Tim Niland is a lifelong jazz and blues fan, who began blogging about music five years ago. In real life, he is a public librarian living in New Jersey.

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Orchestra Baobab - Made in Dakar (Nonesuch, 2008)

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May 25, 9:47 PM

by Tim Niland, Blues and Jazz Examiner

A longstanding band from Senegal that combines local music styles with Caribbean music as well as R&B, they create a hypnotic blend of musical styles. Some of the tracks have an easygoing and swinging tone with bubbling guitar and percussion. The guitar in particular has a unique vividness and brightness in it's tone, grabbing your attention line a neon sign on a dark night. Throbbing bass keeps the bottom in constant motion, like the great rock solid bassists of the classic Motown sessions of the past, it is locked into the complex and ever shifting drums and percussion that drives the music. Trumpets and saxophones riff and comment on the music throughout, occasionally breaking through for solos. You don't kneed to understand the Wolof language to understand the stories being told by the vocalists who sing beautifully and with great emotion. This was a wonderful and consistently enjoyable album, and anyone looking to broaden their musical horizons is urged to check it out.
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Lionel Loueke – Karibu (Blue Note, 2008)

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May 11, 7:13 PM

Guitarist and vocalist Loueke came to the attention of Blue Note records while playing in Herbie Hancock's touring band. He is joined on this record by Massimo Biolcati on bass and Ferenc Nemeth on drums. Pianist Hancock and tenor and soprano saxophonist... Read More
Topics: lionelloueke , jazz , pop , african , herbiehancock

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