BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:16:11 -0500 (EST)
Word up...thats what I was trying to say (i probably couldnt have said it
as well)
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Mark Turner wrote:
> > >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.
>
> Although Fela's recorded output before '68/'69 is scarce, it is generally
> acknowledged that his earliest influences were Nigerian highlife music and
> jazz. In the late 50's/early 60's, Fela was enrolled at the Trinity School
> of Music in London, and jamming with the likes of trad jazz player Chris
> Barber, as well as Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. For what it's worth, Fela
> has said many times that James Brown stole HIS music, rather than vice
> versa.
>
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