TRUMPET KING ZEAL ONYIA RETURNS by ZEAL ONYIA
SKU | 109378 |
Artist | ZEAL ONYIA |
Title | TRUMPET KING ZEAL ONYIA RETURNS |
Label | BBE |
Catalog # | BBE 497ALP |
Genre | |
Release | W 27 - 2019 |
Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
€ 21,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Zeal Anata
- Ninata Na Aso Uso
- Eluem Asaba
- Zaelinjo Ninoa (Welcome)"
- Zeal Eze Opi (Trumpet King)
- Egwu Olili
Description
Reissue of his 1975 Igbo-highlife LP.
Zeal is one of the founders of West African highlife in both Ghana and Nigeria, Zeal played Ellington-style swing and dance with Bobby Benson in the 40s, classic highlife with ET Mensah in the 50s and provided stiff competition for Fela Kuti’s first band as a small-jazz combo leader in the early 60s. After studying classical music in Germany for most of the 70s, he returned triumphantly to Lagos in 1979, where he promptly recorded these six memorable tunes with the Tabansi Studio Band!