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West African Swing Stars

West African Swing Stars

West African Swing Stars has been played on NTS in shows including Rum Punch w/ Danny Fitzgerald , featured first on 24 June 2021. Songs played include My Sorrow.

Drummer & Guitarist Ambrose Campbell formed the West African Swing Stars when he emigrated to London from Ghana in the late 1940s. The Swing Stars included musicians from Africa, the West Indies and Europe, and as their name suggests offered a hybrid mixture of European music re-worked into African forms with jazz overtones

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West African Swing Stars

West African Swing Stars has been played on NTS in shows including Rum Punch w/ Danny Fitzgerald , featured first on 24 June 2021. Songs played include My Sorrow.

Drummer & Guitarist Ambrose Campbell formed the West African Swing Stars when he emigrated to London from Ghana in the late 1940s. The Swing Stars included musicians from Africa, the West Indies and Europe, and as their name suggests offered a hybrid mixture of European music re-worked into African forms with jazz overtones

Original source: Last.fm

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My Sorrow
West African Swing Stars
Honest Jon's Records2013