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Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers: Ozobia Special
Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers: Ozobia Special (LP)

Ozobia Special

Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers

£10.99
£10.99
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Format: CD

Cat No: BBE507ACD

Format Details: Lp

Release Date:  01 May 2020

Label:  Bbe Africa / Barely Breaking Even

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  194491872977

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

Release Date:  01 May 2020

Label:  Bbe Africa / Barely Breaking Even

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  194491872755

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound's one and only album, Ozobia Special, is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos.Nkem Njoku's only album as leader, this LP epitomizes the feel-good, gospel-tinged party atmosphere of Igbo Highlife, with John Kante's soukous guitar scales interweaving the sharp sax/ trumpet line-up, which includes the legendary Ray Stephen Oche, whose two scarce albums with his band Matumbo are big afro-jazz collectors' items, reissued several times over the years.

    The percussion section includes the prolific Smart 'Friday Pozo' Thompson, whose session credits read like a 'who's who' of contemporary West African music and include many gigs on Tabansi artists' albums.The razor-sharp production sound, as so often on the best Tabansi Highlife and boogie sessions, is down to multi-keyboardist Jake Sollo.

    Description

    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound's one and only album, Ozobia Special, is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos.Nkem Njoku's only album as leader, this LP epitomizes the feel-good, gospel-tinged party atmosphere of Igbo Highlife, with John Kante's soukous guitar scales interweaving the sharp sax/ trumpet line-up, which includes the legendary Ray Stephen Oche, whose two scarce albums with his band Matumbo are big afro-jazz collectors' items, reissued several times over the years.

    The percussion section includes the prolific Smart 'Friday Pozo' Thompson, whose session credits read like a 'who's who' of contemporary West African music and include many gigs on Tabansi artists' albums.The razor-sharp production sound, as so often on the best Tabansi Highlife and boogie sessions, is down to multi-keyboardist Jake Sollo.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ozobia Special
      • 2. Ofu Obi (Onye Achuna Uwa Nike)
      • 3. Osula Nwa Eje Ubi Eje Oba
      • 4. Ije Eluwa
      • 5. Akwa Obi
      • 6. Egwu Oyoliba

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ozobia Special
      • 2. Ofu Obi (Onye Achuna Uwa Nike)
      • 3. Osula Nwa Eje Ubi Eje Oba

      Side 2

      • 1. Ije Eluwa
      • 2. Akwa Obi
      • 3. Egwu Oyoliba

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