Femi Kuti has beaten Kenny G to a long single note held on a saxophone. But the top world record holder remains Vann Burchfield.
The son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti beats the record set in 1997 by Kenny G which stood at 45mins 37 seconds; Femi, at the New Afrika Shrine on Sunday May 7, 2017 did 46mins 38seconds.
Among those at the Shrine during Femi’s performance was Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, the deputy high commissioners of Netherlands and The United Kingdom, among others.
Kenny G back in 1997 set the record when he held an E-flat for that time length, using a technique termed Circular breathing.
This was overturned in 2000 when Vann Burchfield held the note for 47 minutes, 5.5 seconds.
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