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The Kings Of Highlife

Label: Wrasse Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Guitar Boy; Makojo; Joromi; Omo Pupa; Osondi Owendi; Anate; Okwudili; Sanmari Adugbo; Esonta; Ikpechakwa A-Akem Kpee; Igede; Bere Bote; Usondu; So Fun Mi.

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: The Kings Of Highlife

Read "The Kings Of Highlife" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
April 7, 2003

Around the time highlife was born in West Africa, horns were fading out and the guitar was assuming their place as the most popular lead instrument. The earliest highlife was a variation on the big band concept, with an enlarged rhythm section and brief instrumental solos spaced between well-harmonized themes and vocal passages. As ...