Africa: Music from the Nonesuch Explorer Series

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Alto Bung'o Horn (Kenya)
recording engineer:
David Fanshawe
horn [bong'o horn] and shaken idiophone [kayamba]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[unknown]0:43
2Nhemamusasa (Instrumental Excerpt 1)
Cosmas Magaya & Alexio Magaya2:38
3Alhamdulillaahi
recording engineer:
Kathleen Johnson (field recording)
calabash [tumbude] and lute [jirkil]:
Fulani ensemble ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Fulani Ensemble3:08
4Take Me Back To Mabayi
recording engineer:
Giuseppe Coter
zither [inanga]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[unknown]3:47
5Kouco Solo (Mali)
recorded in:
Gao, Gao (Gao Region), Mali
recording engineer:
Stephen Jay (US bassist, “Weird Al” collaborator)
solo xalam [kouco]:
Yacouba Bukari
[unknown]4:42
6Aluar Horns (Zaire border, Uganda)
recorded in:
Arua (Arua District), Northern (Northern Region), Uganda
recording engineer:
David Fanshawe
natural brass instruments [horn] and percussion [drummers]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)
[unknown]3:41
7Song With Tar
recording engineer:
Daniel C. Grinstead (American ethnomusicologist and archivist)
producer:
Robert Garfias
vocals:
Hamza El Din
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 1971) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1971)
recording of:
Song With Tar
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Hamza El Din4:44
8Bus Conductor
Saka Acquaye and His African Ensemble2:24
9Kumakudo
recorded in:
Glen Clova, Masvingo (Masvingo Province), Zimbabwe
recording engineer:
Paul F. Berliner
mbira [17-key ndimba]:
Simon Mashoko
vocals:
Simon Mashoko
Simon Mashoko3:09
10Marimba (Tanzania)
recording engineer:
David Fanshawe
marimba:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[unknown]3:09
11Djongo
Groupe instrumental du renouveau de la jeuness kassena de po et tiebele a ouagadougou4:07
12Bounkam Solo (Burkina Faso)
recorded in:
Burkina Faso
recording engineer:
Stephen Jay (US bassist, “Weird Al” collaborator)
solo single reed [bounkam]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[unknown]3:47
13Dzil Duet
recording engineer:
Steve Jay (US bassist, “Weird Al” collaborator)
[unknown]2:31
14Gonje Songs
recording engineer:
Steve Jay (US bassist, “Weird Al” collaborator)
[unknown]4:19
15Tipe Tizwe
Dumisani Maraire4:32
16Rhinoceros
[unknown]2:23