Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

Not content to merely follow in his famous father, Fela Kutis footsteps, Femi Kuti continues to expand his musical palette with his latest studio release, Day By Day, a hybrid of Afro-pop, jazz and urban influences. The album has been a long time coming: seven years since his last studio album Fight To Win and four years since the live Africa Shrine, on which he recorded early versions of three of the songs on this new album.
Femis sabbatical from recording surprisingly allowed him to learn a lot more about being a musician. Femi learned to play piano properly and returned to the trumpet, his first instrument, which he gave up in favor of the sax. The benefits are immediately apparent on Day By Day. Femi says, Listen to They Will Run and Better Ask Yourself, they are more jazz than anything Ive done before. Thats the effect of playing the trumpet coming out.