Cuban legend of 1950s music, Beny Moré, recorded
"Babarabatiri," a song meant to evoke Cuba's African musical and cultural heritage, also covered by Tito Puente. The horn line sounds very similar to a particular Fela Kuti song from his afrobeat, period, "Shakara," which has a remarkably similar horn line. It's very likely a coincidence, but given the considerable influence of Cuban son, mambo, and son montuno in West Africa, I wouldn't be surprised if Fela Kuti had perhaps heard of Beny Moré and, consciously or unconsciously, borrowed the rhythmic horn line (later played on guitar throughout the song). Who knows, perhaps I am just being overly imaginative...you tell me what you think?
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