Sawale

Kotoja | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000008HFO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #469,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great musicianship, February 25, 2005

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Ragtime3 (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sawale (Audio CD)

As Herb Caen said about their previous cd, "Terrific music !" Find this (1992) cd if you can. Ken Okulolo brings a unique influence from his time with King Sunny Ade's African Beats. Kotoja shows significant growth since their previous (1991) cd "Freedom is what Everybody Needs". The first 2 songs (and the tenth) remind me of Johnny Clegg. My Favorite songs are Sawale, Money Wahala, Water No Get Enemy, and We No Dey Run. There are also 2 instrumentals, of which Evil Eye is jamming - of course both are notably good.

I gave this cd Sawale 4 instead of 5 stars because I would have liked to hear a bit more keyboards; and a few songs need a little more development (Iye Iye, & Ejiro Oghene). The guitars and drums find a perfect balance. Vocals are good. Babatunde Williams' (formerly of Fela Kuti's Africa 70) trumpet is massive. Very well produced. A great addition to any world music collection.

Kotoja means "Let's be Friends" in the Yoruba dialect of Nigeria. If these guys played in the park on a sunny weekend day, everyone in town would be smiling & groovin' ...... Peace out.