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E.T. Mensah

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Article: Album Review

Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: True Story

Read "True Story" reviewed by Chris May


One of the minor but intriguing mysteries of modern culture is why the trombone is commonplace in African American music yet only rarely heard in Africa itself. Since its earliest days, jazz in the US has featured the trombone, as did ska in Jamaica. In analog-age samba and bossa nova in Brazil, the instrument was practically ...

Album

All For You

Label: RetroAfric
Released: 2002
Track listing: All For You; Nkebo Baaya; Wiadazi; Munsuro; Nkatie; Odofo; Agriculture; Sunday Mirror; Inflation Calypso; John B Calypso; St Peter's Calypso; Donkey Calypso; Tea Samba; Fom Fom; Asembom Tie M'Ansem; Essie Nana; Don't Mind Your wide; Adainkua Highlife; Bus Conductor; Afi Fro Fro.

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Article: Album Review

E.T. Mensah & The Tempos: All For You

Read "All For You" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Though he hailed from Ghana, E.T. Mensah was a musical ambassador for the world. During the '40s, swing had made its way across the Atlantic and planted itself in the popular dance culture of West Africa. For musicians trained in the European (imperial) tradition of marching bands, early jazz bore obvious appeal--and big bands rose to ...

Album

All For You

Label: RetroAfric
Released: 1998


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