Creole Jazz

1. Creole Jazz

2. King Chanticleer

3. St. Germain Dance

4. Mean Blues

5. Custom House Up and Down

6. Aggravatin' Papa

7. Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner

8. Mouchete Rag

9. That Thing Called Love

10. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

11. More Time Papa

12. Frotti-Frotta

13. Silver Dollar

14. New Orleans Stomp

15. Oh By Jingo

16. Where Did You Stay Last Night

17. Big Lip Blues

18. Roll Jordan Roll

19. Kiss Me Sweet

20. She's Cryin' for Me

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Average customer rating: Same old same old... King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set King Oliver's best cd. The best collection so far BUT..... Rediscovering A Legend

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Manufacturer: Challenge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 2: At the Jazz Band Ball Breaking Out of New Orleans 1922-1929 The Hot Fives & Sevens ASIN: B000005R5L Release Date: 1997-05-27

Tracks:

1. Just Gone
2. Canal Street Blues
3. Mandy Lee Blues
4. I'm Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind
5. Chimes Blues
6. Weather Bird Rag
7. Dipper Mouth Blues
8. Froggie Moore
9. Snake Rag
10. Snake Rag
11. Sweet Lovin' Man
12. High Society Rag
13. Sobbin' Blues
14. Where Did You Stay Last Night?
15. Dipper Mouth Blues
16. Jazzin' Baby Blues
17. Alligator Hop
18. Zulu's Ball
19. Working Man Blues
20. Krooked Blues

Tracks:

1. Chattanooga Stomp
2. London Cafe Blues
3. Camp Meeting Blues
4. New Orleans Stomp
5. Buddy's Habits
6. Tears
7. I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody
8. Room Rent Blues
9. Riverside Blues
10. Sweet Baby Doll
11. Workin' Man Blues
12. Mabel's Dream
13. Mabel's Dream
14. Mabel's Dream
15. The Southern Stomps
16. The Southern Stomps
17. Riverside Blues
18. Kiss Me Sweet
19. Construction Gang
20. King Porter Stomp
21. Tom Cat

Customer Reviews:

Same old same old..........2006-02-28

There's really nothing much here that hasn't been reissued previously again and again and again. All these Oliver sets sound like they're derived from the same sources and just recycled by different labels. These are dull, bland sounding transfers. The only thing this set has going for it is that it's "complete". Otherwise, it doesn't make for very satisfying listening.

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set.......2006-02-02

The rhythm banjo drowns out the horns during the first 28 cuts. Cuts 29 thru 41 are much better in that regard. Cuts 40 and 41 are especially good in that we are able to hear King Oliver solo. Louis Armstrong shows us that he can be an ensemble player. He also shows us that he can play a slide whistle too. This CD is a compendium of some of the classic jazz tunes of the era. If one is an arranger, this disc could serve as a foundation illustrating how these tunes sound when played straight.

King Oliver's best cd........2005-09-06

Music in this double cd is the best in King Oliver's career.
He plays with young Louis Armstrong and there are some great numbers specially on disc 1. Sound on this 2Cd is great. I love real sound like this without sound reflection which appears on Great original performances.
It is essential music for all fans of early jazz .

The best collection so far BUT............2005-04-08

Before this release, we were stuck with the Milestone reissue on CD, which is left over from the early days of digital remastering. The noise is gone, but so is half of the music. Not good. Luckily, this collection came out a few years later. Certainly better than the Milestones, but still not a satisfying collection. This 2 disc set of all of the Oliver sides (including the extremely rare Autograph sessions with Jelly Roll Morton AND the one-of-a-kind "Zulus Ball" on Gennett) is a very exciting collection to own if you are interested in "having" them all. For listening pleasure, however, the set is rather inconsistent in its sound quality and in some cases downright painful to listen to. I am a fan of the work of Mr. Davies (the remastering engineer here) but in this case I think he missed the boat. Sometimes the EQ is overly boosted in the bottom end, causing lots of resonance and wolf tones. Meanwhile, the high midrange (where the cornets are) is also overly boosted and creates a painful 'stabbing the eardrums' sensation. I've heard a few of these originals coming straight off of 78 RPM, and they sound nothing like this set. In the attempt to emphasize various sections of the band, I think overall clarity has been sacrificed. The Columbia and Paramount sides are excessively tinny; there is much more sound on these records. There are also variations in pitch, sometimes even in the middle of songs; apparently from making a composite from two transfers. Volume from song to song also varies.

I understand that acoustically recorded sides generally need some help to shine, but here they have been strangely equalized and sound very unnatural. The whole project is put together rather sloppily as well. The track listing doesn't allow for the fact that this is a 2 CD set; Disc 2 starts with "track 21.." ??Even the discographical information is hard to comprehend; to find personnel on any given song, you have to go back to the first session and add and subtract members through each subsequent session.

My favorite reissue (if you can find it) is still the 1974 Herwin LP with all of the Gennett sides "untouched". An A-B comparison between the Herwin and Retrieval versions of the Gennett sides shows an instant and remarkable difference.

I hope one day someone will put out a complete set of the Creole Jazz Band sides with natural sounding transfers. I'd welcome a little noise if it would allow the glory of these recordings to be heard more fully.

Rediscovering A Legend.......2001-12-18

This superlative set allows us the pleasure of actually hearing Jazz take its early steps;while not to fault Louis Armstrong's own greatness That came later on not in 1923;King Oliver has been one of the most criminally neglected artists in jazz history,and this marvelous release will no doubt force the jazz writers to reconsider,-whether 'Zulu's Ball' or 'High Society Rag',Oliver's capacity for collective improvisation drove these wonderful records.And now with the wonder of CD Technology,we can preserve Oliver's artistry in the new millenium,...so let us not make the mistake of ignoring Oliver like we did last century! Oliver is HERE so deal with it,skeptics and jazz lovers - REJOICE!

Average customer rating: an excellent mix of traditonal jazz and Haitian rhythms from allmusic.com

Haitian Creole Jazz Mozayik Manufacturer: Zoho Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Haiti Mozayik The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 How It Ends ASIN: B00094ASI6 Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

1. Caravan
2. Pen Mayi
3. Sa Te Bel
4. Mireille
5. Sincerely Yours
6. African Queen
7. The Journey
8. Limye
9. Fifa's Theme
10. Second Nature
11. Havana Sunrise
12. Moving On

Customer Reviews:

an excellent mix of traditonal jazz and Haitian rhythms.......2005-08-15

This CD is awesome. Every piece on the album is worth listening to over and over again. The "rara" inserted in the middle of Caravan is so well done. These guys have done their motherland proud!

from allmusic.com.......2005-07-01

Review by Jonathan Widran
It's always so inspiring when American-based musicians mine the riches of their exotic heritage, and this five-piece New York band offers a stirring invitation to explore the vast rhythmic riches of its Afro-Haitian roots. While listeners are enjoying what on the surface sounds like an appealing mix of classical, jazz, gospel, and funk influences, the 12 multifaceted tracks also aim to teach lessons about various traditional Haitian folkloric drum rhythms (all stunningly played by Markus Schwartz). The set is bookended with two tracks using the Rara rhythm, the joyous and frenetic "Caravan" (a showcase for the feisty interplay between guitarist Eddy Bourjolly and pianist Welmyr Jean-Pierre) and "Moving On," which floats an elegant melody atop speedy percussion patterns. Other irresistible native rhythms include Nago (the hypnotic "Sa te Bel"), Mayi ("Pen Mayi"), Ibo (the sassy Latin-flavored "Mirelle"), Kontradans (the moody, laid-back "African Queen," featuring singalong native vocal textures), Kongo ("Limye"), and Petwo (a very tropical "The Journey"). Schwartz's interesting liner notes add some context to the tunes, whose deep textures take a few run-throughs to fully appreciate. Those who are fascinated might be prompted to do more research into what makes jazz tick in Haiti. But for those just out for a nice listen, perhaps legendary jazz bassist Jimmy Haslip's take is quite enough: "beautiful music!"

Average customer rating: Brilliant vintage hamonics!

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Tracks:

1. Creole Love Call
2. Must I Now Leave My Little Town?
3. Perpetual Motion
4. A Little Madness Is No Bad Thing
5. Tea For Two
6. A Little Spring Breeze
7. Darling, My Heart Longs To Greet You
8. Congo Lullaby
9. When Russian Sonja Is Dancing
10. Whispering
11. The Blue Danube
12. The Old Spinning-Wheel
13. The Barber Of Seville Overture
14. The Wedding Of The Painted Doll
15. At The Well Before The Gate
16. Barcarolle
17. Woodchoppers' Ditty
18. I Dream Of A Magical Night
19. In Silent Night
20. Night And Day
21. A Boy Saw A Wild Rosebush
22. Death's Evening Recitals At The Ship's Piano
23. Close Your Eyes
24. Tell Me Tonight
25. Auf Wiederseh'n, My Dear

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant vintage hamonics!.......1999-07-21

The Comedy Harmonists were an a close harmony group who recorded in Germany from '28 to the late '30's. They were harassed and force to disband because of Nazi disapproval of their semitic origins as well as their avant-guarde, jazz-oriented material. They sing here in German and English doing everything from folk songs to Tea for Two with clarity, musical grace and lightness. Their comic songs are very deft and witty. If you enjoy close harmonics, you will find this recording a revelation.

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Creole Love Call Nils Landgren , and Joe Sample Manufacturer: Highnote ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Paint It Blue Funky ABBA Let's Spend Some Time Urban Flamingo Sweet Classic Soul ASIN: B000E40Q7O Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. Get out of My Life Woman
2. (Sittin' on The) Dock of the Bay - Nils Landgren, , Ray Parker, Jr., Joe Sample
3. Nightlife
4. Soul Shadows
5. Brightest Smile in Town
6. Don't Take Your Love to Hollywood
7. One Day I Fly Away
8. With You in Mind - Nils Landgren, Charmaine Neville, Joe Sample
9. I Can't Get Enough of Your Love
10. Love the One You're With
11. Same Old Story
12. Creole Love Call

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Creole Kings of New Orleans Various Artists Manufacturer: Specialty ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sounds of Our Time: The Harlan County Album ASIN: B000000QLE Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Going Back To New Orleans - Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers
2. Louisiana - Percy Mayfield
3. River's Invitation - Percy Mayfield
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
5. Where You At - Lloyd Price
6. Frog Legs - Lloyd Price
7. Teachin' And Preachin' - The Royal Kings
8. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
9. 'Til I Say Well Done - The Kings
10. Ay-Tete Fee AKA Eh! Petitte Fille - Clifton Chenier
11. Oh! How I Need Your Love - Alberta Hall
12. Send Me Some Lovin' - Leo Price
13. Do Baby Do - Ernest Kador
14. Who's Been Fooling You - Big Boy Myles And The Sha-Weez
15. Rich Woman - Li'l Millet And His Creoles
16. Whistlin' Joe - Lloyd Lambert
17. No Buts, No Maybes - Professor Longhair
18. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Professor Longhair
19. (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxaphone - Roy Montrell
20. Bop Sit-In Blues - Edgar Blanchard
21. Just To Hold My Hand - Big Boy Myles
22. Lights Out - Jerry Byrne
23. Cha Dooky-Doo - Art Neville
24. I'm A Fool To Care - Art Neville
25. Jockamo AKA Iko-Iko - Larry Williams
26. Bad Boy AKA Junior Behave Yourself - Larry Williams

Average customer rating: This is one to cherish sly mongoose Belasco-Bellringer supreme

Goodnight Ladies and Gents: The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco Lionel Belasco Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Calypso | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Poor But Ambitious: Calypso Classics Roosevelt in Trinidad: Calypsos of Events, Places and Personalities, 1933-1939 Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue and Violence in the 1930's The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James Orphans [Fold-out Digipak with 24-page booklet] ASIN: B00000ICOM Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. Good-Night Ladies And Gents
2. Roses Of Caracas Waltz
3. 'I Used To Do All The Heavy Things'
4. Panama Paseo No.1
5. Miranda
6. Blow Wind Blow
7. Venezuelen Little Tune
8. 'I Used To Just Play The Piano'
9. Prohibition
10. Sly Mongoose
11. Carmencita
12. Caroline
13. Maysotis
14. Treasury Fire
15. Caracas
16. Hit And Run Away
17. Iris
18. Why Me Neighbor Vex With Me
19. The Palms Of Maracaibo
20. Esperanzas
21. You Bob
22. Oh Rufus Hold Me Tight
23. Bournes Road
24. Rosa Negra Vals Venezolano
25. Go Away Gal
26. Standing Up Behind The Bridge
27. Venezuela

Amazon.com

In the world of Calypso, Lionel Belasco is an iconoclast. He was born in Barbados; his father was a Sephardic Jew who sang baritone and played the violin, his mother a Trinidadian who classically trained the young pianist in their various homes in Barbados, Venezuela (whose music is highly in evidence in his work), and eventually Trinidad. But the young musician had a penchant for the local music and the local sports like stick fighting, and when he decided to become a professional, all of these images collided to create one of the most unique Calypsonians of any era. Classical piano, violin that crosses easily between Beethoven and European folk fiddle styles, and not a little of the "sweet band" jazz of American bands like the Paul Whiteman Orchestra are brought together by Belasco to great effect in these recordings made mostly in New York City, a place where he became something of a star in the '20s and '30s. The musicians are a star-studded lot: vocalist Wilmouth Houdini, violinist Cyril Montrose, and guitarist Gerald Clarke pepper these recordings, punctuating and counterpointing the structured songs of Belasco with a looser jazz feel. An added bonus on this 27-track collection are a number of solo performances and short interviews with Belasco in 1961, where he retells his story and explains the music. His songwriting was legend, his voice a charm, and his music some of the best of the era. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews:

This is one to cherish.......2002-09-16

Like a previous reviewer, I was introduced to Lionel Belasco through the Ghost World soundtrack. I loved all three of the songs and decided to look for more music by him. I was pleasantly surprised to find this. Its a great blend of calypso and some jazz and each song is different from the other but always top notch. There are fiddles, vocals and piano. All of the songs on here are wonderful and completely unforgettable. Houdini's vocals make some of these shine, and the instrumentals are moody at times, haunting at others and always compelling.

There are also a few tracks that have Lionel speaking which are memorable as well. The liner notes are very complete and perfectly done. This cd gives you great music and history all at the same time. I'm very glad that I have discovered music like this especially at a time when music is very bland.

If you like old music, get this. Or if you want to try something new, this is the one. Timeless and wonderful, this is a masterpiece.

sly mongoose.......2002-03-28

i was turned on to the musical word of lionel belasco through the ghost world sound track. i loved the songs, "miranda" and, "venezuela." with the purchase of this disc, i was hoping to pick up more great calipso music. luckily for me (and you), it's full of dazzling and highy energetic tunes. the piano stylings of belasco and the vocal efforts of houdini are truly unique, unlike anything i've come across before. check this one out.

Belasco-Bellringer supreme.......2001-08-15

Belasco was an outstanding calypsonian of his era or any era for that matter.He emerged from a background that was unlike most of his calypso comrades. His songs were a masterful tapestry of life and love and struggles. He was able to couch his memorable ditties under the watchful eyes of the ever present censors working on behalf of British-bourgeois interests and sensibilities. He was a musical master who helped other calypsonians of that age. This album is an extraordinary mirror of the times. His rendition of "sly mongoose" is an overt attack on sexual exploitation by those with power in pre-independence Trinidad. With "Rufus hold me tight" he alluded to the sexual extravagance of a newly wed couple. Belasco rung the early bells of calypso with marvellous vitality. Future calypsonians and those who love this art form will always be grateful that the wind was able to blow his voice beyond Trinidad just like he extolled "Blow wind blow"

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Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (1954) Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Manufacturer: Good Time Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: This Kid's the Greatest! Legendary Kid Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band: 1944 - 1945 The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions Ory's Creole Trombone Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000000XOT Release Date: 1996-04-02

Tracks:

1. When The Saints Go Marching In
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Wolverine Blues
4. That's A Plenty
5. Muskrat Ramble
6. Clarinet Marmalade
7. Gettysburg March
8. Yellow Dog Blues
9. I Found A New Baby

Amazon.com

Of all the traditional revivalists of the 1940s and 1950s, trombonist Kid Ory had the deepest roots and the most illustrious career, reaching back to New Orleans at the turn of the century and to the first authentic jazz recording sessions in the early 1920s. His groups demonstrated the highest levels of musicianship, mixing New Orleans veterans with younger players, and that's clearly in evidence in this fine set. This edition of the group--a septet including trumpeter Alvin Alcorn, pianist Don Ewell, and drummer Minor Hall--brings something special, whether stately or joyous, to a program that includes "Gettysburg March," Jelly Roll Morton's "Wolverine Blues," and Ory's signature "Muskrat Ramble." --Stuart Broomer

Average customer rating: The Real Thing

Legendary Kid Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Manufacturer: Good Time Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (1954) This Kid's the Greatest! Bunk Johnson - 1944 (Second Masters) Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band: 1944 - 1945 The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions ASIN: B000000XP3 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Mahogany Hall Stomp
2. Sugar Blues
3. At A Georgia Camp Meeting
4. Snag It
5. There'll Be Some Changes Made
6. At The Jazz Band Ball
7. Wang Wang Blues
8. By And By
9. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
10. Shine

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The Real Thing.......2007-03-09

This recording from late 1955 features an authentic 7 piece New-Orleans style band led by trombonist Kid Ory. The Legendary "Kid," now 70 years old (but maybe playing as well as ever), was a bandleader in the early days of jazz and played as a sideman with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong (including on the Hot 5 and 7 recordings), Jelly Roll Morton, and others. Ory retired in the 1930s during the heyday of the swing era, but made a comeback in the 1940s, helping to re-popularize the great New Orleans tradition.

These are talented musicians--besides Ory, trumpeter Alvin Alcorn is especially impressive on the disc. The enjoyable set was well-recorded and sounds mighty fine on this Good Times Jazz (Fantasy Studio) CD. The liner notes include a recipe for Creole Red Beans and Rice.

Average customer rating: The stuff of legends

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band: 1944 - 1945 The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions Kid Ory Manufacturer: Ghb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ory's Creole Trombone This Kid's the Greatest! Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (1954) Legendary Kid Complete Deccas, Victors, & V Discs Alternate Takes (1945-1946) ASIN: B00005Y9WB Release Date: 1995-12-02

Tracks:

1. Creole Song
2. Get Out of Here
3. Blues for Jimmie Noone
4. South
5. Panama
6. Under the Bamboo Tree
7. Careless Love
8. Do What Ory Say
9. Maryland, My Maryland
10. Down Home Rag
11. 1919 Rag
12. Oh! Didn't He Ramble
13. Ory's Creole Trombone
14. Weary Blues
15. Maple Leaf Rag
16. Original Dixieland One-Step

Customer Reviews:

The stuff of legends.......2006-11-01

This was the band that was put together to play during intermission for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the CBS radio network. Jimmie Noone was the original clarinettist chosen to participate. He died unexpectedly and was replaced by Omer Simeon. Darnell Howard then replaces Simeon for the eight titles from 1945. Minor Hall replaces Alton Redd on drums for all but four of the numbers. Mutt Carey is the trumpet player and plays hot whether open or muted. This is his definitive recording. Buster Wilson is on piano, Bud Scott on guitar, and Ed Garland handles the bass chores. Ory, of course, is on trombone and smears, slides, and tailgates in the same way he did back in the twenties when he recorded with Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. Ory was an innovator, a giant in the history of jazz music.
Nesuhi Ertegun, who later co-founded Atlantic records, was so enamoured with this band that he recorded them in a state of the art studio and started his own Crescent label to release the recordings.
The sound quality is really superb and the musicians were clearly inspired. There are Ory originals, traditionals, and songs of the day all treated in the inimmitable Ory way. His Creole Jazz Band was to undergo personnel changes right through the fifties, yet the sound and attack of the band never changed. There were wonderful recordings for the Good Time Jazz label as well as a few for Verve.
This may be the Kid Ory recording that is essential for your collection. Great tunes, great recording, and it is the stuff of legends.

Average customer rating: Good contemporary, topical African pop Chris Nickson --All Music Guide Still relevant, still soulful, Manel is BACK Still Relevant, still soulful, Manel is BACK

Maron di mar Ze Manel Manufacturer: Cobiana ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: African Citizen Kaxexe Super Mama Djombo Mulemba Xangola Xe Povo ASIN: B00005KAM0 Release Date: 2001-05-05

Tracks:

1. Afrika Unite
2. Maron di mar
3. Tchiko Te
4. Immigre
5. Siko na bankule
6. Na kaminho di luta
7. Pubis ka burro
8. Safinte na baloba
9. Bu fidjo femia
10. Divine Fire
11. Fidjo di tchon

Album Description

Contemporary pop from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.

Guinea-Bissau has been largely overlooked in the newest wave of enthusiasm over music from this part of the world, despite the influence that Bissau-Guinean music has had in the region. Ze Manel is one of the icons of that country's musical history. He continues a tradition of popular music which values Bissau-Guinean rhythm and folklore while bringing these into musical dialogue with European, Latin and North American sounds.

"Tchiko Te" is a hard driving dance track recorded entirely by Ze, except for the trumpet. He has the trumpeter "talk" through the trumpet in a two-note solo, in imitation of a traditional horn (they won't understand it though, since this trumpet speaks English). Later on the trumpeter takes off on his own jazzy solo, over the top of hard-driving african rhythm in bass, guitar, drums and conga.

"Divine Fire" reminds one of a hard-driving, sexy blues, punctuated with a twang like those traditional storytellers use to keep the rhythm of their narrations.

"Safinte na baloba" is a complex intertwining of acoustic guitar, played on the classical instument with conga in the background.

"Siko na Bankule" is a cindarella story with traditional rhythm and a flying flute solo.

A number of the instruments used on this album haven't been used in Bissau-Guinean music before. These are probably the first songs recorded in English by a Bissau-Guinean artist, in an album which serves up ever new and surprising compositions. Most of the songs are sung in the Portuguese creole of Guinea-Bissau, where the album is already a national event.

Customer Reviews:

Good contemporary, topical African pop.......2002-11-12

A pleasant African pop album by a Guinea-Bissau bandleader who has recently emigrated to the United States for political reasons... Those political leanings are evident on several songs here, which touch on the widespread warfare and unrest that has engulfed Africa. This is a nice, pleasantly diverse album, with jazzy undertones and intricate musical arrangements. Worth checking out!

Chris Nickson --All Music Guide.......2002-04-22

Zé Manel is the biggest and possibly the most important contemporary musician to come out of the African country of Guinea-Bissau. Originally the drummer with Mama Djombo, one of the country's most popular groups, he was forced to flee the country after his 1983 solo album, Tustumunhus di Aonti, whose politically acute lyrics put his life in danger. Maron di Mar is his return to his homeland, and it's equally thoughtful but a work of stunning maturity. With a voice that slides gorgeously in and out of the upper registers, his compositions also feature his wonderful multi-instrumental playing, with "Immigré" (not the Youssou N'Dour song of that title) an absolute quiet standout. The rhythms throughout float easily across the album, the arrangements airy and easy but still quite involving. To put it simply, this is one of the best and most accessible albums to come out of West Africa in a long time, making you wonder just why Zé Manel isn't the household name other African performers are. He has everything going for him: the voice, the instrumental chops, and the songwriting ability that shows itself so sharply on pieces like "Safinte na Baloba" and the title cut. Upon its release, this immediately became the biggest disc in Guineau-Bissau. It's not hard to understand why. - Chris Nickson

Still relevant, still soulful, Manel is BACK.......2001-11-01

In the tumultuous 60's and 70's, as independence from colonial rule was won across Africa, there emerged many expressions of cultural revolution. In Guinea-Bissau, it was music. Deep-rooted rhythms and folklore were re-interpreted in modern arrangements that inspired, mobilized, and unified. The new music featured electric guitars, brass, and lyrics sung in Kriol (a synthesis of several African languages and Portuguese), the language of the people. Zé Manel is a foundational figure of that movement.

Manel was born in Bissau, the capital city, on May 22, 1957. At age six, he formed a band to play music at boy scout camp. Soon the band was playing weddings, baptisms and birthday parties, and its members took their craft so seriously that some were forced to leave. By age seven, young Zé, playing drums and acoustic guitar, had become the main attraction of this band, named Super Mama Djombo after the female spirit of a sacred offering place. When Guinea-Bissau won its independence from Portugal years later, Orchestra Mama Djombo emerged to sing the victory.

In the years that followed, Kriol music became the bridge that brought people to their national identity. "Independence felt like people taking over their own house," recalls Manel. "After independence, life was a party, not a struggle." In that euphoric atmosphere, Mama Djombo acquired the status of national group. They often traveled with the first President Luís Cabral, representing the new nation through music. In 1978 they were flown to Cuba to mark the new musical identity "present" at the 11th Youth Music Festival. The group filled a Senegalese stadium, where the crowds literally broke down the doors to hear them play. It is said that whenever a Mama Djombo song came on the radio during lunch, people would get up and dance-and then return to their meal. It seemed an ascendancy that would never end.

The pressures of success-and ideological conflict-brought the end of the band in the mid 80's. In 1982, Zé released his first solo album Tustumunhos di Aonti (Yesterday's Testimony), which sounded the alarm over the formation of a new, repressive ruling class. The album was a national event (people in Guinea-Bissau today still sing the songs from this soulful, relevant album), but the political environment was heating up and Manel's fans were concerned for his safety. It was becoming increasingly easy to "disappear." He was given a scholarship to study abroad-one of the more pleasant means of removing voices of dissidence.

Manel left Guinea-Bissau for a Portuguese conservatory to study classical music, opera and piano. Upon completion of his studies, Zé played for a year on the Paris scene, then moved to Oakland, California to equip a studio.

Maron di mar marks Zé's return to Guinea-Bissau for the first time since Tustumunhos. The album has touched a nerve with people there, and Manel is once again a national hero. The struggle for dignity and new possibilities that drove the revolution continues today, as a society strives to affirm democracy and identity. Thanks to Zé Manel, Kriol music once again aids that fight, providing a counter-narrative to potential constitutional fictions.

Still Relevant, still soulful, Manel is BACK.......2001-11-01

After years of political and musical exile,
"the talisman of Guinean music returns
to the origins on a Sea wave"

-Diário de Bissau

"...politically sharp, poetically soft,
guitars mourning without pedal effects,
...and Manel's terrific voice."

-The Rough Guide to World Music

In the tumultuous 60's and 70's, as independence from colonial rule was won across Africa, there emerged many expressions of cultural revolution. In Guinea-Bissau, it was music. Deep-rooted rhythms and folklore were re-interpreted in modern arrangements that inspired, mobilized, and unified. The new music featured electric guitars, brass, and lyrics sung in Kriol (a synthesis of several African languages and Portuguese), the language of the people. Zé Manel is a foundational figure of that movement.

Manel was born in Bissau, the capital city, on May 22, 1957. At age six, he formed a band to play music at boy scout camp. Soon the band was playing weddings, baptisms and birthday parties, and its members took their craft so seriously that some were forced to leave. By age seven, young Zé, playing drums and acoustic guitar, had become the main attraction of this band, named Super Mama Djombo after the female spirit of a sacred offering place. When Guinea-Bissau won its independence from Portugal years later, Orchestra Mama Djombo emerged to sing the victory.

In the years that followed, Kriol music became the bridge that brought people to their national identity. "Independence felt like people taking over their own house," recalls Manel. "After independence, life was a party, not a struggle." In that euphoric atmosphere, Mama Djombo acquired the status of national group. They often traveled with the first President Luís Cabral, representing the new nation through music. In 1978 they were flown to Cuba to mark the new musical identity "present" at the 11th Youth Music Festival. The group filled a Senegalese stadium, where the crowds literally broke down the doors to hear them play. It is said that whenever a Mama Djombo song came on the radio during lunch, people would get up and dance-and then return to their meal. It seemed an ascendancy that would never end.

The pressures of success-and ideological conflict-brought the end of the band in the mid 80's. In 1982, Zé released his first solo album Tustumunhos di Aonti (Yesterday's Testimony), which sounded the alarm over the formation of a new, repressive ruling class. The album was a national event (people in Guinea-Bissau today still sing the songs from this soulful, relevant album), but the political environment was heating up and Manel's fans were concerned for his safety. It was becoming increasingly easy to "disappear." He was given a scholarship to study abroad-one of the more pleasant means of removing voices of dissidence.

Manel left Guinea-Bissau for a Portuguese conservatory to study classical music, opera and piano. Upon completion of his studies, Zé played for a year on the Paris scene, then moved to Oakland, California to equip a studio.

Maron di mar marks Zé's return to Guinea-Bissau for the first time since Tustumunhos. The album has touched a nerve with people there, and Manel is once again a national hero. The struggle for dignity and new possibilities that drove the revolution continues today, as a society strives to affirm democracy and identity. Thanks to Zé Manel, Kriol music once again aids that fight, providing a counter-narrative to potential constitutional fictions.

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