 FSK Nein Preis-Code BL
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