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Lekan Babalola
Lekan Babalola is credited on 24 releases across 24 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
24
Pressings credited
24
Albums
5
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Olalekan Babalola (born c. 1960) is a Nigerian jazz percussionist and musician. Born in Lagos, Nigeria where he began playing the conga at a young age, he has released seven albums and jointly won two Grammy Awards.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
24 releases · 24 albums · active 1979–2018
- Performance · 49
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Red Room Studio · House Of Sound · Axis Studios · Mark Angelo Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Cassandra Wilson
- Gasper Lawal
- Various
- Femi Kuti
- Shukie
- Ernest Ranglin
- Frankie Valentine
- Martin Okasili
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