K. Frimpong - 1977 - K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas

K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas

1977

K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas

01. Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena

02. Asase Yi So

03. Awisia

04. Adam Nana (Medley)

Alto Saxophone – Kofi Abrokwah

Bass Guitar – Slim Yaw Manu

Chorus – Anthony Yeboah, Isaac Yeboah

Congas – Yaw Asante

Drums – Gibson Peprah

Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Tommy Doziz

Lead Guitar – Sammy Cropper

Lead Vocals – K. Frimpong

Percussion – Alex Djubing, Daniel Asare

Rhythm Guitar – Jacob Osae

Tenor Saxophone – George Amissah

Trumpet – Arthur Kennedy

Backing Band – Vis-A-Vis

Alhaji Kwabena Frimpong was a Ghanaian highlife singer. He is known for his hit song "Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu", performed by K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas.

In the 1970s, he recorded with two different bands, with overlapping personnel. One was the Vis-A-Vis band, based in Kumasi and led by Isaac Yeboah. Their album Obi Agye Me Dofo was released in Ghana on the Probisco record label, and was later reissued on the Makossa International label. The second band was the Cubano Fiestas, who recorded the album K. Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas in 1977 for the Ofori Brothers label. The album contained the track "Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu" for which Frimpong is best known. He recorded at least two other albums with the Cubano Fiestas: Me Da A Onnda (1980), and K Frimpong, both released in Ghana on the Polydor label

The second of his two self-titled albums released during Ghana's music explosion of the 1970's, K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (1977, Ofo Bros) is a celebratory and powerful follow up to the album that made them famous. Backed by the mighty Vis A Vis band (here renamed the "Cubano Fiestas") Alhaji K. Frimpong and company create a sinuous, infectious, funky sound that once heard can't be forgotten. This fusion of James Brown and Fela inspired rhythms with more traditional Ghanaian Highlife, despite having been created nearly 35 years ago, still sounds stunningly fresh today. Tattered original copies of the LP trade hands for hundreds of dollars.