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Aleke
| Label | PMG – PMG021LP |
| Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| Barcode | 0710473190381 |
| Country | Austria |
| Released | 15 Jul 2016 |
| Genre | Jazz, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style | African, Afrobeat, Boogie, Disco, Jazz-Funk |
After spending much of the '70s humping his congos around New York as a session musician, Nigerian Aleke Kanonu pulled in some favours to record an album of his own. The result was 'Aleke' (1980), a criminally obscure Afrobeat/funk/jazz masterpiece featuring Buddy Williams on drums, George Davis on guitar and a cameo from Wynton Marsalis on flugelhorn. There are only four tracks on the album but they are all killers. 'N'Gwode' sounds like Fela Kuti and Manu Dibangu hanging out with Bobby Womack, probably somewhere across 110th Street. 'Keep New York Clean' struts like Shaft after a successful bust. And 'Mothers Day' keeps things sweet and soulful, before Wynton Marsalis brings back the groove with his flugelhorn on 'Home Sweet Home'.
| A1 | N'Gwode | 11:38 |
| A2 | Keep New York Clean | 7:56 |
| B1 | Mothers Day | 5:39 |
| B2 | Home Sweet Home | 12:57 |
Arranged By, Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards, Harpsichord, Organ, Synthesizer [Arrangements] – Bill Fischer
Art Direction, Design – Ollie Johnson
Artwork [Restoration and additional] – Oleg Galay
Bass Guitar – Wilbur Bascomb
Directed By, Executive-Producer, Liner Notes – William S. Fischer
Drums – Buddy Williams
Engineer – Bob Schwall
Flugelhorn [Solo] – Wynton Marsalis (B2)
Guitar – George Davis
Music By – G. T'Nig
Photography By – Maurice M. Martinez
Piano [Acoustic] – Ben Carter
Producer – John Ekwuyasi
Trombone – Earl McIntyre
Trumpet – Milt Ward
Vocals, Percussion, Kalimba, Congas, Bells [Muted], Producer, Music By – Aleke Kanonu
Art Direction, Design – Ollie Johnson
Artwork [Restoration and additional] – Oleg Galay
Bass Guitar – Wilbur Bascomb
Directed By, Executive-Producer, Liner Notes – William S. Fischer
Drums – Buddy Williams
Engineer – Bob Schwall
Flugelhorn [Solo] – Wynton Marsalis (B2)
Guitar – George Davis
Music By – G. T'Nig
Photography By – Maurice M. Martinez
Piano [Acoustic] – Ben Carter
Producer – John Ekwuyasi
Trombone – Earl McIntyre
Trumpet – Milt Ward
Vocals, Percussion, Kalimba, Congas, Bells [Muted], Producer, Music By – Aleke Kanonu
Barcode – 0710473190381