[1997] Abdul Tee-Jay's - Rökötö - E'Go Lef Pan You

The third and final album of Rökötö.
ROKOTO:
Abdul Tee-Jay: electric, acoustic and 12 string guitars, bass, keyboards, kit-drums, African drums, bongos, percussion, kongoma (bass thumb piano), balafon, kondi (melodic thumb piano), whistles, cowhorns, bubu, lead vocals and backing vocals.)
Congas and djembe: Dunno Oladunni
Additional backing vocals: Tess Teresa, David Dunni, Papa Sam, Ade Sose, Dave Yowell, Dave Jackson
Credits:
Producer: Abdul Tee-Jay (Mr Rokoto)
Assistant Producer: Dave Yowell (No. 1)
Studio: Sultan, London, UK
Design Jali Roll Martain
Photographs: Ian Anderson
Proof Translation (Temne): Francis Sesay
Inspiration: Haja Isatu Tejan-Jalloh and the Tejan-Jalloh family; Traditional music of Sierra Leone and Doctor Orlor Daloni; Akie Attere-Roberts; Ade Foster Jones; My good friends.
"I play African music because I love African music." -- Abdul Tee Jay
0:00 E'Go Lef Pan You
"Temptation will beckon." (Krio, Temne and Mende)
5:38 You Na Bella
"You are a gossip and a bad bell-ringer." (Krio & street slang)
11:42 Araba Jorlay
"Araba Jorlay music is very famous and lovable." (Krio & street slang)
16:45 Da-Nafiki
"The hypocrisy of some religious people." (Temne)
22:48 African Woman No. 1
"A tribute to African women." (Krio)
29:48 Guitar Boy
"A medley of West African early '60s hishlife guitar specials from Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia." (Pidgin, Krio, Yoruba, Kuru & Slang)
35:32 Jorlay Baby
"Palm wine music, played with acoustic guitar." (Krio)
40:02 Allo Allo (Ka Bubu No. 1)
"A celebration of the end of Ramadan." (West African Arabic & Sierra Leone dialects)
46:48 Maringa Wa-Wa!
"A guitar concoction of popular early '60s Freetown melodies blended with my own special spices." Bands: Gerald de Pino and his Heartbeats (Pino); Golden Strings (Steff); Agbata Jazz (Freddy Greene); Nico Kassanda Mikalay (Doctor Nico); Sabannoh (Ayo Roy McCauley); Afro Combo (Emille Ogun); Black Songs (Papa Charlie); S.L.P.M.B. Band (Freddy Greene); Dynamite (Doctor Balogun Dynamite); S.L. Military Band (Tom Brown)
54:12 Taransis Guitar
"A guitar interpretation of some popular songs of the Taransis (Baskeda) women's society."
59:25 Bongo Boy (Kaman Yagba)
"A unique style of singing 'nasal singing', which is found in all tribes in Sierra Leone and across Africa." (Temne)
©1997
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African Music !!!! We are a blessed people. Such awesome musical diversity. Thank you Abdul Tee Jay for studying and traveling the world, and returning home to bring the world the JEWEL in Sierra Leone music. You music communicates our cultural oneness and speaks to my spirit at a depth of ancestral delight. Such uplifting music. Your talent is mesmerizing, and the band ROKOTO, fabulous. I came across your music while a student in Washington DC, through Ibrahim Kanjah Bah of the African Music Gallery. He exposed me to so much African music, I really came to appreciate my heritage and the PAN-AFRICAN calling. I have all 3 CDs with Rokoto. Hope to meet you or see you in live concert soon. Thank you, and continue this Ministry. Enjoying this Album from LAGOS, APRIL 12th 11.28pm