Highlife On The Move: The Story Of West African Music Migration 1950-68

Various Artists

Highlife On The Move: The Story Of West African Music Migration 1950-68 – Various Artists
Country:
Ghana, Nigeria
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SNDWLP060
Format:
3 x Vinyl, LP
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Soundway Records collaborates with highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester to compile a collection of early highlife music from Ghana and Nigeria which finds influence in big band jazz, mambo and calypso.

Listen to a few tracks including “Niger Mambo” by Bobby Benson & His Combo.

Tracklist

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