George Danquah - Hot and Jumpy

TRACK LIST/AUDIO SAMPLES Side A Mbesiafo (Part One) African Reggae Just for a Moment Araba Soso Wo Ndzema Chain of Love Side B Why Worry Do Highlife Mbesiafo (Part Two-Vocal) Mese Medo No Onyame Sane George Danquah’s Hot Jumpy is one of the most collectable funky gems to come out of the incredible music scene in Ghana during the 70s. Today original copies can easily fetch over $300. To many collectors, this record seems to have come out of nowhere. It is the only known album by this New Edubiase (3 hours NW of Accra) native. He appears to have arrived out of thin air, recorded one of the funkiest albums in African history, and then vanished. However, this isn’t entirely true.Danquah played with many of Ghana’s top musicians all throughout his career. Before recording this album he toured all over West Africa playing in such bands as Benya Beats, Blue Monks (which C.K. Mann, Ebo Taylor, and Pat Thomas were all members of), and the legendary Uhuru Dance Band (one of to