title: Algaita
text: # Algaita
  
  The algaita (also spelled alghaita, algayta or algheita) is a double reed wind instrument from West Africa, especially among the Hausa and Kanuri peoples. Its construction is similar to the oboe-like rhaita and the zurna. The algaita is distinguished from these other instruments by its larger, trumpet-like bell. Instead of keys, it has open holes for fingering, similar to the zurna.
  
  ## Traditional recordings
  
  * Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria (Folkways, 1971)
  * "Music of the Cameroon - The Fulani of the North" (Lyrichord 7334)
  
  ## Use in jazz recordings
  
  * Yusef Lateef, In Nigeria, (YAL Records, 1983)
  * Yusef Lateef, The African-American Epic Suite (1994)
  