Paulette McWilliams - Vocals Ozzie Melendez - Trombone Sammy Merendino - Drum Programming Bernie Minoso - Vocals (Background), Rap Chieli Minucci - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Marc Quiñones - Percussion, Maracas, Timbales, Guiro, Conga, Bongos Maucha Adnet - Vocals (Background), Rap Lindiwe Dlamini - Vocals (Background) Noah Bless - Trombone Keith Fluitt - Vocals (Background) B.J. Nelson - Vocals (Background) Don Alias - Percussion Pablo Calogero - Sax (Baritone) James Campagnola - Sax (Tenor) Tony Cedras - Accordion Barry Danielian - Trumpet, Flugelhorn Bob Franceschini - Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Horn Arrangements Morris Goldberg - Flute, Penny Whistle Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Sax (Alto) Jeff Haynes - Percussion Oscar Hernandez - Horn Arrangements Bakithi Khumalo - Bass, Vocals, Main Performer Mark Ledford - Percussion Mark Egan - Bass Steve Khan - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Programming, Horn Arrangements, Rhythm Arrangements.
By Jim Ferguson On this side of the Atlantic, Kumalo is best known for his vocals and electric bass work on Paul Simon's Graceland. Featuring the likes of Steve Khan, Mark Egan, Chieli Minucci and Don Alias, San Bonan fuses South African, Latin and jazz elements into a vibrant panorama.
With occasional assistance from Khan and keyboardist Mike Landy, Kumalo contributes the lion's share of the compositions, which utilize instrumentation that ranges from a large Latin band to a duo with Alias. Minucci takes a few nice acoustic guitar solos and Morris Goldberg colors the textures with bamboo flute and penny whistle, but the album's focal points include infectious vocal melodies (handled by Kumalo, his wife, Robbi, and others), kaleidoscopic rhythms, and killer percussion-driven grooves. It's all held together by Kumalo's articulate bass playing, which anchors the sometimes complex compositions and frequently pops with authority.
01.Masala
Paulette McWilliams - Vocals
ReplyDeleteOzzie Melendez - Trombone
Sammy Merendino - Drum Programming
Bernie Minoso - Vocals (Background), Rap
Chieli Minucci - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
Marc Quiñones - Percussion, Maracas, Timbales, Guiro, Conga, Bongos
Maucha Adnet - Vocals (Background), Rap
Lindiwe Dlamini - Vocals (Background)
Noah Bless - Trombone
Keith Fluitt - Vocals (Background)
B.J. Nelson - Vocals (Background)
Don Alias - Percussion
Pablo Calogero - Sax (Baritone)
James Campagnola - Sax (Tenor)
Tony Cedras - Accordion
Barry Danielian - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Bob Franceschini - Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Horn Arrangements
Morris Goldberg - Flute, Penny Whistle
Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Jeff Haynes - Percussion
Oscar Hernandez - Horn Arrangements
Bakithi Khumalo - Bass, Vocals, Main Performer
Mark Ledford - Percussion
Mark Egan - Bass
Steve Khan - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Programming, Horn Arrangements, Rhythm Arrangements.
By Jim Ferguson
On this side of the Atlantic, Kumalo is best known for his vocals and electric bass work on Paul Simon's Graceland. Featuring the likes of Steve Khan, Mark Egan, Chieli Minucci and Don Alias, San Bonan fuses South African, Latin and jazz elements into a vibrant panorama.
With occasional assistance from Khan and keyboardist Mike Landy, Kumalo contributes the lion's share of the compositions, which utilize instrumentation that ranges from a large Latin band to a duo with Alias. Minucci takes a few nice acoustic guitar solos and Morris Goldberg colors the textures with bamboo flute and penny whistle, but the album's focal points include infectious vocal melodies (handled by Kumalo, his wife, Robbi, and others), kaleidoscopic rhythms, and killer percussion-driven grooves. It's all held together by Kumalo's articulate bass playing, which anchors the sometimes complex compositions and frequently pops with authority.
San Bonan
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