Highlife

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Highlife grew up in Ghana in the first half of the twentieth century out of West African rhythms, church hymns and the music of military bands and sailors. In the 1950s the trumpeter E.T. Mensah, the King of Highlife, turned it into dance-band music with horns and jazz influences. Alongside it existed guitar-band highlife, with several guitars interweaving short patterns. Out of highlife and jazz, Afrobeat later emerged in Nigeria.

Listening

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  Queen's Visit · E.T. Mensah & The Tempos
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  Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu · Alhaji K. Frimpong, 1976
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  Sweet Mother · Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz, 1976
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In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map^NL Map

See also

• E.T. Mensah & The Tempos
• Alhaji K. Frimpong
• Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz
• West African music traditions
• Swing and big band
• Jùjú