Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band Tickets

Chopteeth is a Washington, D.C.–based afrofunk big band. Although rooted in Fela Kuti's Nigerian afrobeat, Chopteeth's music is an amalgam of Ghanaian highlife, Senegalese rumba, Jamaican ska, Mande griot music, 1970s West African funk, Ewe dance drum rhythms, Kenyan Taita afropop, soul-funk, and jazz. Chopteeth's writing and arrangements feature unique driving syncopations, and occasional odd meters. Chopteeth vocalists sing in eight different languages: English, Nigerian Pidgin, Swahili, Wolof, Mande, Twi, Taita, and French.