Fela Kuti
- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- highlife, jazz, Afrobeat
- Fans
- 204.1K
Fela Kuti was a Nigerian musician and activist (1938-1997), born in Abeokuta, working between highlife, jazz and afrobeat. Active from 1958, he released his first album in 1965 on EMI.
Next date in Los Angeles: November 15 at The Regent Theater.
Fela Kuti on tour elsewhere in United States
One date announced outside New York:
- Los Angeles The Regent Theater See the date
Upcoming dates
1 upcoming date
Upcoming concerts
Listen & watch
Most-streamed tracks
Fela Kuti’s most-streamed tracks on Deezer. This is not a concert setlist, but a good idea of the songs the audience knows. 30-second previews.
- Water No Get Enemy The Best of The Black President
- Gentleman
- Zombie
- Let's Start (Edit)
- Mr. Follow Follow Zombie
Source: Fela Kuti on Deezer
Profile
- Latest album
- Sorrow Tears and Blood (1977)
- Born
- 1938 · Abeokuta
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active since
- 1958
- Label
- EMI
About — The artist
Fela Kuti, also known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, was a Nigerian singer, saxophonist, bandleader, cryptarch, and politician, born on 15 October 1938 in Abeokuta and who died on 2 August 1997 in Lagos.
Founder of the Kalakuta Republic organisation in Nigeria, he is considered the inventor of Afrobeat, a fusion of African-American music (jazz, funk), West African music (mainly Ghanaian highlife), and traditional music from his home country Nigeria (primarily rhythms from his Yoruba ethnic group).
Source: Wikipédia ↗ (fr)
Discography
- Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos 1965
- The ’69 Los Angeles Sessions 1969
- Afro Beat Live 1969
- Open & Close 1971
- Fela's London Scene 1971
- Why Black Man Dey Suffer 1971
- Na Poi 1971
- Shakara 1972
- Roforofo Fight 1972
- Afrodisiac 1973
- Gentleman 1973
- Alagbon Close 1974
- Confusion 1974
- Everything Scatter 1975
- Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana 1975
- He Miss Road 1975
- Noise for Vendor Mouth 1975
- Expensive Shit 1975
- Kalakuta Show 1976
- Zombie 1976
- Up Side Down 1976
- Excuse O 1976
- No Bread 1976
- Ikoyi Blindness 1976
- Yellow Fever 1976
- Sorrow Tears and Blood 1977
- Fear Not for Man 1977
- Opposite People 1977
- No Agreement 1977
- Stalemate 1977