Femi Kuti has hit the Guinness Book of Records as the longest single note held on a saxophone, The Tribune reports.
The news was broken on Sunday and shared by his sister, Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti on her Instagram page @yenikuti;
She wrote: “ This evening 7th May at the New Africa Shrine, Femi Kuti broke the world record for the longest single note on a saxophone note set in 1997 by Kenny G.
The record stood at 45mins 37 seconds….Femi did 46mins 38seconds!! Give it up, we have a world champ.
This was witnessed by a large audience that included Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce, the deputy high commissioners of Netherlands and The United Kingdom.“
The record was previously first set in December, 1997 by legendary saxophonist Kenny G when he held an E-Flat for over 45 minutes.