Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band



CHERYL TERWILLIGER ’92   plays trumpet in the D.C.-based Chopteeth, a 14-piece Afrofunk orchestra that explores the “common groove” between West African and American popular music. The sound is Afrobeat: a big-band funk invented by Fela Kuti in 1970s Nigeria. This album won 2008 Debut CD of the Year from the

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