Gnonnas Pedro - Okpo Vidca Bassono - Gilles Peterson's Tracklist Map (sitios de interés)
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Gnonnas Youssou Pierre (Gnonnas Pedro), singer, trumpeter and saxophonist was born Bossa, Benin in 1943 and died in Cotonou, in August 2004.
He achieved world-wide fame when he joined the African salsa supergroup Africando in 1996. But he had been well known in his home town of Cotonou, Benin, since becoming active on the music scene there in the early 1960s.
He had six solo albums including a best of which was released in 2003.
"Okpo Vidca Bassono" was released on Analog Africa.
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He achieved world-wide fame when he joined the African salsa supergroup Africando in 1996. But he had been well known in his home town of Cotonou, Benin, since becoming active on the music scene there in the early 1960s.
He had six solo albums including a best of which was released in 2003.
"Okpo Vidca Bassono" was released on Analog Africa.
www.myspace.com/gnonnaspedro
www.myspace.com/analogafrica