Kunle tejuosho Owner of jazzhole and Glendora books
azzhole Records is an independent label based in 168 of Awolowo Road in the residential area of Ikoyi, in Lagos, Nigeria. Created in the beginning of the 90ies together with the Glendora Books http://www.glendorabooks.net library from Kunle Tejuoso (see photo), Jazzhole is also credited like one of the best and important music shops and cultural centres amongst the most meaningful within the Nigerian megalopolis.
The albums produced by Jazzhole Records are quality jewels; for the choice of the artists, of the music, of the graphic and for the information that accompanies the whole. For this they differ from the majority of the 100% African productions, and demonstrate how behind this business lives an idea and cultural project before the commercial one. It is in fact the jazzhole, that snobs the most common commercial genres like the naija-soul, the rap, Christian music and porno-fuji and promotes talents on the Nigerian contemporary jazz scene and at the same time finds and brings in the recording studios some of the ancient testimonies of the popular modern Yoruba music evolution. But to get too excited might be counterproductive, because the Jazzhole catalogue is not available to the world. The only testimony that has crossed the borders of the African giant seems to be the compilation Miliki Music http://www.tpafrica.it/2008/
But thanks to Sterns, I happened to have some original albums from the jazzhole catalogues, particularly full works by three musician that represent the roots of contemporary Nigerian music. I am talking about
Return of Fatai Rolling Dollar, of Inu Mimo of Sina Ayinde Bakare and Easy Motion Tourist from the veteran Seni Tejuoso. To listen to their music is a sweet, sour and melancholic experience.
web: www.glendorabooks.net & http://www.glendorabooks.net
email: sales@glendorabooks.net
azzhole Records is an independent label based in 168 of Awolowo Road in the residential area of Ikoyi, in Lagos, Nigeria. Created in the beginning of the 90ies together with the Glendora Books http://www.glendorabooks.net library from Kunle Tejuoso (see photo), Jazzhole is also credited like one of the best and important music shops and cultural centres amongst the most meaningful within the Nigerian megalopolis.
The albums produced by Jazzhole Records are quality jewels; for the choice of the artists, of the music, of the graphic and for the information that accompanies the whole. For this they differ from the majority of the 100% African productions, and demonstrate how behind this business lives an idea and cultural project before the commercial one. It is in fact the jazzhole, that snobs the most common commercial genres like the naija-soul, the rap, Christian music and porno-fuji and promotes talents on the Nigerian contemporary jazz scene and at the same time finds and brings in the recording studios some of the ancient testimonies of the popular modern Yoruba music evolution. But to get too excited might be counterproductive, because the Jazzhole catalogue is not available to the world. The only testimony that has crossed the borders of the African giant seems to be the compilation Miliki Music http://www.tpafrica.it/2008/
But thanks to Sterns, I happened to have some original albums from the jazzhole catalogues, particularly full works by three musician that represent the roots of contemporary Nigerian music. I am talking about
Return of Fatai Rolling Dollar, of Inu Mimo of Sina Ayinde Bakare and Easy Motion Tourist from the veteran Seni Tejuoso. To listen to their music is a sweet, sour and melancholic experience.
The JazzHole
168 Awolowo Road
Ikoyi, Lagos. Tel: 07025595697
Glendora International Nigeria Ltd
Shop C4, Falomo Shopping Center, Ikoyi, Lagos
PMB 50914 S.W. Ikoyi Lagos
Nigeria
Tel:+234 1 8925881, +234 (0)803 304 7091
web: www.glendorabooks.net & http://www.glendorabooks.net
email: sales@glendorabooks.net
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