September 30, 2010

Pee Wee Ellis & The Mahotella Queens live at Music Hall, Worpswede 2010

Pee Wee Ellis, tenor saxophone, vocals
Fred Ross - vocals
Ty - rap
Raymond Doumbe - Bass

Tony Remy - Guitar
Peter Madsen - Keys
Mamadou Sarr - Percussion

Guido May - Drums

James Morton - Alto Sax

Josh Arcoleo - Sax
Guests: The Mahotella Queens
Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola, vocals

recorded live at Music Hall, Worpswede, May 15, 2010

1. Soul Pride (James Brown)
2. No Discrimination (Tony Allen)
3. The Chicken (Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis)
4. Din Don Dan (Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Cheikh Lô, Guido May)
5. I Got The Feeling (James Brown)
6. Umuntu (Simon Nkabinde)
7. Please, please, please (James Brown, Johnny Terry)
8. Make It Funky (James Brown)
9. Pass The Peas (James Brown)
10. Cold Sweat (James Brown, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis)
11. Say It Loud, I’m Black And Proud (James Brown)
12. I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown)

Pee Wee Ellis and a host of African superstars are
 bringing music full circle with an innovative project called Still Black, Still Proud.
Pee Wee Ellis has been described as "The Man Who Invented Funk" for
 his work with James Brown, bringing R&B into the era of Funk, starting
 with Pee Wee's seminal 1967 song, Cold Sweat – arguably the first pure
 modern Funk song – and 25 more James Brown hits. It started a revolution in music.
Funk was the renewal of the African in African-American music, making
J ames Brown's music immensely popular, deeply felt and vastly
 influential in Africa.
So it only makes sense that Africa now comes to James Brown, with a host of African stars joining with Pee Wee Ellis in a rhythm-fueled tribute 
to the worldwide circle that Funk has become.

3 comments:

bogard said...

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heeren said...

very interesting afro-american fusion. Taking the funk back to the roots

Mr.Pc said...

hi
i share jazz albums and notes in my blog.
if you could give a link to my blog, i would be glad.
thanks