{"id":15122,"date":"2020-05-26T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=15122"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:40:18","slug":"chaino-and-his-african-percussion-safari-jungle-echoes-lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/chaino-and-his-african-percussion-safari-jungle-echoes-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaino And His African Percussion Safari &#8211; Jungle Echoes &#8211; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fant\u00f4me Phonographique<\/strong> present a reissue of <strong>Chaino And His African Percussion Safari<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>&#8220;Jungle Echoes&#8221;<\/strong>, originally released in 1959. The African American bongo player known as <strong>Chaino<\/strong> released a series of sublime exotica albums during the 1950s, based around themes of &#8220;savage Africa,&#8221; supposed tribal mating rituals, voodoo practices, and other concepts of exotica excess.<\/p>\n<p>Born <strong>Leon Johnson<\/strong> in Philadelphia in 1929, he was raised on the south side of Chicago and began making a name for himself as a bongo player on the Chitlin Circuit of nightclubs catering to a black clientele. In 1957, he was discovered by the nightclub singer and producer <strong>Kirby Allan<\/strong> (AKA <strong>Sidney Allen Pitmann<\/strong>), who travelled extensively in African earlier in the decade and who was seeking someone that could emulate the ceremonial rhythms he encountered in Kenya and the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>In a peculiar marketing strategy, Allan recast Johnson as <strong>Chaino<\/strong>, &#8220;an orphan from a lost tribe in Africa who was taken in by missionaries and brought to the US.&#8221; Together they produced eight albums, typically with Johnson playing every instrument himself, with added shouts, whelps and pseudo-African language. <strong>&#8220;Jungle Echoes&#8221;<\/strong>, first issued in 1959 on the Hollywood-based Omega Disc, is a thoroughly mesmerizing example of <strong>Chaino<\/strong>&#8216;s over-the-top brilliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDescription\">Fant\u00f4me Phonographique<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDescription\">Fant\u00f4me Phonographique<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Fant\u00f4me Phonographique<\/strong> present a reissue of <strong>Chaino And His African Percussion Safari<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>&#8220;Jungle Echoes&#8221;<\/strong>, originally released in 1959. 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