Fela was sent by his parents to Britain to study medicine, but he was more interested in playing jazz and highlife and we're all better off for it. His jazz influence comes through very strongly on "Gentleman", the title track from one of his 1973 albums, where he solos on his tenor over most of the song's nine-minute intro, including a beautiful solo passage where the rhythm section lays out entirely. He switches to his ever-present Rhodes piano during the vocal sections, and the instrument's mellow tone in its lowest register has a strangely cooling effect on the hot midtempo groove the band generates.
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This intro is just to die for-- two minutes of careening rhythms and frenzied but melodic organ that exude cool. The rest of the song is almost a different beast entirely, carrying over only the intro's disco hi-hat. The vocals are so rough they occasionally sound like a roar, and the guitar solos are interested in melody only insofar as it can lead to a freak-out. It's too bad the intro never reprises, but this is still a sweet piece of rock-tinged funk. 2ff7e9595c
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