African Music: recommendations
Posted by: Iver van de Zand on 19 October 2013
Dear Forum members,
Apart from Woman Vocals, Folk and Jazz music, I also appreciate African Music more and more. Especially vocal casts guided by acoustic nstruments. I did already extensive googling, but was lost through all the info. Can anyone recommend and help a bit with suggestions ?
Highly appreciated
Iver
How about PAUL SIMON -RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS.
Classic album, well recorded
Nice album-but South American!
Bruce
Does Graceland qualify? It was recorded in South Africa using (South) African musicians.
Dave
Soro, by the great Salif Keita. One of my most favorite albums of any kind of music, much less African.
Good stuff.
Nonesuch records has a great World Music catalog - including some traditional African music they recorded in the 70s which is fantastic, and two standout women Rokia Traoré and Fatoumata Diawara.
These are my current favorites
Does Graceland qualify? It was recorded in South Africa using (South) African musicians.
Dave
Perhaps not quite, but a great album nonetheless.
Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela
A good introduction to the music of this great South African musician who has achieved worldwide recognition.
Not sure if Ali Farka Toure had been posted, but a sure certainty of spell bounding music and singing.
Jason.
Richard Bona
Very jazzy and accessible afro inspired music,and the best bass playing sinds Jaco Pastorius.
How about this.
Nonesuch records has a great World Music catalog - including some traditional African music they recorded in the 70s which is fantastic, and two standout women Rokia Traoré and Fatoumata Diawara.
These are my current favorites
Fatoumata Diawara is a great album! Class choice. Will check the others
Check this out.Seemingly Ginger Baker went to nigeria with a side project for inspiration and ended up insipring a generation of Nigerian psychadelic rock musicians. There are more in this vein if you like this.
Regards
Donald
Posting in the Wow thread, I realise this is not on this thread yet. This is sublime!
Radio Tarifa, which is north african/moorish/spanish is also well worth a listen.
How about some "Ethio Jazz", a music style from the culturally flourishing 60's in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The father of the genre is MULATU ASTATKE. Mulatu was well educated thru scholarships and lived abroad for several years during this time and managed to create a new and unique music style with his inspiration. He used foreign styles like latin rhythms and Jazz blended with his magical melodies with that ancient traditional and I also want to say royal Ethiopian vibe. These were the days of Emperor Haile Selassie, the conquering lion of Judah.
Very good quality repress vinyl are available, check out:
Ethiopian Quintet - Afro-Latin Soul, Worthy Records LP 1966, New York
(repressed with original matrix)
Mulatu of Ethiopia LP 1972, Worthy Records, New York (repressed original matrix)
Mulatu Astatke Featuring Fekade Amde Maskal – Ethio Jazz LP 1974, L'Arôme Productions, France (mastered from original tapes)
