Opafire

Opafire is a Jazz Fusion / World Fusion musical group, originally based in San Francisco, California, best known for their 1991 RCA Records release Opafire, (Catalog #: RCA3084X937), which sold close to one half million units World Wide, the 1992 RCA Records release Without a Trace, as well as the 1994 Higher Octave/EMI release Ricochet Sun, and the 1992 JVC release KKSF 103.7FM Sampler Volume Two, which sold over 400,000 units.

The musical group Opafire was created in 1990 by composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Zachary Norman E.

In 1990, Opafire was signed to a recording contract with RCA Records after Steve Feinstein, the famous & multi music industry publication award winning program director who guided San Francisco's Contemporary Jazz Radio Station KKSF 103.7FM to be one of the leading stations in the NAC / New Adult Contemporary format, began playing Opafire's music, which became some of the most "Listener Requested" songs on KKSF. When RCA Records / BMG Music released the debut album Opafire, it gained International success & heavy rotation radio airplay. The Opafire songs, "Wajumbe", "Kalimbahari", and "Walk Like Rain" reached the #2, #11 & #26 spots on the Gavin Report New Adult Contemporary Most Radio Plays chart and "Top Ten" spots in the R&R Magazine, as well as reaching the charts in Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Taiwan.