Alnoor Allidina presents an admittedly gimmicky, though musically satisfying program, where every song is titled Africa (or L'Afrique, Afrika etc...) No Dorothy, there will be no Toto.
| Africa 2Hez - 13.0.0.0.0 - 2009 |
| As one might expect, we start the program listening to musicians raised in Africa. |
| Africa Sila and the Afrofunk Experience - Black President - 2009 / Visila Records |
| Africa Orchestre Baobab - La Belle Epoque - 2009 / Syllart |
| Africa Baye Kouyaté - Danama - 2008 / Bohemian Society Sound |
| Africa Ndolwane Super Sounds - Africa |
| Africa The South African Players - Nelson Mandela - Freedom's Hero - 2008 / Big Eye Music |
| Africa Jennifer Ann Gordon - A Woman's Mind Half Naked |
| Africa J.C. Ojwang - Beseiged Soundtrack |
| Africa Mansour Seck - Yelayo - 1996 / Stern's Africa |
| Africa Habib Koité - Afriki - 2007 / Cumbancha |
| To finish of hour one, we feature three very different choral settings. If you listen closely, you'll hear that the second and third pieces are actually the same song. |
| Africa Soweto Gospel Choir - African Spirit - 2007 / Shanachie |
| Africa Moira Smiley & VOCO - Circle, Square, Diamond & Flag - 2008 |
| Africa Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention - Sacred Harp Singing in Western Massachusetts 2000-2001 - 2002 |
| Hour 2 begins with the inspiration for this programs: John Coltrane's Africa. The Africa/Brass session featured Coltrane's regular quintet (Tyner, Workman, Jones, and second bassist Art Davis) as well as a 15 piece brass section that included Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, and Booker Little. This one is a perpetual 'best-of'! We continue in a jazz vein. |
| Africa John Coltrane Quintet - Africa/Brass - 1961 / Impulse |
| Africa Sathima Bea Benjamin - Song Spirit - 2006 / Ekapa Records |
| Africa Groucho Marx - The Very Best of Groucho Marx |
| Afrique Duke Ellington - The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse - 1971 / Fantasy |
| From jazz, we move into minimalist German composer Rainer Dimler's take on Africa. This one takes a while to unfoold and features various types of harps. |
| Afrika Rainer Dimmler - Zeremonie - 2006 |
| At this point, things start to move quickly. We pass by France, South Africa, the Congo, Switzerland, various Latin American countries, and eventually end up in Italy. |
| Afrique Apkass - En marchant vers le soleil - 2008 |
| Africa Tumi And The Volume - Tumi And The Volume - 2006 |
| Africa Zion's Power - Jah is a Radio - 2008 |
| Africa Parangole - A Verdade De Cidade - 2007 |
| Africa Ritmiko - Etno - 2009 |
| Africa Mohamed El-Bakkar - Music of the African Arab - 2004 |
| Africa Orquesta Gigante Antonio Maria Romeu - Buena Vista Gala Vol. 1 |
| Africa Sonora Ponceña - Hacheros Pa' Un Palo |
| Africa 3000 Hombres - Baila srta? |
| Africa Tiken Jah Fakoly - Mangercratie / Cours d'histoire - 2008 |
| Africa King Selewa & His Calypsonians - Calypso Invasion - 2007 / Arc |
| Africa Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate - 2009 |
| Africa Steve Eliovson, Collin Walcott - Dawn Dance - 1981 / ECM |
| Africa Trio Minlan - Nlo Dzobo |
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