Orchestra Baobab / Specialist in All Styles
| Album: | Specialist in All Styles | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Orchestra Baobab | Added: | Nov 2002 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2002-12-16 | Pull Date: | 2003-02-17 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 2 | Jan 26 | Jan 19 | Jan 12 | Jan 5 | Dec 29 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 19, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Gnawoe |
4. | Jul 01, 2003: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Bul Ma Miin |
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| 2. | Jul 25, 2014: | Global Warming Side B
Dee Moo Woor |
5. | May 17, 2003: | Spherical Sounds
El Son Te Llama |
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| 3. | Nov 18, 2004: | Sun in Libra, Moon in Pisces
Sutukun |
6. | Feb 22, 2003: | Mais non peut-etre
Dee Moo Woor |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-02-04
Reviewed 2003-02-04
ORCHESTRA BAOBAB – Specialist in All Styles
World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2002
A real winner! World music super-producer Nick Gold reassembled Senegal's legendary Orchestra Baobab (which broke up in the mid '80s) after the re-release of their classic Pirates Choice album a while back. If you liked Pirates Choice, you’ll dig this return to the sort of relaxed, jamming, Cuban-Highlife fusion that ruled Senegal before Youssou N'Dour and the mbalax sound took over (N'Dour and Ibrahim Ferrer sing on track 7). I actually like this album better than Piates Choice: the band is tighter and the production is much cleaner. Yippee!
Every track is a gem. Play it all!
1. 6:02 – up/midtempo groove; great guitar work. Cool vox in Wolof.
2. 5:30 – relaxed Mandinka bounce; very catchy and upbeat
3. 4:16 – emotional vocal, great guitar accents, very cool rhythm
4. 6:03 – relaxed Caribbean feel and a steady dance beat
5. 5:19 – from the band’s early days: cute rhythm & loud Wolof vox
6. 4:56 – the band’s theme song: repetitive groove, call & response
7. 5:52 – melancholy Cuban son with 5 vocalists, all fabulous!
8. 5:25 – uptempo Cuban: good Spanish vox, great guitar dialogue!
9. 6:21 – happy highlife ditty: perky rhythm, vox, and saxophone
[Fo]
World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2002
A real winner! World music super-producer Nick Gold reassembled Senegal's legendary Orchestra Baobab (which broke up in the mid '80s) after the re-release of their classic Pirates Choice album a while back. If you liked Pirates Choice, you’ll dig this return to the sort of relaxed, jamming, Cuban-Highlife fusion that ruled Senegal before Youssou N'Dour and the mbalax sound took over (N'Dour and Ibrahim Ferrer sing on track 7). I actually like this album better than Piates Choice: the band is tighter and the production is much cleaner. Yippee!
Every track is a gem. Play it all!
1. 6:02 – up/midtempo groove; great guitar work. Cool vox in Wolof.
2. 5:30 – relaxed Mandinka bounce; very catchy and upbeat
3. 4:16 – emotional vocal, great guitar accents, very cool rhythm
4. 6:03 – relaxed Caribbean feel and a steady dance beat
5. 5:19 – from the band’s early days: cute rhythm & loud Wolof vox
6. 4:56 – the band’s theme song: repetitive groove, call & response
7. 5:52 – melancholy Cuban son with 5 vocalists, all fabulous!
8. 5:25 – uptempo Cuban: good Spanish vox, great guitar dialogue!
9. 6:21 – happy highlife ditty: perky rhythm, vox, and saxophone
[Fo]
Track Listing
| 1. | Bul Ma Miin | 6. | On Verra Ca | |||
| 2. | Sutukun | 7. | Hommage a Tonton Ferrer | |||
| 3. | Dee Moo Woor | 8. | El Son Te Llama | |||
| 4. | Jiin Ma Jiin Ma | 9. | Gnawoe | |||
| 5. | Ndongoy Daara | . |