Aleke Kanonu
Aleke (LP)
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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, 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’. Until recently you would have had to take out a second mortgage to get hold of Akele. And sold a kidney for the Happiness/Nwanne, Nwanne, Nwanne 12’’ Kanonu released a year later. Thankfully PMG has re-issued the LP and the EP, with the CD version containing both. - Peter Moore
Release notes
Similar to [r8733811] but different artwork. No track durations, recording studios or writing credits listed on the release. ℗ 1980 Aleke Kanonu, © 2016 Presch Media GmbH 2016 mastering at www.soundtempel.com Manufactured and distributed by PMG Made in European Union
| A1 | N'Gwode | ||
| A2 | Keep New York Clean | ||
| B1 | Mothers Day | ||
| B2 | Home Sweet Home |
- Wilbur Bascomb
- Bass
- Ollie Johnson
- Design [Album Design]
- William S. Fischer
- Directed By [Execution And Direction], Sleeve Notes, Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards, Harpsichord, Organ, Synthesizer [Arranger]
- Buddy Williams
- Drums
- Bob Schwall
- Engineer
- Wynton Marsalis
- Flugelhorn, Soloist (B2)
- George Davis
- Guitar
- G. T'Nig
- Music By [Uncredited]
- Maurice M. Martinez
- Photography By
- Ben Carter
- Piano [Acoustic]
- John Ekwuyasi
- Producer [Produced By], Producer [Production]
- Aleke Kanonu
- Producer [Production], Vocals, Percussion, Kalimba, Congas, Bells [Muted], Producer, Music By
- Earl McIntyre
- Trombone
- Milt Ward
- Trumpet
