Opa Back Home Vinyl LP 2024

Tracklist:

1. Goldenwings
2. Brooklynville
3. Brother Rada
4. African Bird
5. One+One+One Is Two
6. Corre Nina
7. Casa Forte
8. Never Can Say Goodbye
9. Back Home (The Inner Cry)

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.