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Bembeya Jazz
Bembeya (Marabi)
$17.99
The long-awaited return of the masters of west African jazz-influenced roots music. This Guinean band pretty much wrote the book, and here they show that they still have all that it takes and more.
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| "Diamond Fingers is back in peak form (including a few of his wiggy steel guitar excursions), original drummer Conde Mory Mangala is still a powerhouse, the singers are just fine (even though Sekouba Bambino is no longer on board), the horn section's rather sweeter-tuned than before (but still with enough hints of their old attractive dissonance), and everybody is firing on all cylinders. It's all there the rolling, circular Guinean melodies, the fabulous structure to their arrangements - going effortlessly from balladry to unfettered cooking energy at the touch of a switch. They still show the scary creativity and imagination, the nods to Ghana, Nigeria and the Congo as well as the hints of the Cuban roots (particularly on the opening title track) that they were among the first to evolve from as they turned to ransacking local roots and folklore for melodies, themes and rhythms." - Ian Anderson in fRoots |
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