Live Live Juju

King Sunny Ade's live performances are legendary -- the beat of the talking drums, the slinky slide guitar, the whole band conspiring to get you up to dance. The New York Times' Robert Palmer described Ade's 1983 New York concert as being "one of the most significant pop music events of this decade." LIVE LIVE JUJU, a all-digital 1987 recording, is the first true document of Nigeria's juju king at his vibrant best.

Since King Sunny Ade's American debut in 1983, African music has exerted a profound influence on pop music. Artists such as Brian Eno, David Byrne, Paul Simon, and Peter Gabriel have incorporated its rhythms and structures into their own music. In 1987, Ade returned to the Americas after a three-year absence and besides touring extensively in North America, he headlined the Free Jazz Festival in Brazil and Independence Day celebrations in Nigeria. This triumphant tour thrust him back into the international limelight.

The dynamic interplay between percussionists, rhythm guitarists, and vocalists makes Juju music triumph in concert. LIVE LIVE JUJU includes definitive versions of many King Sunny standards, with the full strength of his twenty-piece ensemble The African Beats.

The package includes extensive liner notes with a biography of King Sunny by African music authority Gerald Seligman.