Osee Yee

Osee Yee
Osee Yee
Studio album by Osibisa
Released 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Afro-pop, Funk, Rock
Length 60:51
Label Golden Stool Records
Producer Kwame Yeboah
Osibisa chronology
Sunshine Day: The Hits
(2008)
Osee Yee
(2009)
The Very Best of Osibisa
(2009)

Osee Yee is a studio album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 2009 by Golden Stool Records – GSTOCD 002. Includes a nice rendition of George Harrison's My Sweet Lord that's given an Osibisa funk spin. The back cover calls this an Osibisa Generation Four album.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Osuno"   Osei/Yeboah 1:26
2. "Watusi"   Osei 6:03
3. "Ayioko"   Amarfio/Osei/Tontoh 3:50
4. "Life Time"   Osei/Tontoh 6:45
5. "Osee Yee"   Osei/Yeboah 4:32
6. "Yen Ara Ghana"   Osei/Yeboah 4:07
7. "Higher and Higher"   Mensah/Jo/Osei/Yeboah 5:04
8. "It’s OK"   Brown/Osei/Yeboah 4:41
9. "My Sweet Lord"   George Harrison 4:36
10. "Boyengya"   Traditional - Arranged by Adu/Osei/Yeboah 4:00
11. "One Life"   Osei/Yeboah 4:56
12. "Mystical"   Brown/Osei/Rentzos/Yeboah 4:49
13. "Too Much Going On"   Osei/Tontoh 3:55
14. "Saworowa"   Traditional - Arranged by Adu/Osei 2:49
Total length:
60:51


Personnel

  • Teddy Osei – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, African drums, vocals
  • Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kwame Yeboah – congas, drums, acoustic guitar, keyboards
  • Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
  • Emmanuel Rentzos – organ, vocals
  • Colin Graham – trumpet
  • Alfred Kari Bannerman – lead guitar
  • Kofi Ayivor – congas
  • Alex Kwaku-Boateng – keyboards, drums
  • José Joyette – drums
  • Emmanuel Afram – bass guitar
  • Idris Rokhman – tenor saxophone
  • Gregg Kofi Brown – vocals
  • Nana Yaa – vocals

Credits

  • Producer – Kwame Yeboah
  • Osibisa logo - Roger Dean
  • Cover painting – Freyja Dean


References

  • All information gathered from several sources for the album Osee Yee (Copyright © 2009 Golden Stool Records – GSTOCD 002).
  • Allmusic [1]
  • Prog Archives [2]

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