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'''Igo Chico Okwechime'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barrett |first1=Lindsay |title=Fela Kuti: Chronicle of A Life Foretold |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/fela-kuti_chronicle-ofa-life-foretold |website=The Wire |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> played [[tenor saxophone]] for [[Fela Kuti]]'s [[afrobeat]] entourage Africa '70 during its formative period in the early-1970s. He eventually left the band after a dispute with Kuti, who took up tenor saxophone himself to replace him.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Chico's swelling, lyrical, palm-wine-infused style greatly contrasted with Fela Kuti's more punctuated, machine-gun-like style on the instrument. His [[Solo (music)|solo]]s throughout the band's early-1970s recordings are distinguishable by those properties and by his growly [[timbre]], though the performance credits are not well documented in the album notes to the digital [[compact disc|CD]] re-releases.

A characteristic Chico tenor solo is his performance in the tune "Monday Morning In Lagos" from the album ''He Miss Road''. Another definitive solo appears in "It's No Possible (Ko Se Se)" from the same album. Other standout Chico performances are on "Fight to Finish" and "Who're You" both on the ''Fela's London Scene'' album.

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==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Igo+Chico Igo Chico at Discogs.com]

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