Amara Toure虂 1973-1980
by Amara Tour茅
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 22 June 2015
- Label: Analog Africa
- Country: Guinea
- Length: 1:03:29
- Community rating: 3.73/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Collecting the legendary Guinean singer's ten surviving studio tracks, this release highlights a fascinating cross-pollination between West African instrumentation and Latin American rhythms. The artist brilliantly fused son cubano and pachanga with deeply soulful Mande vocal traditions, creating a profoundly romantic, danceable hybrid that dominated clubs across Senegal and Cameroon. The anthology preserves the legacy of one of Afro-Cuban music's most enigmatic, soulful voices.
Genres
Descriptors: lo-fi, rhythmic, melodic
Tracklist
- N'nijo (5:59)
- Temedy (4:18)
- Lamento Cubano (5:45)
- Cuando Llegar茅 (4:25)
- Fatou (4:52)
- N'ga Digne M'be (5:04)
- Salamouti (9:07)
- Afalago (8:21)
- Tela (8:07)
- Africa (7:26)
Credits
- Amara Tour茅 - primary artist, lead vocals, leader, timbales
- Fefe Diambouana - alto saxophone
- Jean-Claude N'jo - bass
- Peter - clarinet
- Samy Ben Redjeb - compiled by, liner notes
- Kathrin Remest - design
- Mosquito - drums
- Tina Brown - keyboards
- Charles - lead guitar
- Jean-Christian Makaya - leader [orchestre massako]
- Jennie Loiseau - liner notes
- Matt Kenny - liner notes [text editing]
- Michael Graves - mastered by
- Orchestre Du Black And White - orchestra
- Orchestre Massako - orchestra
- Lucien - rhythm guitar
- Sebastien N'd茅 - tenor saxophone
- Jean-Marie Ahanda - vocals