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Release Date: Sep 01, 1996
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Personnel includes: Joe Zawinul (vocals, keyboards, programming); Bolot (vocals, topshur); Richard Bona (vocals, bass); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (vocals, percussion); Salif Keita, Thania Sanchez, Burhan Ocal (vocals); Duke Ellington (spoken vocals); Bobby Malach (tenor saxophone); Mike Mossman (trumpet, trombone); Cheick Tidiane Seck (keyboards); Gary Poulson, Amit Chatterjee, Osmane Kouyake (guitar); Matthew Garrison (bass); Paco Sery, Tal Bergmann (drums, percussion); Alex Acuna, Trilok Gurtu, Rudy Regalado, Michito Sanchez, Souleyman Doumbia (percussion); Ivan Zawinul (programming); Djene Doumbouya, Assitan Dembele, Beto Sabala, Kenny O'Braian, Lucho Avellaneda (background vocals).
Engineers include: Ivan Zawinul, Paul Ericksen, Martin Pierson.
Principally recorded at Musicroom, New York, New York; Musicroom, Malibu, California; Radio Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
MY PEOPLE was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
If one must indulge in categories, My People, featuring the Zawinul Syndicate and a United Nations coterie of guests, probably belongs on the vast world music shelf, the links to so-called jazz now so tenuous as to be nearly, but not quite, invisible. On the percolating "Slivovitz Trail," "Orient Express," "Many Churches," and the Caribbean-tinged cleverly titled "In an Island Way," the music does suggest earlier versions of the Syndicate, and Joe Zawinul's nostalgic evocations of Wayne Shorter on the Korg Pepe reach back even further. Otherwise, Zawinul is looking entirely toward ethnic cultures for musical sustenance. The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages by Zawinul's longtime colleague Salif Keita (for whom Zawinul produced a great album in 1991), Syndicate percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, a throat vocal specialist from South Siberia named Bolot, Thania Sanchez, Zawinul himself, and several others. When translated, the lyrics speak of joy and unity among the cultures, and there isn't any doubt that Zawinul's bubbling music feeds the message of uplift. Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Engineers include: Ivan Zawinul, Paul Ericksen, Martin Pierson.
Principally recorded at Musicroom, New York, New York; Musicroom, Malibu, California; Radio Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
MY PEOPLE was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
If one must indulge in categories, My People, featuring the Zawinul Syndicate and a United Nations coterie of guests, probably belongs on the vast world music shelf, the links to so-called jazz now so tenuous as to be nearly, but not quite, invisible. On the percolating "Slivovitz Trail," "Orient Express," "Many Churches," and the Caribbean-tinged cleverly titled "In an Island Way," the music does suggest earlier versions of the Syndicate, and Joe Zawinul's nostalgic evocations of Wayne Shorter on the Korg Pepe reach back even further. Otherwise, Zawinul is looking entirely toward ethnic cultures for musical sustenance. The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages by Zawinul's longtime colleague Salif Keita (for whom Zawinul produced a great album in 1991), Syndicate percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, a throat vocal specialist from South Siberia named Bolot, Thania Sanchez, Zawinul himself, and several others. When translated, the lyrics speak of joy and unity among the cultures, and there isn't any doubt that Zawinul's bubbling music feeds the message of uplift. Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Tracks:
1 - Introduction to a Mighty Theme
2 - Waraya
3 - Bimoya
4 - You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?
5 - Slivovitz Trail
6 - Ochy-Bala/Pazyryk
7 - Orient Express
8 - Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)
9 - Mi Gente
10 - In an Island Way
11 - Many Churches
2 - Waraya
3 - Bimoya
4 - You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?
5 - Slivovitz Trail
6 - Ochy-Bala/Pazyryk
7 - Orient Express
8 - Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)
9 - Mi Gente
10 - In an Island Way
11 - Many Churches