Earlier this year, trumpeter Takuya Kuroda invited us into the studio to record an afrobeat version of the late great Donald Byrd's "Think Twice" (co-produced by our own Nikhil P Yerawadekar) for his latest album "Zigzagger" on Concord Jazz.
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We had a crazy night at Okayafrica's AfrobeatXAfrobeats concert at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors series at Damrosch Park, doing a set of our own and then collaborating on a few songs with Nigerian pop sensation Davido. Here are some of our favorite pics from the audience:
The crowd was live! Thanks to @arielsutra for this.
@okayafrica ❤️ @okaygingerlynn #antibalas #davido #lincolncenter #outofdoors #sogood
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Thanks to Jean-Baptiste Sankara @jbsankara for these two below:
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and some amazing ones by Ralston Smith @ralstonrsmith
Visual artist Laolu (@laoulunyc) was there before the show creating works of art on the body, including a masterpiece on the face of Amayo.
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The dancers from the FELA Broadway show were in full effect.
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Clenched Fist Productions (@FistupTV) got some great shots. Below is percussionist Reinaldo deJesus and dancer Iris Wilson.
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And this one of guitarist Bryan Vargas...
#Antibalas #afrobeat x #afrobeats #okayafrica #lincolncenter @antibalas
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Another wild and wonderful collaboration, this time with Nigerian star Davido. We'll be doing some of our songs, some of his, building a bridge between old and new urban sounds from Nigeria.
