RE: Osibisa
Jim Ayson (jra@europa.com)
Mon, 3 Jul 95 20:47 PDT
At 12:43 PM 03/07/1995 -1000, Jon Jung wrote:
>I would label them afro-jazz-funk (kind of in the same vein as Manu Dibango,
>Fela Kuti, Hugh Masekela). They had several good albums in the '70s but, to my
>knowledge, haven't recorded in a long while. There are a few recordings on
>disc but none of the older, better ones have been re-released (by the way,
>their album artwork is usually really good--colorful and 'exotic').
>
>--Jon
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>Does anyone have any info on this band - are they Funk/AcidJazz
>related?
I remember them as an African band ... but their music reminded me of
Santana for some reason. As for the exotic album artwork that Jon
mentioned, the flying zombie elephants may have had something to do with that.
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