OPA - Back Home

Format: LP, Album, RE

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    UK  
Released:  08 Mar 2024
Genre:       Jazz, Latin
Style:         Bossa Nova, Jazz-Funk

Comments:
Factory sealed. Brand new copy.

Meaning ‘Hi’ in Uruguayan slang, Opa are a South American jazz-funk phenomenon. Fusing Uruguay’s native Candombe rhythms with North American jazz and pop music, Opa’s space-age synthesizers, boisterous grooves and compositional magic expressed a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular: a voice which remains as vital and unique today as when it was recorded, almost half a century ago.

Having migrated to New York from Montevideo in the early seventies, Opa were heard playing in a nightclub by renowned producer and label owner Larry Rosen. At Holly Place Studios between July and August 1975, Rosen oversaw Opa’s first recordings using a four track TEAC 3340. The album would become home to some of Opa’s hardest hitting funk jams, with moments of songwriting wonderment and soulful pop and rock progressions combining with the jazz-funk fusion Opa would become known for.

Playlist

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Meaning ‘Hi’ in Uruguayan slang, Opa are a South American phenomenon. Fusing Uruguay’s native Candombe rhythms with North American jazz and pop music, Opa’s space-age synthesizers, boisterous grooves and compositional magic expressed a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular: a voice which remains as vital and unique today as when it was recorded, almost half a century ago.

1. Goldenwings 4:06
2. Brooklynville 3:18
3. Brother Rada 4:22
4. African Bird 3:25
5. One+One+One is Two 2:31
1. Corre Niña 4:49
2. Casa Forte 3:44
3. Never Can Say Goodbye 3:00
4. Back Home (The Inner Cry) 6:08