For today, I’d like to share with you “Pesse Mi Buntare“, a 70s bewitching sweet Afro Bossa Nova Slow Jazz song from Togo (West Africa), taken from the 1st album of the Togolese Diva Yta Jourias born in 1946 near Lome (Togolese capital).

This album was recorded in 1975 in Paris on the legendary French record label Sonafric, known for having produced thousands of singles and albums by artists from French-speaking African countries between the 1960s and 1990s.

On this album produced by the mythical African producer Gilles Sala, Yta Jourias is backed by the Mami-Water band, composed with 9 musicians from Congo, Togo & Tunisia.

Highly recommended LP from start to finish, on which the singer shows all her musical diversity, capable of drawing from all musical genres and numerous languages & dialects from many several African (Ahoussa, Bambara, Ewe, Mina, Arabic) & European countries (French, English & … Russian as on the track presented here !).

Funfact : Yta Jourias was also a brillant basketball player, that used to play with the national Togolese young team before leaving for her musical career !

Hope you’ll like this song, enjoy !

Yta Jourias – Pesse Mi Buntare (Togo, 1975, Sonafric)

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Have a nice Sunday, see you next week for another musical rediscovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Xede Nge“, a beautiful deep melancholic Afro Soul Jazz Ballad with gorgeous acoustic guitar parts, first recording of the mythical Togolese composer & musician Roger Damawuzan, taken from the only compilation of the in demand Togolese/Congolese/Beninse label “Disques Aziza“, pressed in Ghana and intended to promote the first releases of some artists of the label.

Composed by Vincent Agbodo, this song was initially released as the A-Side of the first single recorded in Nigeria by Roger and out on Gerard Akueson‘s label “Akue“, with his famous Afro Jerk Garage track “Wait For Me” on the B-Side, that I’ll post a bit later !).

Cherry on the cake : this amazing cover art – Enjoy !

Roger Damawuzan – Xede Nge (Togo, 1970s, Disques Aziza)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/cyR0r-CSChQ

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau