Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 5-6-15 Africa! - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, May 6, 2015 10:21 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: May 6, 2015 On this week’s show we explored the rhythmagical and beatific music both originating from as well as inspired by conflagrative continent of Africa. Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) at http://www.radiofairfax.org. The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 “Dark River,” came from the 1967 lingering LP: African Blue, by Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus. Taken from the late Fifties amplifiable album: Kirby Allan Presents…Chaino: Africana & Beyond! – Spellbinding Primitive Rhythms by Chaino, Percussion Genius of Africa, we heard “Jungle Drums.” “Mangwani Mpulele” was drawn from the combustive compilation: Music of Hawaii, by Arthur Lyman, who appears on Marimba. “Mombasa Love Song,” was recorded by Tak Shindo on his 1958 luxurious LP: Mganga! A trained musicologist, Mr. Shindo was the musical director for the television series Gunsmoke, composed music for episodes of other TV shows, including Studio One, Suspense, The Ed Sullivan Show and Wagon Train, and was named a "Giant of Jazz" by the famed Jazz critic Leonard Feather. “Africa,” was drawn from the 1960 atmospheric album: Lotus Land by Hawaii’s own Gene Rains, featuring Paul Conrad on Piano, Archie Grant on Flute and Bass and Allen Watanabe on Percussion. “Igama La Bantwana” came from the early 1960s recording project called: Mysterious Instinct (Akannaginnagi), which was a collaboration of the Latin music master and Conga Drums player extraordinaire Ray Barretto, and the noted actor Brock Peters, who was born in New York but whose father was from Senegal. The next song, “El Bantú,” was taken from the righteous retrospective: The Essential Ray Barretto: A Man & His Music. “Papa Na Bana” was waxed by the Angolan singer Ricardo Lemvo and his band, Makina Loca on their combustive compact disc: Isabela, featuring Eduardo Sanchez on Trumpet. “M’Bife Balafon” performed by Amadou & Mariam from Mali, found on their serious CD: Dimanche A Bamako. Next up was the outstanding conga drums player Mongo Santamaria performing his own composition Afro Blue in 1959 with Emil Richards on Marimba and Paul Horn on Flute, found on the conflagrative collection: Ritmo Afro-Cubano. “Selewa,” recorded by the Europe-based African musician King Selewa and His Calypsonians, liberally lifted from the celebratory CD: ARC Music 35th Anniversary, 1976-2011. “Balafon,” which is another name for the African marimba, came from the 1965 insularious and azurial album: Calypso Blues, by The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet, composed by the Belgian Mr. Boland, who appears on Piano, along with Kenny Clarke on Drums, Sahib Shihab on Flute, Jimmy Woode Jr. on Bass, and Joe Harris on Percussion. “Rachel,” named by the Cuban musician Roberto Fonseca for one of his daughters, comes from his scintillacious CD titled: Yo, with Fonseca on Keyboards and Drums, Etienne Mbappe on Bass and Joel Hierrezuelo on Percussion. We finished that set with the Jimi Hendrix opus: “Voodoo Child (Slight Return), sung by Angelique Kidjo on her ample album: Oremi. Ms. Kidjo hails from the African nation of Benin, where the Voodoo religion originated. “Abay” or “Nile River” in the Amharic language, recorded by the Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw on her self-titled CD: GiGi, produced by her husband Bill Laswell, and featuring Thomas Gobena on Bass, Amina Claudine Myers on Organ, and Graham Haynes on Cornet and Synthesizer.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: May 6, 2015

On this week’s show we explored the rhythmagical and beatific music both originating from as well as inspired by conflagrative continent of Africa.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) at http://www.radiofairfax.org. The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

“Dark River,” came from the 1967 lingering LP: African Blue, by Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus.
Taken from the late Fifties amplifiable album: Kirby Allan Presents…Chaino: Africana & Beyond! – Spellbinding Primitive Rhythms by Chaino, Percussion Genius of Africa, we heard “Jungle Drums.”
“Mangwani Mpulele” was drawn from the combustive compilation: Music of Hawaii, by Arthur Lyman, who appears on Marimba.
“Mombasa Love Song,” was recorded by Tak Shindo on his 1958 luxurious LP: Mganga! A trained musicologist, Mr. Shindo was the musical director for the television series Gunsmoke, composed music for episodes of other TV shows, including Studio One, Suspense, The Ed Sullivan Show and Wagon Train, and was named a "Giant of Jazz" by the famed Jazz critic Leonard Feather.
“Africa,” was drawn from the 1960 atmospheric album: Lotus Land by Hawaii’s own Gene Rains, featuring Paul Conrad on Piano, Archie Grant on Flute and Bass and Allen Watanabe on Percussion.
“Igama La Bantwana” came from the early 1960s recording project called: Mysterious Instinct (Akannaginnagi), which was a collaboration of the Latin music master and Conga Drums player extraordinaire Ray Barretto, and the noted actor Brock Peters, who was born in New York but whose father was from Senegal.
The next song, “El Bantú,” was taken from the righteous retrospective: The Essential Ray Barretto: A Man & His Music.
“Papa Na Bana” was waxed by the Angolan singer Ricardo Lemvo and his band, Makina Loca on their combustive compact disc: Isabela, featuring Eduardo Sanchez on Trumpet.
“M’Bife Balafon” performed by Amadou & Mariam from Mali, found on their serious CD: Dimanche A Bamako.
Next up was the outstanding conga drums player Mongo Santamaria performing his own composition Afro Blue in 1959 with Emil Richards on Marimba and Paul Horn on Flute, found on the conflagrative collection: Ritmo Afro-Cubano.
“Selewa,” recorded by the Europe-based African musician King Selewa and His Calypsonians, liberally lifted from the celebratory CD: ARC Music 35th Anniversary, 1976-2011.
“Balafon,” which is another name for the African marimba, came from the 1965 insularious and azurial album: Calypso Blues, by The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet, composed by the Belgian Mr. Boland, who appears on Piano, along with Kenny Clarke on Drums, Sahib Shihab on Flute, Jimmy Woode Jr. on Bass, and Joe Harris on Percussion.
“Rachel,” named by the Cuban musician Roberto Fonseca for one of his daughters, comes from his scintillacious CD titled: Yo, with Fonseca on Keyboards and Drums, Etienne Mbappe on Bass and Joel Hierrezuelo on Percussion.
We finished that set with the Jimi Hendrix opus: “Voodoo Child (Slight Return), sung by Angelique Kidjo on her ample album: Oremi. Ms. Kidjo hails from the African nation of Benin, where the Voodoo religion originated.
“Abay” or “Nile River” in the Amharic language, recorded by the Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw on her self-titled CD: GiGi, produced by her husband Bill Laswell, and featuring Thomas Gobena on Bass, Amina Claudine Myers on Organ, and Graham Haynes on Cornet and Synthesizer.