Various Artists - Nigerian Guitar Roots -Juju, Guitar Band Highlife 1936-1967 - Japan 2 CD

Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

Following "Palm Wine Music of Ghana" (008) and "Early Congo Music" (009) released by El Sur Records, this album comprehensively captures Nigerian guitar music based on palm wine music, Yoruba "Juju " and the Ibo-based "Guitar Band High Life" are comprehensively captured in this 51-track 2-CD set & booklet p. 168 (including color photos & translated lyrics and English commentary)! Juju (Disc 1) This is the first ever recording of Yoruba palm wine music, which is said to be the roots of juju, by Irewolede Denge in 1937, and is full of other rare recordings that have never been released on CD! Through the syncretism between Yoruba culture and the West, the relationship between Christianity and juju and the background of its formation are explained in detail, and the birth of juju is approached. In addition, the development of the strengthening of Yoruba-ness amidst the momentum for independence after the World War II is also introduced with actual sound sources, depicting the establishment of the juju format from Ayinde Bakare to I.K. Dyilo, who became a mainstream musician. The wide-ranging development of juju, including the "toy motion" movement of the late 50s, which caused a stir in the mainstream, and the modernity of Ambrose Campbell, who was active in the U.K. during the same period, are also worth listening to! The collection also includes the first works of Ebenezer Obey, who was a member of Fatai Rolling Dollar's band, and the first Sunny Ade recording that is now known.It follows the birth of Juju right up to the 1960s, when it entered a new era. Guitar Band High Life (Disc 2) This is a comprehensive overview of the guitar-based music of Ibo, Edo, Efik, and Ijo in the southeast, which, like Juju, was based on palm wine music, but developed differently from Yoruba music. It also includes as many rare and hard-to-find recordings of pre-war palm wine music, mainly from Ibo, as possible, and examines how modern guitar music emerged after the war, and the process in dance band highlife, elucidating it for the first time. The relationship between the brass ensemble and the guitar, and the various forms of early guitar bands in which both coexisted, are introduced, and the musicality of Mike Ejerga, Inyang Henshaw, Victor Uwifo, Osita Osadebe, and many others are compared and examined. It also presents Rex Lawson's approach to palm wine music, which had a decisive influence on the formation of guitar bands in the 1960s, as well as the relationship between Celestine Uk and Congolese music.

Tracklisting:

1.Jolly Orchestra - Johnson Ologbe
2.Nigerian Jolly Boys Orchestra - V.A. Allen
3.Irewolede Denge - Oba Gbelegbuwa II
4.Irewolede Denge - Okuipe Agbonmagbe
5.Tunde King - Oba Oyinbo
6.Ojo Babajide & his Ibadan Juju Players - Afolabi Asuni
7.Eman David & his Group - Owa Ilesha
8.Akanbi Wright & his Rhythm Band - Emi Mi Lowo Re
9.Ayinde Bakare & his Group - J. M. Tukuru
10.Ayinde Miranda Cuba Orchestra - Lagos Ilu Afe
11.Adeolu & his Rio Lindo Orchestra - A Gve Mi De
12.Ayinde Bakare & his Meranda Band - Kamila Mustapha
13.Tunde King - M.S. Adewale
14.Ambrose Adekoya Campbell & his West African Rhythm Brothers - Omo Africa
15.C.A. Balogun & his Abalabi Orchestra - Sisi Agbele Pawo
16.J.O. Oyeshiku & his Rainbow Quintet - Eledumare Gbawa Lowo Ota
17.J.O. Araba & his Rhythm Blues - Ma Gba Aya Alaya
18.Julius Araba & his Afro Skiffle Group - Zik
19.I.K. Dairo & his Blue Spots M.B.E. - Ka Sora
20.I.K. Dairo & his Blue Spot Band -Ero Bami Dele
21.Tunde Western Nightingale & his Band - J.O. Olajoyegbe Esq.
22.Dele Ojo & his Star Brothers Band - Kabiyesi Oba
23.Fatayi Rolling Dollar & his Federal Rhythm Brothers - Okpara Wo West
24.Fatayi Rolling Dollar & his Fed. Rhythm Bros - Obimi Abami Wi
25.Ebenezer Obey & his International Brothers Band - Teti Ko Gboro Kan
26.Sunny Ade & his Green Sport Band - Alanu L'oluwa