Live!

Wow. This was great. It’s way outside of my usual listening and I’ve always given this genre a wide north but I know Fela is a legend so I wasn’t too surprised when I enjoyed the listen as much as I did.

I kind of liked this in a bouncy fun kind of way. Not something I'll put on my re-spin list but interesting enough.

It's upbeat. It's fun. It's long.

Definitely appreciated that it was mix of styles, african drums, a bit of a jazzy flair and even some R&B vibe. The 16 drum solo was pretty unnecessary, but clearly there was a push to put Ginger Baker all over this.

This is one of those albums where I have to decide whether to rate it based off the instrumentation and concept of the album or how much I liked listening to the album. You’d think they’d go hand in hand but for this project anyways I can say that the sound and live performance is fantastic, a great range of instruments that sound so clear you wouldn’t even believe it was a live performance if not for the audience and the conversation breaks in between songs. This album provides a whole host of jazz and funk sounds with some standout moments such as the saxophonist in ‘Ye Ye De Smell’ and Fela Kuti’s vocal performance on ‘Black Man’s Cry’. That being said as an album I found this quite tedious, particularly the last 2 songs which dragged on way too long for me. I can appreciate Ginger Baker’s drum solo on the final track but it’s not something I’d ever throw on to listen to it’s really more of an experience track that would be great to hear live. ‘Egbe Mi O (Carry Me)’ on the other hand I just found to be instrumental quite flat until the last few minutes where the vocals are projected to the front and the pace picks up a bit. It is a bit disappointing to be honest as the opening track gets you excited and ready for the rest of the album but these longer songs really ruin the pace for me when I think this style probably would suit 5-7 minute songs at most. Lastly I wish I could’ve heard Fela’s vocals a bit more throughout as there was definitely enough room for him to have more vocals but they were left empty, it’s a shame especially since he has such passion in his voice. Overall this isn’t a bad album I just think it’s more suited for a live performance more than anything, it was probably just made into an album so people could hear it all over the world and I don’t blame them but as an album it’s not something that I will be returning to.

I like endless, directionless, bouncy improvisation, so this is for me. Ginger Baker’s fogged form on the front is a curio from the days when supergroups stalked the earth. He fits in, to his credit.

Didn’t understand the language

A jam album with a fun groove. Would be way more enjoyable as a live experience but good background music

Beautiful percussion! 3/5

Some fun jams but ultimately nothing more than background music

Bit jazz for my liking, but an easy enough listen.

Wel aardig. Als je dit op straat per ongeluk tegen komt is het wel gaaf. Het album is net afgelopen en ik herinner me vooral de drumsolo van een uurtje of 3 a 4.

Usually not a fan of recorded live music, but this really sounded great. It's kind of one long free form jam session so I don't know how much you would want to repeatedly listen to it. I do like the sounds of the instrumentals, especially the horns, just not so much the drum solos. The production was really nice, you can tell this is created by great musicians. Reading the comments I would like to hear Fela Kuti's other music at it seems even more interesting than this.

Fun as always.

Enjoyed this. Unbelievably tight. Preferred the less funky parts, but when they edge more towards jazz / Afrobeat it really stood out. Will definitely check out more by Fela Kuti, it’s a new name for me but from what I’ve read he’s unbelievably influential.

Enjoyed the jazzy African funk sound of it all. It's something I never would have listened to but I'm glad I have now. It's definitely not boring background music like some other albums in this list but this does work nicely in the background.

This was pretty funky, quite enjoyed it. Not sure I'd listen again though. Also not sure I need a 15 minute drum solo track.

African beats, cool but wouldn’t play for others.

Enjoyed

It wasca goodie

I don’t really like this kinda music but I can appreciate it 3/5

Day 4 Right off the bat, I have to admit that I'm really not a fan of Live performances as an album. Let it be known that this will very likely affect my score on this. Let's Start - 6 Black Man's Cry -7 Ye Ye De Smell - 8 - the keyboard in the background gives this song a unique feel Egbe Mi O - 7 Overall: I think it's a really cool sound. I think all the songs are absolutely way too long but I also recognize that it's a lice show and that's totally acceptable in live shows. 28/40 or 70%

jazz de qualidade, 3/5

Zeker nice nog een keer luisteren

Troll music

funky, nice drum, african, long songs, length inc

Didn’t know listening to drum solos was so good for concentration

Jam for alle pengene, rimelige groovy, lange livenumre, masser af trommesolo

Stunningly medicore

This isn't my cup of tea, but I really appreciated how energetic it was. Definitely an interesting listen. My husband personally loved the instrumentals!

Fun but kind of repetitive at times.

On first listen it will be tough for me to come back to much. Each song is 12 minutes, and although I like some background Jazz - this is a bit too active for me to listen passively and I don’t have enough Jazz knowledge to really appreciate what I’m hearing. I can recognize the talent, but I need some more melody.

Een soort Afrikaanse funk met een uitgebreide percussie- en blazerssectie. Best leuk en energiek, maar ook erg herhaalderig. Gaandeweg ga je toch even spieken wanneer het voorbij is.

The first track gave me The Doors vibe! Love it. Great listen !

Some good groovin'

Another great Kuti live album - while not as raw or memorable as 'Zombie,' the album still wins out on its energetic, improvisational performances and Fela's driving energy as a frontman.

Instrumentals are incredible, but I enjoy songs with lyrics better and these aren’t exactly words. 6/10 instrumentals carried

I enjoyed this, has a fun energy, quality jazz style with some funk, less said about the drum solo the better bur 3 easy.

This is quite fun, but too meandering to get a really high score. Can just about scrape a 3, would probably have been a comfortable 3 without the SIXTEEN MINUTE drum solo track at the end. Fun sound, strays into the overly experimental at times but not too often. Probably won't listen again, but glad I listened once!

Pas mal! Un peu longuet mais ça s'écoute bien!

Cool to experience but lacks a bit of range and scope, the jams sound too similar and simple.

Standard World Music 3 Star Rating

Rambles all over melodically, tolerable but uncentered.

This was pretty cool. Was not familiar with this bandleader.

Really fun

Nicht ganz mein Geschmack. Mag aber den bluesigen Vibe

Wilde afrikanische Musik, ganz nice aber nichts für jeden tag

I liked it a lot but the songs were really really long

Quite nice. I probably need to listen to it more to get the hang of all these rhythms and arragements. Fela Kuti is still blind spot for me, as is much of music from the African continent. Maybe someone should write a similar 1001 albums book about music from other continents--one for Africa, one for Asia, and one for South America, that you could add to Dimery's book, mostly about music from the "western world". And then you'd keep the 250 best records from each book to give a global version of it. That would yield quite a surprising mix, wouldn't it? Number of albums left to review: less than 800. Number of albums I'll keep on my own list: half so far. Number of albums I might keep: a quarter (including this one). Number of albums I won't keep: another quarter.

I get the influence and the rhythmic elements are great. It was a passively enjoyable listen.

Great musically, but wasn’t my thing. Could be great on vinyl as a dinner album. All round wasn’t too invested

Lots of good instrumental sections that slightly overstay their welcome. Not a lot of lyrical parts on any of the tracks, but I don't think that's the point. Overall pretty good but not a genera of music I typically enjoy so that brings down my rating.

Una jam session afrobeat è un album sicuramente "di nicchia", specialmente per i 16 minuti di assolo di batteria dell'ultimo brano. Se escludiamo quest'ultimo però, il resto dell'album è molto piacevole.

Didn't listen all the way through, interesting but not my jam yet.

Great background jam when cleaning the house. 3.5/5

Improvising live music in 10,000 times harder than meticulously practicing a piece. Unfortunately, it doesn't always turn out to be 10,000 times more impressive. I have a lot of respect for this album. I think I would appreciate it more if I was more familiar with Kuti's work. And I don't quite get why Ginger Baker is here.

Groooooovy

Funky jam band. Could definitely have a beer on the back porch while listening to this.

This is a fun and funky album but I find the music very repetitive and chaotic. 3 stars.

SOUL! Straight off the bat - this hits good - I wanted to get up and start grooving. One thing that spoils it is the final Ginger Baker drum solo. He's not really that good.

3/5 Fun live album, but drew on pretty long. Jams were nice but didn't seem to really go anywhere.

This album was really unique! I am not typically big on jazz (this is not news to anyone who has read my reviews at this point), but the afrobeat sounds really caught my attention. This is a short album that spans over an hour of time. The music is full of passion and feels like it could go on forever (in a good way). Ginger Baker's work is also outstanding on this album. It sounded like he really took the time to understand the culture and its music in order to perform this!

Reminded me of the old Mondays, when I'd do some light training in the morning, have a nutritious lunch and then get covered head to toe in the jizz of the entire Chelsea first team and backroom staff. What a life it was.

Top fella Feli.

I get it. I appreciate it for what it is. It’s not my cup of tea.

I really liked the drums. Wasn't awful.

good for its genre. Not my preferred genre overall.

Thank you to the person who wrote the review about 28 star for this album-one for every wife. Sent me on a very enjoyable Wikipedia rabbit hole.

Enjoyed the energy for sure.

The last song was missing from Spotify but this was totally acceptable funk. Not much else to add

Never been much of a jazz fan but it was a pleasant enough listen. Few tracks but they're very long. Maybe too long.

Very engaging and strangely soothing collection of live tracks.

Overall 5/10 Egbe Mio 6/10

Much funkier than I expected, quite a lot of fun. The 20 minute drum battle isn't really what you need

If you love drums, you'll love this album. If you are on a bike ride, you'll appreciate someone keeping an upbeat, rhythmic pace. It'll keep you going. If you are completely against drum circles, you'll hate this album.

Oh, este afrojazz me gusta, tiene mucha onda.

Good foundational Afrobeats jazz.

I enjoyed listening to this. It would have been something to be at this concert.

Expecting to thoroughly enjoy this, but it was a little more freeform that I was anticipating. Still enjoyable. Amazing musicians and would likely be more enjoyable listening to it in a different setting.

My friend said Fela Kuti is funny name

Good fun live afrobeat. I do love a drum solo. Black Man's Cry is a great track also, and the sing along in Egbe Mu O (Carry Me)

Less of an afro-beat flavour than some of his other work

Legendary performance.

You definitely need to be in the right mood for Fela. You could probably say the same about most music. This is good, and I will listen to more of Fela Kuti's music, I promise

Like a James Brown, similar music. I like it.

Afro jazz, great buzz going on

Great energy and rhythm and hard to imagine this is live too. Seems a bit cobbled together at the end with Ginger Baker seemingly adding credibility to the whole affair when it stands on it's own merits. Just falls short because of this in my view. Leaves me wanting something else but definitely worth listening to.

With Ginger Baker Live! is basically quite good but no AYMHBD. (5/10) FT: Black Man's Cry

So far what I've learned from this site is that anything Kuta is normally fire.

Funky jamz. Goes on a bit though.

Pretty solid album. Definitely enjoyable. Freewheeling and structured jazz at the same time. Really enjoyed this sound but I can't say I'd listen to every track again. Fave tracks: Let's Start and Black Man's Cry. Would give this album 4 stars if I loved all the tracks this much, but knocking off a star for the second half of the album which was less interesting imo.

Long drum solos really aren't my thing!

Long form songs that don't work isolated, but good. Standout tracks Black Man's Cry Ye Ye De Smell

3/5

7/10 Best Song - Ye Ye De Smell

I liked this, but was probably a one time listen.

The songs were initially pretty fun to listen to but were too long and unfocused, losing my interest.

A whole lot of funk! Easy to listen to as background music and some good jams.

This was fun! Great music to work to as it’s upbeat with a nice variation in instrumentation.

I actually didn't mind this nearly as much as I thought I would. Partially because I listen while I'm working, this had some nice rhythm and sound for just having on while working, without distracting lyrics that pulled my attention away from work. I wouldn't choose to listen to something like this, but it was fine as sound in the background. I think it would be worse if my sole attention was on it and I was actively listening, because it's not really my style.

Good African jazz

Great rhythm. I like the vibe of this a lot, but it's not something I would return to--just not quite enough meat.

8th March 2022 Listened in the morning while putting together the weekly briefing. Watched Liverpool Inter in the evening. 0-1. Remember this from watching beware of mr baker. Funky and primal.

I liked it, but I did not fell off my chair. I will certainly try more of Fela Kuti's material

Just knew the artist by name, really impressive performance. This Live definitively fit in this List.

I don't think this is the best place to start exploring Fela Kuti. It is a peculiar live performance but it is not a prime example of the artist.

Fun!

Good beats and a strong energy, but that's about all there is to be said. Glad I listened to it, but I probably won't ever listen again.

5 tracks spanning an hour is a big ask for my millennial attention span. Can't doubt the technical proficiency on show (I didn't hear a bum note or missed beat, despite there being many notes and many, many beats), but all that jamming over the same basic grooves gets a bit tiresome. Enjoyed it as background music though. It's another 2.5, but as a drummer myself I'll pay respect to two giants of the drumming world and round up.

Entretenido y hasta ahí. Como presentación en vivo en su momento debió ser muy divertida, pero como grabación de algo en vivo (que además se parece a lo que ya nos habían puesto de él mismo) se queda en un dato curioso y ya: El baterista de Cream fue a África a grabar.

Some absolutely smokin' jazz. Prior to this my only real exposure to afrobeat was through Talking Heads, and listening to the real deal helps me appreciate Remain In Light more, and having heard RIL helps me appreciate this more. The grooves are immaculate and never let down the entire way through. Favorite Tracks: "Let's Start", "Black Man's Cry"

Interessante, diferente, mas não encantou.

Again, not what I usually listen to, but I did kinda like it. I don't think I'll be coming back to this one as none of the tracks really jumped out at me. It was worth a listen though!

I liked it but won't listen again. Only drum solos I can listen too are by Neil Peart

Always enjoy hearing a bit of top quality Afro-beat, especially from Fela Kuti and Tony Allen.

Pretty interesting. At least it was something I hadn't heard before. World / Jazz / Soul genres. I did skip the final track which appeared to be a never ending drum solo

Didn’t get to listen to the entire album but what I heard was enjoyable. Not sure I’d seek it out though.

Tony Allen pog

Great instrumentals.

aussergewöhnlich, coole stimmung. wär live sicher a gaude

Good rhythms, interesting Afro jazz

African, Latin, jazzy, simultaneously raw but polished. Relatively long tracks with enough variety to keep it interesting.

Particolare, di sicuro distante da quello che ascolto, ma i suoni non sono così esotici. Certo sono sessioni molto prolungate e quindi non classiche "canzoni". Sono sicuro che richieda un mood particolare, una strumentazione adeguata e magari anche un'occasione particolare per essere apprezzato a pieno. Detto ciò è comunque interessante.

Nice. quite enjoyable

Good stuff! 3 stars.

Great drumming by Baker. Pretty good album that is essentially a jam session.

Jazzy, funky. Strong 3, honestly closer to 3.5.

I liked it for the most part but it was mostly a one-trick poney kind of deal for me. All of the songs were very similar to each other in my opinion. It was also a live performance which I tend to dislike as I don't want to hear the crowd. However you could only hear them when applauding at the end so it wasn't too distracting. Overall it was enjoyable but not my favorite. 5/10

Nie spodziewalem sie drugiego objawienia nigeryjskiego ksiecia na liscie, a tu jednak kontratakuje z zywym albumikiem z roku 71, wiec tak jak poprzedni album jest to afrobeat, ale brzmi on o wiele bardziej nieoszlifowanie, pewnie przez to ze live material, a afryka i lata 70, to nie jest czas i miejsce dla jakosciowych nagran, pan Kuti gra z trzynastoosobowa banda, prawie cala czarna, bo tym pewnie jest pan Ginger Baker z Creamu, juz zdisbandowanego, album ten zostal nagrany przy okazji nagrywania dokumentu o podrozy Bakera po afryce w poszukiwaniu afrykanskich rytmow drumowych, bo jednak afryka drumem stoi, co zdecydowanie slychac na tej plycie, nie tylko za sprawa ostatniego traka, ktory jest doslownie drumowym duelem Bakera z Tonym Allenem, lacznie piec kawalkow zamykajacych sie w godzinie z minuta, calosc brzmi podobnie do poprzedniego materialu od pana Feli, ale jako zywy jazzowy material, to wokale sa potraktowane po macoszemu, a jedynym glosem nagrania jest sam pan Kuti, wiec brakuje tych typowych dla afrobeatu chorkow, poza koncowka egbe mi o, gdzie mozna uslyszec mocno zoverdubowane wokale, nie ma tez konceptu, bo jest to zwyczajne nagranie wystepu barowego, chociaz bardzo spokojna publicznosc, taka az niezbyt czarna, jedynie brawa i lekkie krzyki na zakonczenie trakow, ale w trakcie cisza, albo to zasluga magii produkcji, bo pewnie musialo byc cos doprodukowane, no i z liryki czlowiek tez sie nic nie dowie, bo jedynie intra czy outra sa po angielsku natomiast same wokale podczas trakow, to murzynski, z regionow nigerii, na plejke leci drugi traczek black mans cry, ktory najbardziej jest zbalansowany i jego 11 minut daje dobry priwju na cala plyte

I think you had to be there.

Enjoyable, but not super catchy and very long songs. Ginger Baker was a hell of a drummer, and so versatile!

Very interesting jazz, a fun look at some jazz from different cultural backgrounds

Great Jazz playing!

The drum solo ruined it, wouldve maybe been a 4

A decent album but it is instrumental and I only heard it halfway. Maybe have to give it a try again.

Some cool afrobeat rhythms, with a feelgood, erm, feel.

Ok, but not really for me. Cool? Sure. Do I need a 16-minute drum solo? Probably not.

I really like Fela Kuti, but this is mostly really long jam tracks with Ginger Baker hammering on the drums. I appreciate the significance, but trying to listen to it wasn't great.

Vibes

23. Fela with Ginger Baker Love. Fela Kuti 5 tracks. Never heard of this bloke but this was decent. Jazzed up funk meets big band? I had it low in background but turned it up because I was enjoying it. Would accompany a remake of Starsky & Hutch is the best I've got. 3/5

Not bad to have on in the background

Jazz is niet zo mijn ding, maar dit zijn prima muzikanten en hun muziek is heel goed te luisteren. Zitten wel leuke deuntjes bij, dus voor mij een prima optreden. ***

Interesting...

Pretty fun album. 0RS

pretty funky

nice cheerful music to make you move

This album being in the book is a bit surprising, not to say it’s bad or anything, but it just feels a bit too novel to be in there. It’s basically the standard Fela Kuti affair but with Ginger Baker taking up some drum duties on the album. It’s a cool thing meeting another cool thing to make a cool thing.

4 stars for the music -1 star for Ginger Baker’s hatred of John Bonham.

Organ rock! African drums! Great rhythm!

Good

Is it coincidence that two great communication artists named Fela / Fella were born in 1938 and only one is still living? Ed Fella, the designer of 'Fella Parts' and Fela Kuti, the musician, both pretty amazing guys, but only one is still living. Graphic designers live forever, they are notoriously boring people that think they know everything. Generally, they sit high atop a velvet throne and pass judgement from a distance without getting their hands dirty. Real musicians, like Fela are in the mix, they ARE the dirt that makes the world spin, that evoke and create change from within. I enjoyed this album and felt like I was in the room, at the rally in the protest. I got lost in Fela with Ginger Baker Live! while toiling away on the PeTA poster I've been working on, meat is murder by the way. The jamming of this album had me bobbin' my head back-and-forth for hours and when Adobe crashed I started lookin' for a joint and a dashiki while my machine restarted. Fela, also an activist against corruption and inequality in Nigeria was a force for change. Through his music he brought people together and was arrested, jailed and beaten. Speaking of eaten, please don't eat my friends, by the way. Ed Fella will celebrate his 83rd birthday while Fela Kuti didn't live to see 60. Musicians cause real change and die young. Beets not meats, by the way.

No es mi estilo, aunque reconozco el virtuosismo.

I may not love Nitin Sawhney or Gary Numan, but I can’t deny how much I’m learning about music, history, and much more through this experiment. As for Fela Kuti, I can attest that jam not only goes great on toast, but also on stage. I’m glad to see a variety of genres, styles, and countries represented on the list, and Kuti’s a great example of that. He created Afrobeat - a fusion of funk, jazz, psychedelic rock, and traditional Nigerian music. On the other hand, Kuti also described polygamy as logical and convenient: "A man goes for many women in the first place. Like in Europe, when a man is married when the wife is sleeping, he goes out and sleeps around. He should bring the women in the house, man, to live with him, and stop running around the streets!" He also may or may not have died of AIDS, but he was an AIDD denialist so his family rejects that story. And I couldn’t find any info about the end result of murder charges brought by the Nigerian government late in his life. (The government had multiple times jailed or attacked him for political reasons.) An activist who had a transformative impact on music and his country, but a complicated story.

Nice alright live album just not really my type of music 3/5

I've heard several tracks with Ginger Baker in Cream, but I'm not sure how much I've heard from Fela Kuti other than his name. I've never listened to a full album from either artist. There was an enjoyable funk to each track. "Ye Ye De Smell" was the one (out of four tracks) that I enjoyed the most on first listen. I'm not sure this album is calling me back to a second listen any time soon, but I was happy to listen to the music the first time through.

Not my thing, but I listened to it all the way through. Too "out jazzy for me, but I liked the ethnic influence

Great drumming and music jams, sadly there's not much here to show other than musicianship. The history behind this collaboration is where the real interest lies.

Excellent musicianship with some nice numbers. Gets a bit samey after a while though.

Vintage Kuti.

As with the last Fela Kuti album, this had some good funky moments but ultimately becomes a bit repetitive after a while. Saying that though, I did enjoy this one more and I've always got time for some live call and response. Best track: Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want to Die)

meh

Something new for me. Good listening experience for one time, but not something I'll actively listen to more of. Not so good for background during work, a bit distracting.

Not as good as "Zombie" but still very enjoyable. Not sure the addition of Ginger Baker does much and the "drum off' at the end adds little for me.

Ok stuff, goe voor op achtergrond tijdens ontwikkelen

Pure joy in music form. But even I would have cut the drum solo from the record

Funky, primal.

Brilliant musicianship, nothing bad to say - just not my thing

Enjoyable and I vibed along whilst doing some work. Not something I'd have usually experienced with this platform so cheers 1001albums. Wish I had more to add but I'm so far behind on these!

First off, emphasizing Ginger Baker in the credits here is a pure PR move. This is Fela Ransome-Kuti's record all the way. On this live recording, Fela and his band are in great form, debuting Fela's fusion of James Brown style funk and traditional Nigerian highlife. This fusion is probably why Western critics fetishize Fela and his drummer Tony Allen because it makes the music more accessible. I dig it too, up to a point, but Fela extends the tunes right up to their breaking point, given the abilities of his soloists. While the members of Fela's band are all groove monsters, and Fela himself is a capable singer, none of them can solo for shit. Why did Fela do this? He was making music for audiences to dance to and lose themselves in, not to actually listen to. Commercially, this was a canny move--artistically, not so much. Fortunately, on Live!, this propensity isn't fatal, the way it would be on later records in which tunes would take up an entire album side! As such, Live! is a decent entry point for folks interested in African music, so long as they also like James Brown. If not, there are better entry points for those interested in African music, like the Indestructible Beat of Soweto or Nigeria 70 compilations.

Fun listen. Not a style I’m likely to put on again any time soon, but still a good time.

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Lots of groove to... groove to!

Hyvää menoa! Ihan muutaman kerran kuunnellut aiemmin, mää tykkäään. Lopun rumpusoolo vähän liikaa. 3.5/5

TOETERS!!!!

Ik was hier benieuwd naar want ik houd van toeters en trommels. Maar het viel me een beetje tegen; ik kon z'n gezang niet zo goed hebben.

Kovaa jamittelua ja eksoottista tunnelmaa. Livelevyt ei mun mielestä kuitenkaan yleensä oikein toimi. Tässäkin ollut varmasti kova meno paikan päällä ja osa siitä välittyy myös levyllä.

La primera mitad es apabullante, pero en la segunda me cansó bastante. Ya es más de lo que esperaba, conociéndome.

The 5th (out of 5 songs) is unavailable on Spotify (mac version). I mean, it's okay. Jamming!

It was fun but to be honest i'd got a bit bored my the midpoint of the album

Indulgent, especially the drum solo, but worth a listen

Pues con muuucho ritmo. Otro disco para volver revisitar.

Having Tony Allen and Ginger Baker on the same stage is a big deal. The songs are quite punchy and I like the sax and piano solos. What’s missing for me is that two of my favourite Fela things - the call and response vocals with his female background singers, and the pidgin English vocals about corrupt government and military officials - are absent.

Afrobeat. Agradable.

This must have been an absolutely electrifying live concert. So much energy!

Jazz afro

A little jammy for my taste but another album I was able to put on and kind of just nod along to while TCB. I could see me listening to this on car rides. 3.5

Take's me back to the dance nights at Danny's when everything would shift from funky bits to world music and I'd get bored.

Good jazz, dance, rhythm and brass section. Almost avoided because Ginger Baker is a douche, but glad I gave a listen. Will look into more Fela.

This was wild.

These are some fun tunes

Right now, I'm listening to 'Fela With Ginger Baker Live!' by Fela Kuti released in 2009. It seems like this was made in the 70s from the way the music sounds and the cover of the album. Yes, the album on Spotify is listed as coming out in1971 - must have been re-released. It's an interesting album, and it's a big and loud and brash album for sure. It's listed as international, and one of the early album and artists to bring Afro-beat to the world. It's a breath of fresh air, it certainly doesn't sound like music I would typically listen to. I do enjoy world, and specifically African music - so this is a really nice treat. I will have to start digging into Fela Kuti's later albums in the 1970s - that brought this music to the forefront.

nice afro beat

Always down for some Fela Kuti. Discovered that Ginger Baker's passing in 2019 snuck past me.

Pretty cool, need to listen to more Fela

Goes on a bit

Interesting to say the least

Good to great. The 16-minute drum solo track at the end is unnecessary, but the rest is some very good afro jazz funk. I liked tracks 1 & 3 the best. Maybe a little too directionless compared to his studio offerings.

fela kuti's great but this album felt like a drag

I’m really not a huge fan of 10 minute songs

Cool!

4/10

Wanted it to end about 2 minutes into the 16 minute drum solo song.

Live albums have always been a struggle for me and this wasn't easy.

The drumming is good. Not a fan of the singing.

I appreciate song quality over musicianship. I’d rather listen to a good song played by lousy musicians with poor production value over great musicians showing off their skills in an. unforgettable song. This one has a little of both. The skeleton of the songs and the attitude is in place, but God, am I bored listening to endless songs! Also, drum solos might be my least favourite thing to listen to

interesante

Didn't understand most of it but I kind of knew what he was singing about because of the intros he did at the start. None of the songs except Black Man's Cry really stood out to me.

Okay live album. Ginger Baker was definitely rolling on something, but the environment sounded fun. Would be great to see this act in person but just doesn't work as an album

fun, but drum solos get boring

2/5 a lot of talking which i dont really like in music, other than that it was alright, with some nice parts aswell 3/1001

Eh, OK. Not my favorite by Kuti.

Actually cool! Sounds like a fun time. I like the rhythms. Nice. Long one, probably wouldn't listen often. Maybe one more time in life.

Not really interesting for me. Songs were very long, and very repetitive. The jazz / afro-beat combination was interesting, but I was having trouble keeping attention.

Muy largos los temas, pero en general el estilo muy bueno

Not really for me

1. ztart - 2 2. cry - 1 3. zmell - 2 4. egbe - 2 5. ginger - 1

I have enjoyed the two other Fela albums the generator has suggested for me so far, and I enjoy Ginger Baker from Cream, so I was looking forward to this. Unfortunately it is a bit of a let down. Maybe because this is the second non-English language live album I've had in a row, i just wasn't in the mood? Anyways. These songs are just a bit too fat for me. By at least two minutes each. When something interesting is happening they're great, but the band just vamps way too long without anything happening. And don't get me started on a 16 minute drum solo. I'm a drummer! That should be my jam! But - it's just boring as hell. Sorry, Fela. TWO STARS

está bueno para escuchar de fondo, no destacó ninguna canción la verdad

Very interesting music genre, would have to listen to more to get used to it though. That’s why this site is good tho.

I feel the same way about this album as I did "At Fillmore East" by The Allman Brothers Band; imagine being in the audience and having to sit through this setlist, and not pry your ears off your head. Every song sounded the same - there's only so much boogie I can take!

last track reminds me of caravan from whiplash

ik snap de hype, maar drum solos zijn niet mijn ding en het is gewoon net niet mijn muziek

When the lyrics are in a language I don't speak, the music has to carry all of the weight of this album. And the music is pretty cool. It's loud and bright and exciting...for a while. It's bound to get a little repetitive when the album runtime is one hour, and there's only 5 tracks. The songs stretch their legs, but sometimes, even interesting hooks lose their excitement when they come back around for the 4th and 5th times.

- Yeah, I'm just not really into it... I'm not a fan of jazz or songs that go on forever, so this is definitely not for me. I find it all so repetitive and meandering, and I prefer melodic. The songs feel cluttered to me, and I can't get lost in that. - That all said, the beats are fun and funky, and the musicians are all talented. - I didn't enjoy the vocals, either - I don't really like scatting, and maybe it's just because I don't speak the language and he was saying something interesting that I didn't understand, but it seemed more like random vocalizations than lyrics, and his voice wasn't interesting or beautiful enough to just want to hear it for its own sake - it was on the shouty and strained side. - I definitely prefer Zombie to this album - I like its political tone, so it sustains my interest more. On this one, I just mostly tuned it out as much as I could, but I also found it kind of annoying in the background because it's manic. - Also, no thanks on listening to crowd participation. - The bonus (16 min, ugh) drum solo track probably would have been fun in, like, a drum circle around a fire and/or on hallucinogens, but again, it's not something I like to listen to in daily life. - Also, I just learned dude is a misogynist, so yeah, I won't be listening to his music.

Afrobeat built from hypnotic polyrhythms, interlocking guitars, vibrant horn sections, and commanding call-and-response vocals feels like stepping into a celebration that never seems to run out of energy—mesmerizing at first, but for me eventually too repetitive to stay captivating. The grooves are undeniably infectious, yet their extended repetition left me admiring the musicianship more than enjoying the full experience.

3/10

Gostei principalmente do começo, depois tem algumas sessões intermináveis de solos de baterias que me cansaram um pouco. É interessante ouvir um pouco de música que vc não é muito acostumado, como africana, um jazz puxado para o continente africano, porém me cansou um pouco. Mas não deixa de ser um belo disco

Cool vibe in general but ultimately just long samey songs. 2.5 rounded down.

Nah

OK, bit jazzy for me

Funk from Nigeria with GInger Baker. A tad exhausting for my taste, not a big fan of the vocals.

It was okay, but I still don't like live albums. This one was better because it was live in studio instead of live on stage.

Wasn't bad

Not a fan

Boring, every song sounded the same

Technically proficient is one thing, but as a listening experience it's just too much for someone with no prior knowledge of the players or their backgrounds.

Purely a vibe album, def background music.

Afrikanske rytmer er ikke ikke min - med mindre det er når Talking Heads baserer deres musik på det :) Men der er det jo blandet med en masse andet, og det er det, der fungerer for dem. Når det står alene, som her, så bliver det kedeligt. (Semi-)instrumental musik, der lyder godt, men man skulle nok have været der. På 'Egbe Mi O (Carry Me)' begyndes en spontan Mas Que Nada-agtig fællessang med ... ja, med hvem? Gæster i studiet, som også udgør publikum? Det er ikke noget for mig. Og det er 16 minutters drum off slet ikke. Det vil jeg ikke byde nogen, og det trækker ret meget ned. 1.9

Impro nose

Parecen puros solos de bataca

Lo único bueno era que el vivo estaba muy bien, pero las canciones no eran de mi estilo, todas de 10 minutos y con muchos solos de bateria. Sería una especie de 2,5.

Not my cup of tea!

I can respect the art but personally, it’s too funky for me.

Canciones muy largas, ritmo repetitivo, por ratos se disfruta la onda, pero es aburrido en general.

Better than expected.

If I was there watching this live, I would be about 85% more into it. So much riffing and jazz-y stuff that had me slightly bored listening in the car.

Definitivamente es un álbum para colocar de fondo, ya que es totalmente instrumental. Esperaba mas debido al lugar que fue grabado y los artistas en cuestión. Creo que no lo volvería a poner a no ser que sea para estudiar.

Leider nicht meins.

Ni pincha ni corta, promedio y las canciones son muy largas. Hay mejores

Para musiquita de fondo o tipo tiny desk esta ok, pero medio monotono

Sonido muy bueno. Canciones MUY largas, guarde dos. Si tengo ganas de escuchar un álbum entero no lo eligiria.

Started off strong for me and by the end I just found it noisy and grating.

There are times when I wish I had a more diverse music taste but I just didn't really enjoy this... I hate to say it but these 10 minute + songs felt somewhat tedious and there are just so many other things I would prefer to be listening to. By no means bad just not my thing.

Джаз этот тот самый жанр, который к моему сожалению мне не совсем нравится. Звучание неплохое, да и голос Фела Кути мне показался завораживающим. Но нет, совсем не мой жанр, поэтому ставлю 2 звезды.

not really my style

Interesting stuff. I enjoy world music except the vocals tend to throw me off, and this is no different.

I do not enjoy these live albums, this one is no exception

Impressive horns. Not my genre but good music.

1: Ye Ye De Smell 2: Black Man’s Cry 3: Lets Start

Appreciate the cultural impact but the 16 min drum solo was not for me

Nice beats. Felt like New Orleans again. 16 minute Drum solos are not my thing.

I’m always a bit confused about how to assess live albums next to studio albums since they seem like fundamentally different projects. This album gives me a faint second-hand sense of what it would have been like to be present for an exciting live experience but doesn’t do much for me as an album.

heehee

alright, not really my thing

Elevator music? Energetic jazz? Mixed emotions

Fela With Ginger Baker Live! - Fela Kuti Let’s start - 6/10 Black Man’s Cry - 5/10 Ye Ye De Smell 6/10 Egbe Mi O 6/10 Ginger Baker & Tony Allen Drum Solo - 5/10 ФИНАЛНА ОЦЕНА: 5.6 Није мој фазон, превише монотоно али је на моменте звучало океј.

I like Fela Kuti 2

For meget jamsession, selvom rytmerne er gode.

I'm all for some y'alla habibi but this gets quite repetitive at times.

Ok

Not my style of music.

Fella Kuti. The magical world I can create with the simplest of changes to text. An extra "L" takes a run of the mill jazzy beatnik, and turns him into a guy named fella. And besides a fella named guy, I don't know anything that could be more radical than that. This album contains some reasonable jazz rippage, but it's too often interrupted by grunting, and rote crowd-pleasing rhythms. If not crowd pleasing, then certainly plodding. For the record, I like crowd-displeasing music. The type of music that causes nightclubs to shut down. Overturned velvet rope stands, unsold Moscow Mules and perhaps actual mules slowly chewing on flyers for the unattended "Ladies Night." If it can be enjoyed by a swath of people, or performatively winced through by a white guy living in an overpriced apartment in an "up-and-coming" neighbourhood, count this humble reviewer, out. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: The closing drums

Some good moments in this album but it's just too repetitive for me.

This was a strange one to listen to. The songs felt a little dragged out and too long. I've got nothing wrong with longer songs as a lot of the music I've heard does this, but it has to be done right. This felt way too repetitive in parts and I couldn't really vibe with a lot of it. Ginger Baker is obviously an amazing drummer but a 16 minute drum solo to end is another example of dragging something out. I'll give 2 stars because there were a couple of interesting parts throughout.

Funky coolness!

Some great instrumental work but also some annoying vocals and far too many overbearing long boring drum solos.

Just not clicking with this like I hoped to

Nice sounds, some chill afro type rhythmns but didn't stand out to me much as anything special. Almost 3 stars but simply not something I would go back to.

Not for me

It’s Fela. I like the non-live ones more

canciones larguisimas wow

Repetitive, nothing really that special. Why is this album on this list?

1h1m 5 songs 3/10 Not my style Wasn’t bad but I wouldn’t choose it A lot of saxophones and stuff

Meh

I like it but its just not my style, definitely if it werent as upbeat id love it!

Już jako młokos, najbardziej lubiłem...

chill. tribal. drums. beat.

eh

Great musical wise but not for me. Found the solos a bit boring but loved the vocals. Not for me!

nicht so meins

sounds good

This was going to be a solid 3 star for me, an enjoyable funk/soul live show. It went a bit downhill when they started the 10+ minute drum solo on the final track. Maybe it's because I'm not a drummer, but anything longer than a minute or two and it's a "you had to be there" kind of thing.

Как говорится, уважаем творчество, но слушать это... уж извините.

Acid jazz, partially in another language, and a freaking vibe. Not a huge fan, but I really see the appeal.

I think some has a bias for Afro-pop-jazz-fusion.

decent, goes on too long, but a pleasant sound that I wouldn't have listened to otherwise other than featuring Ginger Baker. 2.5

I just don't like jazz.

I was hoping to like this, but it was annoying as hell while I was working on something stressful.

First African album, I think, and it had to be one with a Brit on it. First couple of tracks are OK. Bit too jazz.

As much as I enjoyed Zombie, 4 stars, I didn’t really like this one. Too many times it faded into background music. Quite disappointed.