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1	Spirit! The Power of Music (2003) more music like this by Randy Weston add to wishlist This live concert was a reunion celebration between pianist/composer Randy Weston and the Gnawa Master Musicians of Morocco, who recorded together eight years before for the Verve album The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians of Morocco. It took place in Brooklyn in September of 2000 and is a remarkable document. The program is kicked off with a ... see all copies from £11.20! new only from £11.91!
2	Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974 (1998) more music like this by Mulatu Astatke add to wishlist To some, the term "Ethiopian jazz" might seem impossible; after all, it's a very American form. But what's truly surprising isn't the fact that these musicians play jazz so well, but the range of jazz they manage, from the George Benson-ish guitar workout of "Munaye" to the twisting sax of "Tezeta." Really, though, it's more Jimmy Smith than Duke ... see all copies from £6.85! new only from £10.70!
3	Ethiopiques, Vol. 14: Negus of Ethiopian Sax (2003) more music like this by Getatchew Mekurya add to wishlist The Ethiopiques series of world music keeps slowly widening its arc, and this time around it's come up with some very interesting vintage (circa 1972) material. Ethiopiques, Vol. 14: Negus of Ethiopian Sax features Getatchew Mekurya, a sax player whose inspiration comes from traditional warrior music: the kind meant to whip soldiers into a frenzy ... see all copies from £10.11! new only from £10.11!
4	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (2006) more music like this by Hugh Masekela add to wishlist Hugh Masekela recorded for a series of American labels between the mid-'60s and mid-'70s: Mercury; MGM; Decca's Uni subsidiary; and his own Chisa label, distributed first by Motown and then by Blue Thumb. All of those labels have since been incorporated within the major label Universal, and Universal's reissue arm, Hip-O, is responsible for this ... see all copies from £6.62! new only from £6.62!
5	Live At The Market Theatre (2007) more music like this by Hugh Masekela add to wishlist This two-and-a-half-hour concert recording serves both to sum up the career of its performer, now that he is north of 65 years old, and also to demonstrate that he is still working at his peak. Hugh Masekela's voice is more gravelly than in the past, but his flugelhorn playing is as good as ever, and his abilities as a bandleader are apparent. ... see all copies from £9.61! new only from £10.74!
6	Pictures of Soul (2004) more music like this by Omar Sosa/Adam Rudolph add to wishlist Pictures of Soul is a 16-track multidimensional music collaboration between the Grammy-nominated pianist Omar Sosa and Los Angeles-based percussionist Adam Rudolph. Recorded in 2002 and 2003 in Los Angeles, CA, this wholly improvised recording is a poignant aural journey into the transcendent realms of the creative music process. It prominently ... see all copies from £8.44! new only from £13.36!
7	The African Suite [Enja] (1999) more music like this by Abdullah Ibrahim add to wishlist African Suite presents Abdullah Ibrahim's regular trio with bassist Belden Bullock and drummer George Gray along with a large string section drawn from the Youth Orchestra of the European Community. Daniel Schnyder crafted the arrangements, which are orchestral reworkings of some of Ibrahim's compositions roughly spanning a 25-year period. The ... see all copies from £3.15! new only from £3.15!
8	The Very Best of Manu Dibango: AfroSoulJazz (2000) more music like this by Manu DiBango add to wishlist The dates of only a few of these 11 songs are given in the liner notes. It's certain that the 69 minutes of music spans the early '70s to the mid-'80s at the least, but beyond that, the chronology isn't laid out, leaving neophytes to wonder how much of his career this best-of surveys. Leaving that consideration aside, it's a reasonable ... see all copies from £6.47! new only from £6.47!
9	Wakafrika (1994) more music like this by Manu Dibango add to wishlist Among American audiences, Manu Dibango is best known for "Soul Makossa," a highly infectious blend of African music, soul-funk, and jazz that became a major pop hit in the early '70s. The African artist revisited his signature tune on 1994's Wakafrika, which boasts an all-star cast that includes Peter Gabriel as well as Haiti's Papa Wemba and ... see all copies from £3.11!
10	The Creator of the Universe (2007) more music like this by Sun Ra Arkestra add to wishlist see all copies from £11.67! new only from £11.67!
11	20th Century Masters (2007) more music like this by Manu Dibango add to wishlist see all copies from £10.14! new only from £10.14!
12	Water From an Ancient Well (1985) more music like this by Abdullah Ibrahim add to wishlist Also made available domestically at one time by the defunct Black Hawk label, this superior Abdullah Ibrahim recording features the pianist/composer with a very strong septet. Such superior musicians as tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, altoist Carlos Ward, baritonist Charles Davis, and trombonist Dick Griffin are heard at their most creative and ... see all copies from £17.31!
13	Soul Makossa (1972) more music like this by Manu Dibango add to wishlist see all copies from £10.85! new only from £10.85!
14	Black to the Future (1998) more music like this by Hugh Masekela add to wishlist Black to the Future is a fairly standard latter-day Hugh Masekela album, falling somewhere between accessible worldbeat and tuneful fusion. Granted, Masekela has been mining this ground for some time, but there is a bit of a difference here, particularly the genuine sound of some of the polyrhythms and the way the group locks into a supple groove. ... see all copies from £13.39! new only from £13.39!
15	Devotion (2004) more music like this by Courtney Pine add to wishlist Devotion is Courtney Pine's ninth album and his first to be released on American shores since 1999. Those familiar with Pine's restlessly adventurous, knife-edge walk between the jazz explorations of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins and his love affair with reggae, soul, funk, world pop and folk musics, and electronica will be delighted with this ... see all copies from £6.69! new only from £12.29!
16	African Soul: The Very Best of Manu Dibango (1997) more music like this by Manu Dibango add to wishlist see all copies from £7.21! new only from £7.29!
17	This Is Smooth Jazz, Vol. 5: Sounds of Africa (2002) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Smooth jazz has truly become a worldwide phenomenon. The fifth volume in the This Is Smooth Jazz series collects 12 smooth and jazz-like tracks from African artists like Louis Mhlanga, Kalamazoo III, Sheer All Stars, and Wessel. Many of the artists here have worked with people like George Duke, Hugh Masekela, Al Jarreau, and Paul Simon, and their ... see all copies from £3.11! new only from £8.49!
18	Still Grazing (2004) more music like this by Hugh Masekela add to wishlist Released to coincide with Hugh Masekela's autobiography of the same name, Still Grazing picks up the Masekela story from Verve's summary of the best of the MGM albums, The Lasting Impression of Ooga-Booga, and runs through the Uni and Blue Thumb material. The 1966 tracks are from The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela, where the trumpeter mixes his ... see all copies from £6.95! new only from £6.95!
19	Confusion/Gentleman (2000) more music like this by Fela Kuti add to wishlist This, another installment from MCA's superb recollecting of Fela's original albums, includes two of the most notable albums from the mid-'70s. Gentleman is primarily a verbal battering of the post-colonial mentality of his fellow Africans (also abused elsewhere in other albums). It is a relatively humorous episode this time through, as he mocks ... see all copies from £10.46! new only from £10.46!
20	Daxaar (2008) more music like this by Steve Reid Ensemble add to wishlist A drummer from the Bronx in Senegal should feel right at home, and Steve Reid apparently does on this collaboration, although he seems quite content to take a back seat, working with percussion and bass to build a platform for other instruments. There's no attempt to make the disc sound specifically African -- what comes out is a natural mix of ... see all copies from £10.67! new only from £10.67!
21	Reflections [1201 Music] (1965) more music like this by Dollar Brand add to wishlist see all copies from £8.02! new only from £8.02!
22	Deeper Soul Remix Project (2006) more music like this by Kahil El'Zabar add to wishlist see all copies from £5.63! new only from £5.63!
23	Bao Bao (1996) more music like this by Manu Dibango add to wishlist While the music on Bao Bao dates back to 1984, the time of Dibango's studio work with Bill Laswell, conceptually the album is something of a follow-up to 1973's influential Soul Makossa, and was recorded with a number of the same musicians. As per Laswell's more avant-funk leanings, the sessions also drafted Herbie Hancock, Parliament's Bernie ... see all copies from £4.23! new only from £7.97!
24	Eyes of the Elders (2001) more music like this by T.K. Blue add to wishlist Eyes of the Elders is saxophonist and flutist T.K. Blue's second release as a leader on the Arkadia Jazz label, a collection of 13 songs that pertain to certain jazz elders -- John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, Benny Carter, and Denzel Best -- who have inspired the artist along his path of musical growth. Infused with the creative influences T.K. Blue ... see all copies from £3.12! new only from £3.12!
25	African Space Program (1973) more music like this by Dollar Brand add to wishlist Still known as Dollar Brand at the time of this recording, Abdullah Ibrahim had his first encounter with a large ensemble on African Space Program, and the results are quite successful. Despite a muddy sound quality, this is music built on infectious themes and played with verve by a fine cast of instrumentalists. The first part of "Tintiyana," ... see all copies from £7.60! new only from £7.60!

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