Orchestra Baobab - Specialist in All Styles / 2002

Orchestra Baobab
Specialist in All Styles
2002


Cut 30 years after they formed and 15 years after they hung up their tumba and timbales, SPECIALIST IN ALL STYLES is the ideal introduction to Baobab's relaxed mastery of American instruments, Cuban rhythms, and Senegalese form-and-content.

Their signature style became a landmark in modern Senegalese music by integrating Afro-Cuban rhythms with the local Wolof and Mandinka traditions, resulting in an easy going groove and an infectious, sensual swing, qualities that mark their work to this day.

The album features many of the original members, including vocalists Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis, saxophonist Issa Cissoko, and guitarist Barthelemy Atisso. A remake of the Cuban classic “El Son Te Llama” is sung by Medoune Diallo, a Pirates Choice vocalist.
The band revives great older Baobab songs like "On Verra Ça" and "Ndongoy Daara," brings in a few folk tunes, and rounds out the album with strong new material. "Homage A Tonton Ferrer" is a rollicking vocal tour de force featuring Cuba's Ibrahim Ferrer and N'Dour.

Moreover, the band is tight throughout.



CD / 2002 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:
1. Bul Ma Miin
2. Sutukun
3. Dee Moo Woor
4. Jiin Ma Jiin Ma
5. Ndongoy Daara
6. On Verra Ga
7. Hommage A Tonton Ferrer
8. El Son Te Lama
9. Gnawoe


Personnel:
Balla Sidibe, vocals, timbales
Rudy Gomis, vocals, maracas, clave
Ndiouga Dieng, vocals
Assane Mboup, vocals
Medoune Diallo, vocals
Barthélemy Attisso, vocals, lead & rhythm guitar
Issa Cissokho, tenor saxophone
Thierno Koite, soprano, alto, & tenor saxophones
Latfi Ben Geloune, rhythm guitar
Charlie Ndiaye, bass guitar
Mountaga Koite, drums, congas


Recorded and Mixed at Livingston Studios, London
Additional Recording at Xippi Studios, Dakar, and Studio Davout, Paris


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