Salif Keita - Papa (1999)

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Artist: Salif Keita
Title: Papa
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Metro Blue[7243 4 99070 2 7]
Genre: World, Afro-Pop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 51:17
Total Size: 376 MB (+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01 Bolon 5:51
02 Mama 5:32
03 Ananamin (It's Been So Long) 6:06
04 Sada 5:20
05 Tolon Willie (The Party Is On) 5:45
06 Tomorrow (Sadio) 5:12
07 Abede 6:34
08 Papa 4:58
09 Together (Gnokon Fe)

personnel :

John Medeski - Organ
Ben Perowsky - Drums
Vernon Reid - Producer
Jean-Philippe Rykiel - Keyboards
Sydney Thiam - Percussion
Curtis Watts - Drums
Eric Bono - Arranger, Programming, Producer, Engineer
Toumani Diabate - Cora
Lucille Reyboz - Photography
Monica Wilson - Cello
Erwan Cossic - Assistant Engineer
Timour Cardenas - Engineer, Mixing
Adama Coulibaly - m'simby
Djanka Diabate - Vocals (Background)
Ousmane Kouyate - Guitar
Philippe Brun - Engineer
Keletigui Diabate - Balafon
Souleymanne Doumbia - Percussion, Producer
Djene DoumbouyaVocals (Background)
Verna Gillis - Executive Producer
Scott Harding - Engineer, Mixing
Natalie Jackson - Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
Salif Keita - Guitar, Producer

From the king of African pop vocals comes this album, his debut on Blue Note's Metro Blue sub-label. As one would expect, the vocals are outstanding. The mildly surprising part here is in the instrumentation; Keita seems to have reverted to the slightly slicker production sounds that he had gone away from for a couple of albums. He does make use of a couple of traditional instrumentalists in the outstanding choices of Toumani Diabate on kora and Keletigui Diabate on balafon. These musicians are, however, often overshadowed on this album by the combination of thumping guitars and bass. This is largely traditional music instrumentally, but the lyrics still deal with the age-old topics of love and love lost, the sad state of the modern world, and the pain of family deaths (such as the title track). This music might not be the most adventuresome that Keita has made, but it's still quite listenable, with relatively slick production powering the final product into a nice package that's ready for the relaxation of the average listener. This is light vocal pop music with touches of traditional instruments where necessary to keep just a bit of the traditional sounds in the background. Pick it up as a fan of Keita's sound, but not necessarily as one wishing to delve into the traditional sounds of Mali on their own. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

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