Gentleman
- 艺人
- Fela Kuti
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- Creole
- 发行时间
- 1973年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Jack LV Isles
Gentleman is both an Africa 70 and Afro-beat masterpiece. High marks go to the scathing commentary that Fela Anikulapo Kuti lets loose but also to the instrumentation and the overall arrangements, as they prove to be some of the most interesting and innovative of Fela's '70s material. When the great tenor saxophone player Igo Chico left the Africa 70 organization in 1973, Fela Kuti declared he would be the replacement. So in addition to bandleader, soothsayer, and organ player, Fela picked up the horn and learned to play it quite quickly -- even developing a certain personal voice with it. To show off that fact, &Gentleman& gets rolling with a loose improvisatory solo saxophone performance that Tony Allen eventually pats along with before the entire band drops in with classic Afro-beat magnificence. &Gentleman& is also a great example of Fela's directed wit at the post-colonial West African sociopolitical state of affairs. His focus is on the Africans that still had a colonial mentality after the Brits were gone and then parallels that life with his own. He wonders why his fellow Africans would wear so much clothing in the African heat: &I know what to wear but my friend don't know& and also points out that &I am not a gentleman like that!/I be Africa man original.& To support &Gentleman,& the B-side features equally hot jazzy numbers, &Fefe Naa Efe& and &Igbe,& making this an absolute must-have release. [In 2000, MCA released Confusion and Gentleman as a two-fer.]
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