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Drums of Passion

By Babatunde Olatunji

Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Akiwowo (Ah-Key-Woh-Woh) (Chant to the Trainman); Oya (Aw-Yah) (Primitive Fire) (Cult Rhythm); Odun de! Odun De! (Aw Dun Day! Aw Dun Day!) (Happy New Year); Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Jin-Go-Low-Bah) (Drums of Passion); Kiyakiya (Kay-Ya-Key-Ya) (Why Do You Run Away?); Baba Jinde (Baba-Gee-Un-Day) (Flirtation Dance).

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Olatunji: Drums of Passion

Read "Drums of Passion" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Columbia Legacy's reissue of Drums Of Passion offers a chance for new listeners to fully appreciate the groundbreaking 1959 debut CD of the late African drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji. Hailed as a genius by none other than jazz greats John Coltrane, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie and referenced by Bob Dylan on his Freewheeling ...

Album

Drums of Passion

By Babatunde Olatunji

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1959


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