house and jazz

with production handled by [a=Tom Wilson (2)] and former Animals bassist and Hendrix producer [a=Chas Chandler]

coupled with the politically charged “I’m Talking About Freedom” and ghetto conscious “Concrete Reservation” sealed the album’s cool reception as the work of an “angry black man

In reality his extra contributions mainly took the form of being the recording engineer and mixer

A1 You On The Run A2 Doves A3 Science Killer B4 Mission District B5 18 Years C6 Deer-Ree-Shee C7 Never/Ever D8 Vikings D9 You In Color D10 The Return E11 Snake In The Grass F12 Untitled F13 Untitled

Fela Ransome-Kuti* And His Africa '70* - Fela's London Scene (Color LP) fratti house and jazzBorn: 15 October 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Died: 2 August 1997, of AIDS and heart failure in Lagos, Nigeria. He formed his first group Koola Lobitos in 1963. The large jazz, funk, and afrobeat collective underwent many changes in the following decades but the style remained the same thanks to Fela's vision and other key members such as drummer Tony Allen. In 1969 after visiting America, Fela returned to Nigeria and opened club Afro Spot in Lagos