Sat, Apr 15 2023, 7 - 8:30pm
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Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band in Concert, Apr. 15
Chopteeth is a 12-piece Afrofunk orchestra combining the funkiest, most hip-shakin’ West African and American popular music on the planet. The core of the Chopteeth sound is Afrobeat: a big-band funk invented by Fela Kuti in 1970s Nigeria. Afrobeat is a spicy stew of modern jazz, Yoruba tribal music and burning, James Brown-inspired rhythms.
"Thunderous and potent: upbeat Swahili lyrics over a South African pulse one second, to spaghetti Western-inspired instrumentals the next. True to the political essence at the heart of Fela's music."—Billboard
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
Keith Hinton
America/New_York
public
$
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
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Main Auditorium
Intended Audience
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
Chopteeth is a 12-piece Afrofunk orchestra combining the funkiest, most hip-shakin’ West African and American popular music on the planet. The core of the Chopteeth sound is Afrobeat: a big-band funk invented by Fela Kuti in 1970s Nigeria. Afrobeat is a spicy stew of modern jazz, Yoruba tribal music and burning, James Brown-inspired rhythms.
"Thunderous and potent: upbeat Swahili lyrics over a South African pulse one second, to spaghetti Western-inspired instrumentals the next. True to the political essence at the heart of Fela's music."
—Billboard
Ticket Information
Keith Hinton
kdhinton@smcm.edu
(240) 895-4745