Fela Kuti – Fela & Roy Ayers (LP) “Music Of Many Colours”
Fela & Roy Ayers “Music Of Many Colours” LP (2000) Fela Kuti
Songs – 2,000 Blacks Got To Be Free / Africa – Centre Of The World
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This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela’s official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.
The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
THE ACID JAZZ BEAT A jazz vibraphonist recognized in the 1960s, he crossed the 60s / 70s leading a R&B band a few decades ahead of his time. The strong beat presented in 72 in "Move to Groove”, served as a model for groove in hip-hop and dominated jazz acid records. His way of playing: defined, melodic and with rhythmic continuity was influenced by hard bop. Never boasting about the recognition he received, he always kept his humility, said he did it for fun, but if he considered himself a survivor in the difficult business of making music, the titles were just propaganda in the music industry and he kept himself away from vanities His father played the trombone, his mother taught him the piano and at 17 he started playing the vibrant mallets he had received from Lionel Hampton when he was 5 years old. At 20, he was already in his 20s, recording with Curtis Amy, Jack Wilson and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra. He played with Teddy Edwards, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes and Phineas Newborn. Between 66 and 70 he maintained a partnership with the flutist Herbie Mann who, in addition to making him better known to the public, showed him a musical universe different from the bebop he had known since he was a child
In the 1970s, he formed Roy Ayers Ubiquity, an R & B-jazz-rock band influenced initially by Miles Davis electric and Herbie Hancock Sextet and launched musicians such as Sonny Fortune and Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim and Alphonse Mouzon. Over time, the band evolved from jazz and R & B to funk and disco. In the 1980s, in addition to his band, Ayers collaborated with Fela Kut
A BATIDA DO ACID JAZZ Um vibrafonistas de jazz reconhecido nos anos 1960, atravessou os anos 60/70’s liderando uma banda de R&B um cara décadas à frente do seu tempo. A batida forte apresentada em 72 em "Move to Groove”, serviu de modelo para o groove no hip-hop e dominou os discos de ácido jazz. Sua maneira de tocar: definida, melódica e com continuidade rítmica foi influenciada no hard bop. Sem nunca se vangloriar pelo reconhecimento que recebido, sempre manteve a humildade, dizia que fazia isso por divertimento, mas, se considerava um sobrevivente no difícil negócio de fazer música, os títulos não passavam de propaganda na indústria da música e ele se mantinha distante das vaidades Seu pai tocava trombone, sua mãe lhe ensinou piano e aos 17 começou a tocar as marretas vibrantes que ganhara de Lionel Hampton quando tinha 5 anos. Aos 20, já fazia parte dos 20 anos, gravando com Curtis Amy, Jack Wilson e a Orquestra Gerald Wilson. Tocou com Teddy Edwards, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes e Phineas Newborn. Entre 66 e 70 manteve parceria com o flautista Herbie Mann que, além de ter lhe tornado mais conhecido do público lhe mostrou um universo musical diferentes do bebop que ele conhecia desde criança
Nos anos 70 formou a Roy Ayers Ubiquity, uma banda de R & B-jazz-rock influenciada inicialmente por Miles Davis elétrico e Herbie Hancock Sextet e lançou músicos como Sonny Fortune e Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim e Alphonse Mouzon. Com o passar do tempo, a banda evoluiu do jazz e do R & B para o funk e a disco. Nos anos 80, além da sua banda, Ayers colaborou com o Fela Kut
this is amazing!!!!!!! back to africa yes!!!!
Never heard of this before, incredible!
Yeah yeah
A true master! ❤️
Got to be real bushido.
long long time ago, Fela that was in 1950s London. We love Fela Kuti and what he has done for music
2021: Coming through the Grand Conjunction into the Age of Aquarius…We’re on our way!! Happy New Year!!!!
❤️
Play this over and over would of loved to have seen Fela live, but have seen Roy Ayers. Two legends making legendary music! Still sounds great in 2020
I am very thankful I was introduced to this song on SiriusXM's Tom Morello Show! Thank you both!
THE ACID JAZZ BEAT
A jazz vibraphonist recognized in the 1960s, he crossed the 60s / 70s leading a R&B band a few decades ahead of his time. The strong beat presented in 72 in "Move to Groove”, served as a model for groove in hip-hop and dominated jazz acid records.
His way of playing: defined, melodic and with rhythmic continuity was influenced by hard bop. Never boasting about the recognition he received, he always kept his humility, said he did it for fun, but if he considered himself a survivor in the difficult business of making music, the titles were just propaganda in the music industry and he kept himself away from vanities
His father played the trombone, his mother taught him the piano and at 17 he started playing the vibrant mallets he had received from Lionel Hampton when he was 5 years old. At 20, he was already in his 20s, recording with Curtis Amy, Jack Wilson and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra. He played with Teddy Edwards, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes and Phineas Newborn. Between 66 and 70 he maintained a partnership with the flutist Herbie Mann who, in addition to making him better known to the public, showed him a musical universe different from the bebop he had known since he was a child
In the 1970s, he formed Roy Ayers Ubiquity, an R & B-jazz-rock band influenced initially by Miles Davis electric and Herbie Hancock Sextet and launched musicians such as Sonny Fortune and Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim and Alphonse Mouzon. Over time, the band evolved from jazz and R & B to funk and disco.
In the 1980s, in addition to his band, Ayers collaborated with Fela Kut
A BATIDA DO ACID JAZZ
Um vibrafonistas de jazz reconhecido nos anos 1960, atravessou os anos 60/70’s liderando uma banda de R&B um cara décadas à frente do seu tempo. A batida forte apresentada em 72 em "Move to Groove”, serviu de modelo para o groove no hip-hop e dominou os discos de ácido jazz.
Sua maneira de tocar: definida, melódica e com continuidade rítmica foi influenciada no hard bop. Sem nunca se vangloriar pelo reconhecimento que recebido, sempre manteve a humildade, dizia que fazia isso por divertimento, mas, se considerava um sobrevivente no difícil negócio de fazer música, os títulos não passavam de propaganda na indústria da música e ele se mantinha distante das vaidades
Seu pai tocava trombone, sua mãe lhe ensinou piano e aos 17 começou a tocar as marretas vibrantes que ganhara de Lionel Hampton quando tinha 5 anos. Aos 20, já fazia parte dos 20 anos, gravando com Curtis Amy, Jack Wilson e a Orquestra Gerald Wilson. Tocou com Teddy Edwards, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes e Phineas Newborn. Entre 66 e 70 manteve parceria com o flautista Herbie Mann que, além de ter lhe tornado mais conhecido do público lhe mostrou um universo musical diferentes do bebop que ele conhecia desde criança
Nos anos 70 formou a Roy Ayers Ubiquity, uma banda de R & B-jazz-rock influenciada inicialmente por Miles Davis elétrico e Herbie Hancock Sextet e lançou músicos como Sonny Fortune e Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim e Alphonse Mouzon. Com o passar do tempo, a banda evoluiu do jazz e do R & B para o funk e a disco.
Nos anos 80, além da sua banda, Ayers colaborou com o Fela Kut
Mindopener. First thing I heard from Fela Kuti. Music and lyrics have the power to turn your skin from white to black.
Thank you. I have just ordered the vinyl.
2000 blacks matter !!
What a pair !! Wonderful !!
Anyone else notice that the bass player seems to re-use the bassline from Roy's other song "Freaky Deaky" on the first track?
Yeah Fela RIP love Africa
I thought he was saying "don't forget your pass"…
One love <3
quem pode ter dado negativo a uma coisa dessas ????
Heaven Yes
AFRICA
Evergreen.