Musicmakers of West AfricaLynne Rienner Publishers, 1985 - 177 páginas Introducing the development of West African popular music, this text begins with a discussion of the early Highlife bands. It then traces the growth and diversification of various popular musical styles, including comic opera, Dagomba Simpa folk, and the current Afro-beat and Juju. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
Three | 15 |
Dagomba Simpa Music | 33 |
Eight | 53 |
Eleven | 73 |
Thirteen | 75 |
A Ghanaian Folk Guitarist | 93 |
Sixteen | 106 |
Seventeen | 123 |
Nineteen | 139 |
Conclusion | 157 |
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Termos e frases comuns
Accra African music African musicians Afro Afro-beat Akan Akwete artists band called Basa-Basa bass became Benin black American Black Santiagos Bobby Bunzu Cape Coast club Collins Fela Collins Collins Konimo Collins Plange Collins Uwaifo concert parties congas Congo music Dagomba dance band Decca drummer E.K. Nyame E.T. Mensah Faisal Helwani Fela Collins Fela Fela's formed frame drum Ghana going Gombe drums guitar bands guitarist Guy Warren Heartbeats Hedzolleh Highlife Highlife bands Hotel influenced instruments Jaguar Jokers Jazz Juju music Kalakuta Republic King Bruce Kofi Ghanaba Konkoma Kumasi Kwaa Mensah Kwame leader Masekela Nigeria Nigerian musicians Orchestra organized Palm Wine played Highlifes player Pop bands Pop music popular pressing plant recording companies released rhythm royalties Segun Bucknor Sierra Leone singer songs Sonny Okosun Soul Assembly sound Stan Plange started style Tempos tour traditional Trio trumpet Uhurus Victor Olaiya Victor Uwaifo West Africa Wulomei Yoruba