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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Jungle Echoes

Jungle Echoes

Jungle Echoes
Chaino and his African Percussion Safari
Omega Records OSL 7
1959

Chaino is one of the elusive figures of space age pop. After growing up in Chicago, Leon Johnson left home and lived a fairly wild life, eventually taking up the bongos and making a name for himself as "Chaino" (taken perhaps from the great Cuban conga player, Chano Pozo?) on the "chitlins" circuit of black nightclubs.

The Jungle Chase
Torture Of The Mau Man
Co-gona Voodoo
The Feast Dance
The Limbo
Jungle Drum Variations
Cum-Ba-See
The Spear Dance
Safari Jungle Maze

1 comment:

  1. That is cool! like Sideshow Borneo Wildman stuff. Really insane and fun!

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