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Song Artist Album
Brolga One Aboriginal Musicians (didjeridoo) Global Meditation
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Duke Ellington The Okeh Ellington
This song was the first charting single for Duke Ellington in 1927 and was one of the main examples of his early "jungle music".[2] This composition was covered by Steely Dan on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic.
Blue Mood Melba Liston/ Randy Weston Volcano Blues (1993)
Johnny Copland on guitar and vocals.
Buffalo Soldier The Persuasions Street Corner Symphony (1971)
"Buffalo Soldier" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Noel G. "King Sport" Williams from Marley's final recording sessions in 1980. It did not appear on record until the 1983 posthumous release of Confrontation, when it became one of Marley's best-known songs.
Cry To Me Solomon Burke The Very Best of Solomon Burkey
Light My Fire Jackie Wilson Do Your Thing (1968)
A Change is Gonna Come (2009) Fugees (Lauryn Hill) On audio single No Woman, No Cry (1996)
"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a 1964 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written and first recorded in 1963 and released under the RCA Victor label shortly after his death in late 1964. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, the song came to exemplify the sixties' Civil Rights Movement.
Funk For YOur Ass Fred Wesley Fred Wesley - Funk For Your Ass
(A Tribute to The Godfather Of Soul) (2008).
Timitant Tillay/ Exodus Herbie Hancocke The Imagine Project
(fest. Tinariwen, K'Naan & Los Lobos). The Imagine Project is an album by Herbie Hancock released on June 22, 2010.[2] The album, which was recorded in many locations throughout the world and features collaborations from various artists, was complemented by a documentary about the recording process.
Hurricane Season Trombone Shorty Backatown
Backatown is an album released by jazz musician Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews. The album was released in 2010 on Verve Forecast Records and was produced by Galactic's Ben Ellman. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and was nominated for the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Buckom Oscar Sulley's Nzele Soundz Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds
& Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
Ona Mi La King Sunny Ade The Return of the King
A collection of songs from three mid-80's Ade albums in the wake of his Island Records contract.
Tuguchili Elia (Elias Father) Elodia Nolberto The Garifuna Women's Project
Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project is an album overflowing with stories. There is the story of how it was made: a ten-year labor of love that started with five years of collecting songs and discovering striking female voices, followed by recording sessions in a seaside hut, and ending with exquisitely detailed and subtle production wizardry.
Kamalemba Pape & Cheikh Mariama (2002)
Steeped in the traditions of their Serer region of central Senegal, but citing Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Joan Armatrading among their prime influences, Pape and Cheikh brilliantly encompass both concepts of folk music. And they're the latest in a line of Senegalese singing sensations that includes Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo. Steeped in the traditions of their Serer region of central Senegal, but citing Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Joan Armatrading among their prime influences, Pape and Cheikh brilliantly encompass both concepts of folk music. And they're the latest in a line of Senegalese singing sensations that includes Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo. "We pray that peace will return/ we take hold and last forever/ we ask the young people of our country/ to unite in working for peace in Casamance.
Sabolah Ba Cissoko Sabolan
Ba Cissoko is a Guinean world music band, featuring four members, two of which are playing the traditional Kora harp. The other two band members play percussions and bass, respectively. The sound of the band has been described as "West Africa meets Jimi Hendrix".
The Holy Man World Saxaphone Quartet & African Drums Metamorphosis (1990)
Metamorphosis is the tenth album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet. Released in 1990 it was the groups fourth album on the Elektra/Nonesuch label and features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, Arthur Blythe, Oliver Lake and David Murray with Chief Bey, Melvin Gibbs and Mor Thiam.
Hey Mama Bob Stewart First Line (1988)
Based in Sioux Falls, South dakota. Stewart has toured and recorded with such artists as Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, Muhal Richard Abrams, David Murray, Taj Mahal, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Arthur Blythe, Freddie Hubbard, Don Cherry, Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, Charlie Haden, Lester Bowie, Bill Frisell
Burning Spear Jimmy Smith Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz
If You Don't Get It The First Time The J.B.'s & Fred Wesley Funky Good Time: The Anthology [Disc 2]
Evacuate Garnet Silk Rule Dem (The Roots Of The Reggae Messiah)
1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
Conqueror Clinton Fearon Give and Take (2005)
Burning Flame Steel Pulse Reggae Fever (Caught You) (1990)
Following on the heels of Handsworth Revolution and Tribute to the Martyrs, two of the sternest and most politically direct reggae albums to come out of late-'70s England, Caught You (released as Reggae Fever in the U.S.) was received a bit more coolly by the reggae establishment.
Burnin' Blaze Turbulence Borderline Riddim By Mafia & Fluxy
Burnin' and Lootin' Kymani Marley feat. Jacob Miller
Burnin Lootin Bob Marley & The Wailers Live Forever
Burn Arkaingelle O'Pen
The Conquering Lion Ras Brando Binghi Riddim
Miss Know It All Scientist Trojan Box Set
Healing Tommy Tornado Cool Down
Exodus Ernest Ranglin War Ina Babylon an Island Anth.
Dub Fever Tommy Mccook Dubbing With Horns