Club Africa, Vol. 1: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat [IMPORT]

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Strut
• ASIN: B00000JORK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #496,236 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. River Luv Rite - Oneness of Juju

2. Shakalaode

3. Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti - The Daktaris

4. Karam Bani - Buari

5. Rhythm on Rhythm - The Sookie All Stars

6. Cheetah - Mandingo

7. Soul Makossa - The Gaytones

8. Kenia - Mombasa

9. Silver Black Summer Day - Living Funk

10. Ritual - Nico Gomez

11. Jungle Funk

12. Afro Funk - Peter King, Peter King

13. Everybody's Groove

14. Samba - Miriam Makeba

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

12 Funky Tracks Compiled by the People Behind 'africa Funk' Includes 'samba'- Miriam Makeba, 'el Suhg Ibal Lasiti'- Daktaris and 'kenia'- Mombassa.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of old school funk here, November 22, 2002

By	Bruce A. Ishikawa (Marlborough, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Club Africa, Vol. 1: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat (Audio CD)

This compilation is a fine introduction to the funk movement that swept West Africa in the 1970s. Raw, gutsy dance music with those unmistakable funky backbeats, this stuff makes you move! The guitar playing, horns and keyboards are sometimes rough, but that's part of the sound and the bass and drums crank out those rhythms that started in the tribelands and can now be found as the base of today's R&B and hip hop. Be sure to get Volume 2 also, which is even better than this one!

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5.0 out of 5 stars massive afro-rhythms, January 17, 2000

By	joshua allen (my body is in New Mexico.) - See all my reviews

This cd is so massive it is almost scary. Imagine a thunderous herd of 1000 African elephants charging and you might get an idea of how huge the sound on this cd really is! Not much more can be said about the utter funk present within an innocent enough cd. Buy the vinyl, just because that is the righteous thing to do. This should be in every music collection, especially for funk freakes and rhythm junkies.