Chopteeth
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chopteeth-169-1619349
title:
Chopteeth
text:
Chopteeth is a Washington, D.C.- based afrofunk big-band. Although rooted in Fela Kuti's Nigerian afrobeat, Chopteeth's music is an amalgam of Ghanaian highlife, Senegalese rumba, Jamaican ska, Mande griot music, 1970's West African funk, Ewe dance drum rhythms, Kenyan Taita afropop, soul-funk, and jazz. Chopteeth's writing and arrangements feature unique driving syncopations, and occasional odd meters. Chopteeth vocalists sing in eight different languages including English, Nigerian Pidgin, Swa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US musical group
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopteeth
date created:
2008-01-18T03:44:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:10:09Z
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13
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