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Salute to the Highlife Pioneers

Label: Inner Spirit Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Mama Dey for Kumba; Bere Bote; Maame; Olomi Jowo; Tamumo Bo Ibroma; Omo Pupa; Taxi Driver; Hoana Nom A; So Ala Temen; Esi; Adunni; It's Time For Highlife; Kajo.

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West African Highlife Band: Salute to the Highlife Pioneers

Read "Salute to the Highlife Pioneers" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
March 11, 2003

Highlife--a music born in West Africa following the collision of New World styles like jazz, calypso, and Cuban music--integrated these approaches with traditional drumming, vocals, and strings. Ghanaian bandleader E.T. Mensah, who is credited with the first real exposition of highlife, took a distinctly jazz-oriented approach with The Tempos. As the music evolved, it tended to ...

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