{"id":41370,"date":"2019-10-14T18:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/soul-jazz-records-new-compilation-focuses-on-nigerian-funk-rock-and-disco\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:34:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:34:04","slug":"soul-jazz-records-nigeria-soul-power-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/soul-jazz-records-nigeria-soul-power-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul Jazz Records&#8217; new compilation focuses on Nigerian funk, rock and disco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30890 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"995\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1.jpg 995w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1-759x449.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1-661x391.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1-465x275.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-1-375x222.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Well known british label\u00a0spotlights the fusion between Nigerian music with funk, rock and disco in the 70s on <em>Nigeria Soul Power 70<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p>While for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian rhythms and aesthetics began with Fela Kuti and his afro-beat sound, in fact this can be traced further back to the phenomena of the 1960s Nigerian artists and house bands in nightclubs and hotels who interpreted US soul and pop music with a local flavour and none more so than Geraldo Pino, the \u2018African James Brown\u2019 who features heavily in this collection.\u00a0This strong compilation\u00a0included also\u00a0an hypnotic juju theme by Alhaji Kollington Ayinla and the Afro funk\/boogie standout tune by Tony Grey amongs others artists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FencH4bXZQg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print collectors\u2019 7\u201d RSD box, this fully expanded album release now also includes extra tracks from Sonny Okosuns, Wings, Chief Kollington Ayinla and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nigeria Soul Power 70, <\/em>out october 18th on Soul Jazz Records. Discover below the album art and pre-order it now <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/soul-jazz-records-presents-nigeria-soul-power-70-afro\/1479172882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30830\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigeria-Soul-Power-70-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well known british label\u00a0spotlights the fusion between Nigerian music with funk, rock and disco in the 70s on Nigeria Soul Power 70. 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