Power Show

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This tune recorded on 1981, sad date for me since Tony and Fela’s road seperated after gig at Berlin. So in this tune the playing is not Tony however we can see the idea was Tony’s (it can be watched in the video of Africa 70’s performance on the Berlin Jazz festival)

Very rare afrobeat drum pattern that uses back-beat points at the snare. ( hit snare on the beat 2 and 4, not so unfamiliar huh) Even so charactheristic feeling of the afrobeat can be felt by hi-hat usage and so…