Michael Olatuja
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Lagos Pepper Soup
Michael Olatuja (bass guitar), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Angelique Kidjo, Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves (vocals), Brandee Younger (harp), Laura Mvula, Onaje Jefferson, Becca Stevens, Robert Mitchell, Grégoire Maret (harmonica), Joe Lovano (saxophone)
A thorough command of hard-hitting afrobeat, jazz and funk enables Olatuja to make appealing music that draws a coherent line from the rhythmically and metrically complex to ballads with a soulful... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Petite Afrique
Somi (synthesizer), Keith Witty (synthesizer), Keith Witty (percussion), Somi (vocal), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Nate Smith (drums), Keith Witty (keyboards), Keith Witty (programmer), Marika Hughes (cello), Keith Witty (bass), Michael Olatuja (acoustic bass), Toru Dodo (piano), Marcus Strickland (tenor...
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The Lagos Music Salon
Somi (vocal), Toru Dodo (piano), Michael Olatuja (bass), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Otis Brown III (drums), Alicia Olatuja (background vocal), Abraham Lanlate (drums), Angélique Kidjo (background vocal), Ayanda Clarke (percussion), Cochemea Gastelum (saxophone), Conrad Harris (violin), Caleb Burhans...
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The Sound of Next
Craig Handy (saxophone), Matt Chertkoff (guitar), Kyle Koehler (organ), Clark Gayton (trombone), Jason Marsalis (drums), Somi (background vocal), Michael Olatuja (bass), Otis Brown III (drums), Ayanda Clarke (percussion), Toru Dodo (piano), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Alicia Olatuja (background vocal),...
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Petite Afrique is Somi’s best effort yet. Using Harlem’s shifting African diaspora ecosystem as the setting, Somi explores various issues such as gentrification, cultural displacement, identity... —
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