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Leni Stern: Africa
Leni Stern's "Africa", two years in the making, integrates African and Western music forms with such authenticity that it may come to be regarded as an 'audio documentary' of African musical life.
Nicole Mitchell/Black Earth Ensemble: Afrika Rising
Soulful new jazz, Chicago style, with colorful transitions and changing instrumentation, created for an uplifting visionary experience in sound.
Recommended if you like
Bobby Humphrey,
John Coltrane,
Sun Ra.
Bana Kadori: Agwambo
In this set of songs, Bana Kadori continue to develop their signature blend of Luo Benga and Congolese rhumba - a style they have been championing over the past 25 years starting with their work with the late Ochieng Kabasellah.
Recommended if you like
Franco Luambo Makiadi.
Apolo Bass: Another World Without Racism
African jazz fusion
Recommended if you like
Jaco Pastorius,
Marcus Miller,
Stanley Clarke.
Eddie Brookshire Quintet: Bass Notes The Heartbeat of Jazz
Straight ahead jazz. If you like Coltrane, Miles, Shorter, but in our own original compositions filled with energy you will love this one.
Recommended if you like
John Coltrane,
Wayne Shorter.
Biakuye Percussion Group: Biakuye
They unite the cool sound of American jazz vibraphone, drum set, and electric bass with the richness of African xylophone, kalimba, and hand drums.
Recommended if you like
Cal Tjader,
Lionel Hampton,
Milt Jackson.
Zivanai Masango: Dutu-Storm
A tasty blend of ticklish and intricate guitar lines, rock steady "in the pocket" rhythms and achingly beautiful melodies, that are firmly rooted in the infectious sounds, rhythms and culture of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, yet cleverly laced with touche
Recommended if you like
Habib Koité,
Jonathan Butler,
Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi.
Andrew Oliver Kora Band: Just 4 U
The Andrew Oliver Kora Band combines elements of jazz and traditional West African music to create a unique soul-stirring sound, featuring the traditional kora, a 21-string harp, alongside trumpet, piano, bass, and drums
Recommended if you like
Ali Farka Touré,
Don Cherry,
Toumani Diabaté.
Loba: Live in Detroit
African music meets jazz, a concept of African music with jazzy idioms