highlife in English

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1
an extravagant social life as enjoyed by the wealthy.
Overlooking the River Clyde, it offers a particularly nice spot to chill out and enjoy some high living .
2
a style of dance music of West African origin, influenced by rock and jazz.
With highlife , African music had proved its resilience and ability to absorb and synthesise foreign influences.
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1. Allen was hired by "Sir" Victor Olaiya to play claves with his highlife band, the Cool Cats.

2. 11 rows  · africa Afrobeat is a fusion of Jazz, Funk and West African Highlife

3. Afrobeat originated as a blend of Nigerian and Ghanaian music with jazz, highlife and funk influences in the '70s

4. Afrobeat is a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, Highlife, and funk rhythms, fused with African percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa

5. Afrobeat is a genre that developed in the 1960s and 1970s, taking influences from Fuji music and Highlife, mixed in with American jazz and funk

6. Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk, and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s.

7. The musical genre Afrobeat originated in the 1960s and 1970s as a blend of traditional Yoruba music with jazz, West African highlife and funk

8. Afrobeat music represents a West African music genre that often blend fuji and highlife music with funk and jazz, initiated by Fela Kuti (Olaleye & Osuagwu, 2020).

9. Afrobeat is a mixture of traditional Nigerian music, Ghanaian music, jazz, highlife, funk, and chanted vocals, coined with groovy percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the 1970s

10. Afrobeat is a music genre which involves the combination of elements of West African musical styles such as fuji music and highlife with American funk and jazz influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.

11. Afrobeat is a modern genre of West African music that incorporates elements of traditional Yoruba music and Ghanaian highlife with the Western sounds of jazz, funk, and soul. Afrobeat bands tend to be large (upwards of 10 members) and include both Western guitars and horns and African rhythm instruments, among others.