BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:52:20 -0500 (EST)
I cant give you sepcifics right now....my dad had all his old records.
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Jason Witherspoon wrote:
> At 11:19 AM -0800 11/10/99, BAO wrote:
> >>
> >> Anyway, as far as African funk tracks, well, Fela was heavily influenced by
> >> African-American music, which is not the same thing as African music. Funk
> >> is Afro-American all the way; so, the more interesting thing about Fela is
> >> how Afro-American music influenced African music, which isn't the title of
> >> your paper (yet!)
> >
> >I dont know how true this is. Fela was making music way before the 70s
> >funk days. Though he probably was influenced by the Jazz more. In fact Id
> >say his works are less like funk and more like jazz...though whats in a
> >name eh?
>
> Huh? The first Fela recordings (under his own name, anyway-- I'm sure he
> could've been playing horn in other outfits) I've ever heard of were from
> '68-
> '69 (the London & L.A. sessions), & they are already very much betraying
> the influence of JB & black power philosophy-- ie, more funk than jazz.
>
> What've you heard from Fela before the (very) late sixties?
>
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> Jason Witherspoon
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