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| Wakafrika |
| Manu Dibango |
első megjelenés éve: 1994
68 perc |
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| (1994)
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CD |
| 3.501 Ft
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| 1. | Soul Makossa (with Youssou N'Dour)
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| 2. | Biko (with Peter Gabriel/Sinead O'Connor/Geoffrey Oryema/Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Alex Brown)
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| 3. | Wakafrika
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| 4. | Emma (with Salif Keita/Sinead O'Connor)
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| 5. | Homeless (with Sinead O'Connor/Ray Lema)
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| 6. | Lady (with Ray Phiri/Sinead O'Connor)
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| 7. | Hi-Life (with King Sunny Ade)
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| 8. | Wimoweh (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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| 9. | Ami Oh! (with Angelique Kidjo/Papa Wemba)
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| 10. | Jingo (with King Sunny Ade)
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| 11. | Pata Pata (with Kaissa Doumbe)
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| 12. | Diarabi (with Bonga/Toure Kunda)
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| 13. | Ca Va Chouia
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Jazz / World Fusion, Worldbeat, Afro-Pop, African Jazz, West African, African Traditions, Cameroonian
Manu Dibango - saxophone, keyboards
"Bokilo" Jerry Malekani, Vincent N' Guini, David Williams, Paul Jackson, Jr., Dominic Miller - guitar
Fred MacFarlane - keyboards
Francis M'Bappe - bass, programming
Andre Manga, Armand Sabal-Lecco - bass
Tony Allen, Brice Wassi - drums, percussion
Manu Katche, Felix Sabal-Leco - drums
M'Baye Gueye, Assane Thiam, Laurent Coatalen, Michael Fisher - percussion
George Acogny, Jo Kuo - programming
Florence Titty-Dimbeng, Tom Yoms, Georgia Dibango, Abadian Kaba - background vocals
Additional musicians:
Angelique Kidjo, King Sunny Ade, Salif Keita, Kaissa Doumbe, Geoffrey Oryema, Alex Brown, Ray Lema. Engineers include: Rod Beale, Chris Tergensen, Jay Healy
Among American audiences, Manu Dibango is best known for "Soul Makossa," a highly infectious blend of African music, soul-funk, and jazz that became a major pop hit in the early '70s. The African artist revisited his signature tune on 1994's Wakafrika, which boasts an all-star cast that includes Peter Gabriel as well as Haiti's Papa Wemba and African heroes Ladysmith Black Mambazo, King Sunny Ade, and Youssou N'Dour. With such a stellar bunch of guests, Wakafrika should have been outstanding instead of simply decent. But while it isn't the all-out masterpiece it should have been, there's a lot that's enjoyable on this CD, including the reggae-influenced "Em'ma," a remake of Gabriel's "Biko," and the "Makossa"-ish jams "Wakafrika" and "Jingo." Though likable enough, Dibango's new version of "Soul Makossa" falls short of the excellence of the original -- but then, one couldn't realistically expect him to improve on perfection. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Manu Dibango
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Feb 10, 1934 in Cameroon
Genre: Jazz
Styles: African Jazz, African Traditions, Afro-Pop, Makossa, World Fusion, Worldbeat
Dibango is Cameroon's, and perhaps Africa's, best-known jazz saxophonist. Starting in the 1950s, he became a globe-trotting musician, living and performing in France, Belgium, Jamaica, Zaire, and Cote d'Ivoire, as well as in Cameroon. In 1960, Dibango was one of the founding members of the Zairean band African Jazz, with whom he spent five years. World attention came to Dibango with the release in 1972 of Soul Makossa, a work that actually had precious little of the makossa sound in it, and scored later hits with Seventies and Ibida. Dibango's output has been prodigious and multi-faceted. He has worked with musicians as diverse as Fela Kuti, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Don Cherry, and the Fania All-Stars. In addition to being one of the leading jazz saxophonists of his generation, Dibango has also run nightclubs, directed orchestras, and started one of the first African musical journals. A later release, Polysonik -- featuring English rapper MC Mello, Cameroonian singer Charlotte M'Bango leading a choral section, and sampled pygmy flutes -- shows that Dibango is continuing to flourish and expand in challenging new directions.
--- Leon Jackson, All Music Guide |
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