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Highlife Giants : West African Dance Band Pioneers by John Collins Jr. and John Collins (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Product Description : Blending European and AfricanAmerican styles with traditional African patterns highlife music was the soundtrack of the independence era Its influence still resonates today Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africas music scene from the 1920s onwards It contains interviews with stars including Victor Uwaifo and Ignace De Souza revealing behindthescenes moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with a golden mouthpieceProfessor John Collins is a guitarist harmonica player and percussionist who has worked with musicians including ET Mensah and Fela Kuti He has authored over one hundred journalistic and academic publications