Comments on: Horn chops from the Gulf of Guinea http://bennloxo.com/archives/2006/01/05/horn-chops-from-the-gulf-of-guinea/ One hand can't clap: world music for the masses Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:24:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: DJ Earball http://bennloxo.com/archives/2006/01/05/horn-chops-from-the-gulf-of-guinea/comment-page-1/#comment-12611 DJ Earball Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:52:36 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/?p=195#comment-12611 Ditto on the praise for Gangbe - I caught them live in Seattle in 2005, and they rocked the usually stiff Triple Door crowd. It didn't hurt that there was an African guy in the front of the audience instructing the well-heeled patrions how to spray the musicians with money, as well as a few daring ladies who went onstage to dance. Gangbe's trombone player is fierce, by the way. But I always thought the angels prefered saxes... Ditto on the praise for Gangbe – I caught them live in Seattle in 2005, and they rocked the usually stiff Triple Door crowd. It didn’t hurt that there was an African guy in the front of the audience instructing the well-heeled patrions how to spray the musicians with money, as well as a few daring ladies who went onstage to dance. Gangbe’s trombone player is fierce, by the way. But I always thought the angels prefered saxes…

]]> By: etnobofin http://bennloxo.com/archives/2006/01/05/horn-chops-from-the-gulf-of-guinea/comment-page-1/#comment-12610 etnobofin Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:13:38 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/?p=195#comment-12610 Salut mattgy, bonne anneé! Man, I'm glad I dropped by in time to hear this brass band stuff. I'm a horn player too (trumpet, the instrument of angels) and this horn playing out of Benin is great. Reminds me of Dirty Dozen Brass band but with that great West African rhythm section underneath. It really swings, and such a different approach from Fela's horn sections down the coast in Lagos :-) I will have to look out for their albums... All the best for 2006 Salut mattgy, bonne anneé!

Man, I’m glad I dropped by in time to hear this brass band stuff. I’m a horn player too (trumpet, the instrument of angels) and this horn playing out of Benin is great. Reminds me of Dirty Dozen Brass band but with that great West African rhythm section underneath. It really swings, and such a different approach from Fela’s horn sections down the coast in Lagos :-) I will have to look out for their albums…

All the best for 2006

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