Like another reviewer, I first hear bits of Lamentation on NPR shortly after its initial release.  The few moments I heard on the radio left me in tears... and haunted for what seemed a terribly long time afterwards as I searched fruitlessly for a copy of the CD.  When I finally found it on CD Baby I almost hesitated to buy it.  Twelve years had passed.  I wondered if the music would still speak to me the same way... I even wondered if I wanted it to, there being even more to lament today than in 1995, but I am truly glad i bought it.

This album is beautiful.  Simply beautiful.  Having only heard portions of a few cuts on the radio, I remembered the music as being evocative of sadness... what you would expect from a lament... but it is not sad, nor does it evoke sadness; rather, it is alive and celebratory, touching the heart and inviting the listener to feel whatever s/he feels already... to feel it, to let it out, to let it go... and then as i listened more I was welcomed into the richness of being fully alive, given a chance to breath deeply, and enjoy being human more than I have in a long time.  

Of course, the album ends as it begins, with lamentation, and having celebrated Life with Tunde Jegede through this album, our shared lamentation seemed even deeper and sadder than I remembered... but now I feel it simply as warp of Life, which, if I allow it, makes the joys of living even sweeter.
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i first heard tunde jegede and his music on npr several years ago. i searched for years for the album at every music store i walked into. then i checked amazon. still nothing. i thought i had just been lucky enough to have heard the music and heard of him and gave up my search, still holding onto the piece of paper that had the word lamentations and tunde jegede on it.

then i found cd baby while looking for another album and, on a whim, checked for this jegede album.

i'm happy to say that cd baby made my day! not only did i find a new source for "low-flying" music and find the album i had been searching for, but i found the wait was most certainly worth it.
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