Orchestra Baobab
A Night At Club Baobab
CD
(Sheer/Oriki 133),
Released 2007;
Editor's Pick:
The great Senegalese dance orchestra, its tracks collected from a period between 1972 and 1978, illustrates the connection, or reconnection between African music and Cuba. The son is all over the music, the melodies taken from Cuba and made African, with pitch re-Africanized. And, man, what a band, what an allegiance to the groove. The electric guitars playing montunos, the dual singers wandering from Hispanic styles, to Arabic styles and black African singing. In some ways the music reminds one of Afro-Cuban music made for the African market — the Areito All-stars — in that the music is made for the long distance haul with some tracks weighing in at 7 and 8 minutes, and the listeners knowing full well that in person the performance would last half an hour. It’s glorious, electric dance music, with horns and electric guitars and bass and it is special. Good place to begin an exploration into one of the better bands of the time, anywhere.
Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2008-03-30)
Song titles include:
Jin Ma Jin Ma
Diarabi
Souleymane
Cabral
Saf Mana Dem
Kelen Ati Len
Liti Liti
Seeri Koko
Wango
Fuutu Toro
On Verra (Ce Soir)
Sey
Yolanda
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa International
=> Africa
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