Tag: Art Stewart

• They dig real deep at We Are Busy Bodies – three highlights: Graham’s General Store, Eboni Band and the Malombo music of Philip Tabane

  We Are Busy Bodies continue their distinctive and enlightening release schedule, with a forthcoming self-titled album Graham’s General Store. The Canadian label drops this sumptuous folk music around October, another direction to their work after recent highlight releases of Ghanian highlife, South African jazz and the must hear Eboni Band reissue. “The songs on Graham’s General…

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  August 15, 2021

  South Africa, USA, West Africa

  Abdoulaye Soumare, Amadou Doukoure, Aretha Franklin, arranger, Art Stewart, bassist, BB King, Bloodstone, Calypso Rose, Castle Lager Jazz Festival, djembes anWest Africa, Dr. Philip Nchipe Tabane, drummer, Eboni Band, Ernie Fields Jr, Fode Drame, Fred Wesley, Funk Brothers, Gabriel “Sonnyboy” Thobejane, Ghanian highlife, Greg Middleton, griot traditions, guitarist, Gun Morgan, James Brown, Lamine Konte, Leon Ware, Malombo music, Mamadou Doumbia, Marlena Shaw, Marvin Gaye, Nolan Smith, Orlando Stadium, Parliament, Philip Tabane, Pretoria, Quentin Dennard, rhythm section, Richard “Wes” Blackman, Rick James, saxophonist, Smokey Robinson, South Africa, South Africa Music Awards, South African jazz, Soweto, Stanley Turrentine, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra, Tenna Marie, The Four Tops, The Whispers, trombonist, trumpeter, We Are Busy Bodies

• Eboni Band and their self-titled album fused Motown sounds and West African flavour, soon to be reissued by We Are Busy Bodies – it features the must-have p-funk-afro anthem ‘Sing A Happy Song…’

  Here’s another choice reissue forthcoming from the Canadian label, We Are Busy Bodies – with this meeting of Motown and West African musicians – on Eboni Band’s self-titled 1980 debut album. It’s the first reissue of the album, featuring musicians such as Fred Wesley, first released more than 40 years ago. This label has hit…

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  April 11, 2021

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  Abdoulaye Soumare, Amadou Doukoure, Aretha Franklin, Art Stewart, bandleader, BB King, Eboni Band, Eboni Records, Ernie Fileds Jnr., Fode Drame, Fred Wesley, Gerald Theus, Gun Morgan, Ivory Coast, James Brown, Lacquer Channel Mastering, Lamine Konte, Leon Ware, Mamadou Doumbia, Marvin Gaye, Motown’s Hitsville Studios, Noah Mintz, Nolan Smith, Quentin Dennard, Rick James, Stevie Wonder, We Are Busy Bodies