Rafiki Jazz - More Big Muzik from Over There (2009)

‘Rafiki Jazz..the best of British’ (Songlines Magazine Top of the World)
'A stunning, virtuosic, internationalist show (BBC Folk Singer of the Year Nancy Kerr)
'Close your eyes, it's the music you'd expect to hear in heaven' (Dimitris Diamadis: Talking Gigs)
'The most diverse band in the UK, a host of musicians spanning four continents with migrant & refugee artists at its heart and immense sincerity and compassion coursing through their songs' (Sashwati Mira Sengupta: Counterpoint Arts)

Latest album release 'Har Dam Sahara' (TUGCD1106) is 'a love-letter to this intricate world, its beauty and complexity' (Rachel Jackson: World Music Network). The album's Urdu title translates as 'in life's every moment there's always support', and the songs reach across the faiths, languages & cultures of the collective's musicians, drawing on the beauty and poetry of Pakistan & Senegal's mystic Sufi traditions and ancient Middle Eastern Coptic, Arabic & Hebrew roots.

Singers & Players:
Sarah Yaseen: Urdu & Punjabi vocals, percussion
Avital Raz: Hebrew & Hindi vocals, tanpura, guitar
Mina Mikhail Salama: Coptic vocals, oud, ney & kawala flutes, duduk
Kadialy Kouyate: Mandinka & Wolof vocals, kora, sabar
Cath Carr: guitar, steelpans
Tony Koni: bass guitar, sabar
Johnny Ball: tabla, derbuka
Guery Tibirica: berimbau, pandeiro, gumbe
Vijay Venkat: violin, bansuri

www.rafikijazz.co.uk

01. Rafiki Jazz - Kelefa Jah (7:04)
02. Rafiki Jazz - HiLife Mama (6:21)
03. Rafiki Jazz - Keme Burama (6:45)
04. Rafiki Jazz - Hebu-Heshima (3:29)
05. Rafiki Jazz - Mingi Mingi (6:23)
06. Rafiki Jazz - Jallo Jerry (6:40)
07. Rafiki Jazz - Mali Sajo (6:12)
08. Rafiki Jazz - Muhogo Wa Jango'mbe (7:08)