Buari

BBE Music is delighted to present the first ever reissue of ‘Disco Soccer’, the 1979 album from Ghanaian sportsman turned musician Alhaji Sidiku Buari. Originally an athlete, winning silver and gold medals in the Senegal All Africa Games and West African Games in 1963 and a bronze in the All African in Congo Brazzaville in 1965, Buari moved to America on a music scholarship from The York Institute, obtained as a result of his athletic achievements. Buari soon became enthused by baseball, training with the York team and occasionally playing in matches. When one of York’s music teachers heard him singing inspirational team-builder songs and chants for his side – in the Ga language- he suggested putting a rhythm section behind the songs, recording them, and seeing what the American record buying public thought of them. It won’t surprise you to hear that said Americans loved the demos- so, in 1975, he recorded his first album – the first of fifteen. Buari went on to collaborate with Bernard Purdie, Sugar Hill’s Steve Jerome and Salsoul’s bassman, Gordon Edwards. A switch to Polydor in 1979 produced Disco Soccer, and if you’re into disco or boogie or any hybrid thereof, this is a must... more credits released October 18, 2019 Cello – John Reed Executive Producer – M. Lee. French Horn – Christine Snyder, Valerie West Percussion – Errol 'Crusher' Bennett Photography – Harry Delauney, Stan Keitt Producer, Arranged By – Buari Saxophone – George Young, Michael Brecker Trombone – Barry Rogers Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker Violin – Danny Reed, Lucy Corwin, Paul Scales, Bob Rozek, Stan Curtis