[bit.listserv.allmusic] high life vs ju-ju

UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET (jeff beer) (02/08/90)

I am not an expert by no means, but they tend to be different
styles.  All of the stuff that has been called high-life seems to
have a horn section a la James Brown, and rhythms that combine
American mo-town with african tradition.  JuJu is a tradition in
itself that goes back.   I have a record of some JuJu from the
40s and before, and the liner notes (done by an old schoolmate
from my Urbana days who did his ethnomusicology studies in
Nigeria) might have some better information.

I will check it out.

Jeff