‘Jazz, Jazz, Jazz’ by The Scorpions and Saif Abu Bakr
18 February 2022
I’ve written here before about the flowering of Ethiopian popular music in the 1960s - incorporating Western instruments and influences but retaining the distinctive pentatonic scale and asymmetrical rhythms of the country's traditional music. French record producer Francis Falceto famously rediscovered vintage recordings on reel-to-reel and vinyl and reissued them on CD as the 'Éthiopiques' series (see 'the very best of éthiopiques', reviewed here in November 2007). This week I’ve discovered another strand of brilliant vintage African popular music, from a recommendation in the fascinating Substack newsletter ‘The Signal From David Katznelson’ (subscribe for free at: https://oakiedog.substack.com/). ‘Jazz, Jazz, Jazz’ is an instrumental album by Sudanese band The Scorpions and Saif Abu Bakr. Originally released in 1980, in 2018 it became the ninth instalment of Habibi Funk’s series of Arabic music reissues. The album is a cool collection of jazz, funk, rock and psychedelia with a very laid-back groove. The guitar and saxophone sound reminded me of Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab (reviewed here in June 2017). You can get a flavour of ‘Jazz, Jazz, Jazz’ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o6mHk3QJY
posted by Robin Simpson @ 5:33 pm
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