Bitter Funeral Beer

by Bengt Berger / Bitter Funeral Beer Band

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Incorporating the funeral music traditions of the Lo-Dagaa people of Northern Ghana, this expansive ensemble piece merges West African polyrhythms with European free improvisation. Don Cherry notably contributes to the intense, spiritually charged atmosphere, creating a vital document of cross-cultural jazz synthesis.

Genres

  • Afro-Jazz
  • Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Spiritual Jazz

Tracklist

  1. Bitter Funeral Beer
  2. Blekete
  3. Chetu
  4. Tongsi