Osee Yee

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Osee Yee
File:OseeYeecover.jpg
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)Sunshine Day: The Hits2008
Osee Yee
(2009)
The Very Best of Osibisa
(2009)The Very Best of Osibisa2009

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

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 and 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 and 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
  • Alex Kwaku-Boateng – keyboards, drums
  • José Joyette – drums
  • Emmanuel Afram – bass guitar
  • Idris Rokhman – tenor saxophone
  • Gregg Kofi Brown – vocals
  • Nana Yaa – vocals

Credits

References

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