From Seni Tejuoso’s Easy Motion Tourist to Sina Bakare’s Inu Mimo, Jazzhole Records is the number one music store for Lagos adorable classics and celebrated traffic.

The third mainland bridge is always a forlorn drive for anyone who knows the beats of Lagos. Be it in the early morning rush hour with frustrating traffic gridlock known in local parlance as ‘Go Slow’, or during the day and evening home calling, the drive on the bridge dictates the tunes in Lagos. The old and new. Reissued works get the rave and reviews on popular radio shows celebrating the legends of Lagos music.

The peak periods in Lagos is better not experienced on the famous and very long bridge. It is always the biggest road show to experience in Lagos. An all seasoned motion tourism for Lagosians. No one cares about you but good moments keep you on easy track in Lagos and one of those moments is the sound of beautiful music. In Lagos, music is the root of dreams.

You won’t pray to be holed up or found in a Lagos traffic hole. But as soon as you hit the south west Ikoyi, the vibes from a particular music hole ‘begat’ you. It is simply Jazzhole! Even as readily accepted, Lagos traffic is one of the many inspirations for Lagos sounds

Jazzhole Records is an independent label and record store based in Lagos, dedicated to harnessing and preserving the vintage treasures of African music. Just like the big Evergreen Music, also known for the preservation of highlife music and legends for many decades in Lagos, Jazzhole, looks a sibling to Evergreen music.

It focuses on traditional folk and roots music that have been produced in West Africa in the past since the early 1940s. And in so doing, it seeks to pioneer a renewal as well as preserve an important musical heritage that has influenced the modern trends that evolved as a result of this kind of music.

Some of the label collections and releases are iconic treasures indeed. Seni Tejuoso’s Easy Motion Tourist, retraces a time-honed musical form that touches on the evolution of ‘Toy Motion’ a sound that uniquely blends the early manifestations of Juju and palm wine music. It composes twelve tracks that parade influences with Calypso.

Fatai Rolling Dollar Returns, highlights the varied inflections and nuances of the palm wine highlife musical style, garnished by dance and jazzy infusions that flaunts its rapport with contemporary grooves and styles.

Sina Ayinde Bakare’s Inu Mimo expounds the flavors of Faaji music and ushers this across with melodies of Owambe and an instrumentation profile that is modern and chic.

For more information or to purchase these CDs, please visit Jazzhole Records.

Words /Ireho Aito/photographs /Google