Alhaji (Chief) Sikiru Ayinde Barrister & His Supreme Fuji Commanders
E Ku Odun
Silky Oluyole Records (Nigeria) 1983
SKOLP 020 (LP) w/original inner sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, wear on corner.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise.)
One of the key early works by Alhaji (Chief) Sikiru Ayinde Barrister And His Supreme Fuji Commanders, the large ensemble led by Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, one of the defining figures of Yoruba-language music in Nigeria, who had been prolifically releasing recordings under various names since the 1960s. Issued in 1983, this album stands as an important formative statement of Fuji, the style Barrister helped shape and establish by expanding the chant traditions of Ramadan in Muslim communities, Yoruba oral poetry, praise singing, and percussion ensemble music into a powerful form of urban popular music, much like the following year’s masterpiece Nigeria. The sticky, rolling talking drum grooves, together with Barrister’s richly inflected vocal delivery and the superb call-and-response chorus work, are simply magnificent.
A1: E Ku Odun
B2: Alhaji Chief M.K.O. Abiola