Jazz Articles about Blo

Blo: Phases 1972-1982

by AAJ Staff
November 4, 2002

The '70s were a tumultuous time in Nigerian music. The Afro-Carib-jazz sounds of highlife had swept West Africa, and funk was hitting hard. At any time in Lagos you could find a huge variety of cross-cultural fusions, melding Old and New World, tradition and invention. Out of this creative storm came many influential groups, some of which derived their influences more directly than others. When Ginger Baker (drummer of Cream fame) made the journey from the UK across the desert ...