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From a trailblazing band featuring members well-versed in jazz, funk, gospel, and African music, the debut album by the Oneness of Juju displayed a group playing with the dexterity of Kool & the Gang, the forward-thinking musical ideas of Herbie Hancock, and the social consciousness of Gil Scott-Heron. The title track is fiercely kinetic, with vocal choruses prodding listeners to dance and Plunky's echo-drenched saxophone floating serenely over the top of a funky space-jazz backing. Elsewhere, the band lapses into a few dated mid-'70s arrangements (reminiscent of Pharoah Sanders, Lonnie Liston Smith, etc.), but the playing is always wonderful -- Plunky especially distinguishes himself in many different modes -- and the production is crystalline. "Don't Give Up" and "Liberation Dues" are two other highlights, with positive-minded chants and funky arrangements. [In early 2002, the British jazz/funk/world reissue label Strut brought African Rhythms back from the brink, with two bonus tracks: an instrumental version of "Liberation Dues" and the single version of "African Rhythms."]
© John Bush /TiVo
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Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Shekere Music, MusicPublisher - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2020 N.A.M.E. Brand Records under exclusive license to Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist - Muzi Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Reginald Brisbane, Composer, Lyricist - Babatunde Michael Lea, Composer, Lyricist - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Babatunde Michael Lea, Composer, Lyricist - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Al-Hammel Rasul, Composer, Lyricist - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Al-Hammel Rasul, Composer, Lyricist - Joseph Bentley, Composer, Lyricist - Shekere Music, MusicPublisher - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Al-Hammel Rassul, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2020 N.A.M.E. Brand Records under exclusive license to Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Al-Hammel Rasul, Composer, Lyricist - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist - Muzi Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Jimmy Gray, Producer - Oneness of Juju, MainArtist - Plunky Branch, Producer - Shekere Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Plunky Nkabinde, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 1975 Black Fire Productions
Album review
From a trailblazing band featuring members well-versed in jazz, funk, gospel, and African music, the debut album by the Oneness of Juju displayed a group playing with the dexterity of Kool & the Gang, the forward-thinking musical ideas of Herbie Hancock, and the social consciousness of Gil Scott-Heron. The title track is fiercely kinetic, with vocal choruses prodding listeners to dance and Plunky's echo-drenched saxophone floating serenely over the top of a funky space-jazz backing. Elsewhere, the band lapses into a few dated mid-'70s arrangements (reminiscent of Pharoah Sanders, Lonnie Liston Smith, etc.), but the playing is always wonderful -- Plunky especially distinguishes himself in many different modes -- and the production is crystalline. "Don't Give Up" and "Liberation Dues" are two other highlights, with positive-minded chants and funky arrangements. [In early 2002, the British jazz/funk/world reissue label Strut brought African Rhythms back from the brink, with two bonus tracks: an instrumental version of "Liberation Dues" and the single version of "African Rhythms."]
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:13
- Main artists: Oneness of Juju
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Strut
- Genre: World
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
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