Though only vaguely known in Western music circles, Fela Kuti is perhaps the most key figure in modern African music. Kuti perfected what came to be known as Afrobeat, a genre that combines jazz, funk and traditional African folk and Highlife [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlife] into a thick, jam-band worthy “endless groove.” In 1997, Kuti suffered an AIDS-related death at the age of 59, but his legacy is still alive and well today. ...
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Though only vaguely known in Western music circles, Fela Kuti is perhaps the most key figure in modern African music. Kuti perfected what came to be known as Afrobeat, a genre that combines jazz, funk and traditional African folk and Highlife [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlife] into a thick, jam-band worthy “endless groove.” In 1997, Kuti suffered an AIDS-related death at the age of 59, but his legacy is still alive and well today. ...