Osibisa
Osibisa are a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Their music is a fusion of African, Caribbean, jazz, funk, rock, Latin, and R&B. Osibisa were one of the first African-heritage bands to become widely popular and linked with the world music description.
History
In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef, and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei's brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song "Pete Pete." In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat's Paw, an early "world music" band that combined highlife, rock, and soul. In 1969 he persuaded Amarfio and Tontoh to join him in London, and Osibisa was born.
Joining them in the first incarnation were Grenadian Spartacus R (bass); Trinidadian Robert Bailey (keyboard); Antiguan Wendell Richardson (lead guitar); and Nigerians Mike Odumosu and Fred Coker (bass guitar) and Lasisi Amao (percussionist and tenor saxophone). The band spent much of the 1970s touring the world, playing to large audiences in Japan, Australia, India, and Africa. During this time Paul Golly (guitar) and Ghanaians Daku Adams 'Potato' and Kiki Gyan were also members of the band. In 1980 Osibisa performed at a special Zimbabwean independence celebration, and in 1983 were filmed onstage at the Marquee Club in London.
Osibisa (album)
Osibisa is the self-titled debut album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 1971 by MCA. Reissued in 2004 in a two-CD pack together with Woyaya by BGO Records.
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- The Best Of released: 2003
- Jambo released: 2003
- African Dawn African Flight released: 2002
- Very best of Osibisa released: 2000
- OsibiRock released: 2000
- Black Magic Night - Live at Royal Festival Hall (disc 1) released: 1999
- Sunshine Day: The Very Best of Osibisa released: 1999
- Movements released: 1997
- The Ultimate Collection released: 1997
- The Best Of Osibisa released: 1997
- African Flight released: 1995
- Celebration: The Best of Osibisa released: 1994
- Africa We Go Go released: 1992
- The Warrior released: 1992
- Uhuru released: 1992
- Criss Cross Rhythms released: 1991
- Sunshine Day released: 1991
- The Best of Osibisa released: 1991
- Ojah Awake released: 1976
- Welcome Home released: 1975
- Happy Children released: 1973
- Best of Osibisa released: 1972
- Heads released: 1972
- Woyaya released: 1971
- Osibisa released: 1971
- Mystic Energy released:
- Ayiko Bia released:
- Black Magic Night released:
- The Very Best of Osibisa released:
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Adwoa
by: OsibisaWhen I saw you there
I knew while you are here
Baby, tell me, are you for real
Mama, tell me right now
* (Chorus)
Tell me, tell me now
Adwoa woh-oh-oh, adwoa
Sister, hear this
Play your part well
Do you feel it like I do
I said baby, tell me are you still for real
Right now
(* Repeat)
Tall man, short man, fat man, milk man, postman
Tax man, all man ...
(* Repeat)
Want to know, everybody want to know
Old man, young man, black man, pink man
Policeman, insurance man, all man, too
(* Repeat)
It's your brother, talk of problems
Happy feeling, mama hear this
Everything is together
We are going down, right on
(* Repeat)
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