Paris - Ziguinchor

Description

LIVE PARIS ZIGUINCHOR did not sell two hundred thousand copies for no reason. This album is a concentrate of world music with its percussion and African rhythms, its Latin brass and a pop and rock orchestration throughout. Add to these strong elements the warmth of a live performance and the audience has every reason to be won over. "SALYA" or a jazzy saxophone further raises the bar, "SAMBALA" and its almost nine minutes of African celebration where the singing of the Touré brothers makes its harmonies shine, "SIDI YELLA" brings a stronger ethnic coloring with its crystalline kora, "EMMA" leans into African reggae to close a record that is more intense than long. TOURÉ KUNDA moved world music from the curiosity shelf to the phenomenon of global crossbreeding that has contributed so much to music since. By modernizing the sound of African music with finesse and intelligence, THE TOURÉ KUNDA BROTHERS are indeed among the pioneers of this movement. And LIVE PARIS ZIGUINCHOR, like any great album, has not aged a single bit.