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Along with Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango was one of the figures central to bringing African pop to the world's attention in the 1970s. His "Soul Makossa," released in 1973, was an international hit, and its blend of funk, jazz, and traditional African sounds helped launch a new epoch of African music. Appropriately, "Soul Makossa" kicks off THE VERY BEST OF MANU DIBANGO: AFROSOULJAZZ, and introduces 11 tracks that span 40 years in the career of "the Lion from Cameroon." Dibango's musical vision is truly pan-global, and encompasses elements of Latin music ("Ekedi"), rock ("Africadelic"), and jazz fusion ("Poinciana"), keeping a smooth stream of African polyrhythms percolating under each track all the while.
On these cuts, Dibango is less of a force as a saxophonist (horns are usually used for rhythmic punctuation or atmospheric texture) than he is as a composer and synthesist. He seems equally comfortable on juju-inspired jams ("A Freak Sans Fric"), '80s electro-boogie ("Electric Africa"), and high-octane dance numbers that mine the makossa feel for which the artist is famous. Though Dibango's career could never be properly distilled to 11 tracks, AFROSOULJAZZ gives a superb, economical overview of the accomplishments of this world-music titan.
A truly essential collection of the Afro-soul-jazz legend'sgreatest tracks spanning 40 years. His work with Don Cherry, Fela Kuti, Sly & Robbie and The Fania All Stars has heavily influenced a number of dance producers and musicians. Tracks include the pioneering dance floor tracks, 'Soul Makossa', 'Abele Dance' and 'Africa Boogie'. Sleevenotes include a detailed history of Dibango and a track by track commentary. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase. Full title, 'The Very BestOf Manu Dibango Afrosouljazz From The Original Makossa Man'.
Includes liner notes by Graeme Ewens.Q (3/01, p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cameroonian jazz-funk sax player with an uncanny ear for new sounds and styles. This greatest hits set starts with a superb re-recording of his 1973 hit 'Soul Makossa'..." Very Best Of Manu Dibango: Afrosouljazz Music Very Best Of Manu Dibango: Afrosouljazz Songs Very Best Of Manu Dibango: Afrosouljazz Music Review Purchase Very Best Of Manu Dibango: Afrosouljazz CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Afro-Cuban All Stars Toda Cuba Le Gusta CD (1997)
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Also available in a 3-pack with FOREVER, FOR ALWAYS, FOR LOVE and BUSY BODY.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
In hindsight, Luther Vandross's ...
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| | Beth Orton Central Reservation CD (1999) Bonus Tracks; Australia
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Like Orton's debut TRAILER PARK, CENTRAL RESERVATION combines folk-pop reminiscent of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake with '90s production sensibilities. While the first record benefited from some well-placed electronic touches, CENTRAL RESERVATION is more organic, the slightly jazzy arrangements based largely around acoustic instrumentation. The production here is not spare however, as Orton makes good use of a string section, the piano ...
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A transitional album can sometimes be a band's most exciting effort, representing fresh ideas, the taking on of new blood, or perhaps just the beginning of a door closing on one phase and opening on another. Orange Then Blue's double-CD opus While You Were Out is one such album, standing as a final document of the group's years as a Boston-based ensemble and presenting the first inkling of its soon-to-emerge status as an outlet for many of the top musicians on the New York downtown jazz scene. Led by drummer/composer George Schuller (son of Gunther), OTB started in 1984 as a group of young musicians who were receiving their jazz educations in Boston. By the time this fifth OTB album was recorded in 1992, the band was poised to shift operations to New York City under George Schuller's continued leadership. And as the decade progressed, band members like reedmen Matt Darriau and Chris Speed, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and others would be leading their own New York-based bands, continuing to explore ideas they began investigating during their Boston days. Another notable presence on While You Were Out is trumpeter Dave Douglas, a musician who had left Boston for New York at around the same time that OTB was first formed. So when listening to While You Were Out today, one detects a distinct New York downtown flavor, even if Douglas was pretty much the only musician present who was starting to make his name in New York when the CD was recorded. Douglas' turbo-charged large-ensemble arrangement of "Slow Boat to Mechanicsville," a piece heard in a quintet version on New and Used's Souvenir album, here features rich sonorities and harmonizations as well as opportunities for both fiery solo and group improvising. Darriau, of course, was one of the first of the new breed of East Coast jazzers who began incorporating Eastern European influences in his music, starting while in Boston and then continuing with his New York-based Paradox Trio. Here he arranges the traditional Bulgarian dance "Gankino Horo," giving solo spots to himself (on kaval and alto sax) and to Douglas, whose own interest in Balkan and Eastern European-influenced creative improvisation would find a particularly fulfilling ...
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