Music is wonderful whatever your mood and whatever the occasion. Well almost, sometimes you can be faced with the solo artiste from hell. I dare not Blog that story for fear of offending my friends. But returning to the essence of this post; the story is about African music. The music on the TV channel in Haatso was great, as was the live music when we were out and about. At Ghana University the drums were stunning and that memory will stay for me for some considerable time. As will the sound of the crashing waves to my left and the African music to my right while we sat outside at the beach resort. I chatted with Cudjo about African traditional and modern music and he sang me several songs while I was at Mrs. 'G's.
The surprising thing about that discussion was the way that Cudjo likened some of the music to Jazz. Well, being European I couldn't quite get the connection at the time. Jeffers was really kind, well to be quite honest, Jeffers is always kind. He put together a compilation of African music on a CD for me to listen in my car while travelling to and from Carmarthen. I didn't think to ask which tracks were traditional and which are modern. But to be honest they are all quite good.
My favourite is track number 5, "Darling, Good Morning". It can't be the lyrics as most of them appear to be in one of the many African languages, although the words are catchy even though I don't know what they mean. Don't panic, the English bit I do understand. Maybe it's the catchy way in which it is all delivered, or the background tempo as the words fall all around you. It's certainly the jazz bit as the saxophone kicks in, and is that a steel band in the background? If it is; then these are not drumsticks striking home as the impact is too soft. I even bet, that someone is using a tambourine. Great, absolutely great. The only problem being, that the likelihood of the tambourine switches my mind to the 'x-factor story' and the solo artiste. Albeit that story will have to be posted another time. For today, all that is left to say is; "Darling, Good Morning...., Darling, Good Morning" Unless of course, you are ready this at night. At which point I could hit you with the typical greeting; sut mae butt, sut wyt ti heno te?
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