Top Albums - African Jazz

Loide: Loide, Live at Bohemian Caverns

With roots in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, but raised in Sourthern California, Loide serves up a mix of contemporary jazz and warm Afro-lusophone rhythms.

Recommended if you like Sade, Sara Tavares, Sarah Vaughn.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $13.00
 
Donald Malloy: Spirituality

A blend of classic and modern jazz with traditional african spiritual roots

Recommended if you like Lee Morgan, Roy Hargrove, Terence Blanchard.
  • Buy CD - $12.97
 
Marcus Strickland: Open Reel Deck

Jazz that makes you move and think - a deeply satisfying mix of body and mind.

Recommended if you like Branford Marsalis, Fela Kuti, Kenny Garrett.
  • Buy CD - $15.99
 
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.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $10.00
 
Seckou Keita SKQ: The Silimbo Passage

Funky Afro-jazz grooves, bluesy voices, achingly beautiful melodies, virtuoso improvisation and luminous free spirit.

Recommended if you like Ali Farka Touré, Richard Bona, Toumani Diabaté.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $15.00
 
Kahlil Kwame Bell: Inner Thoughts

African jazz with an experimental approach

Recommended if you like Blue Man Group, Joe Zawinul, Peter Gabriel.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $12.97
  • Buy CD - $17.00
 
Yasser Tejeda & Palotre: Mezclansa

Dominican guitarist Yasser Tejeda and his group Palotre thrive upon the apparent contradictions in the jazz world on Mezclansa, bringing opposing ideas together into an innovative mix.

Recommended if you like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Juan Luis Guerra.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $10.00
  • Buy CD - $12.00
 
Keith Marks: In It

Funky jazz fusion flute

  • Download Album (MP3) - $15.00
  • Buy CD - $15.00
 
Nishlyn Ramanna (feat. Stan Sulzmann): A Thought

South African jazz with strong European and American influences and elements of Indian music. Featuring Stan Sulzmann on saxophones/alto flute.

Recommended if you like Abdullah Ibrahim, Jan Garbarek.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $15.99
  • Buy CD - $15.99
 
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