Birdsong Ensemble – Imvuseleleo
- Label:
- As-Shams / The Sun
- Art.No.:
- 09545881
- Cat.No.:
- SRK 897245
- Released:
- 08.04.2020
- Cover:
- Picture
- Format:
- LP
- Pressing:
- EU - Original
- Genre:
- Jazz + Black Grooves
Limited Edition of 300 Copies.
Composer and trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni is a dynamic and ambitious young force in South African jazz and has gained traction internationally via residencies in Germany and Switzerland and as a member of Shabaka & The Ancestors. As a bandleader, Mlangeni nurtures a palette of shapeshifting projects from the Amandla Freedom Ensemble to the Tune Recreation Committee to showcase his compositions at home and abroad. The BirdSong Ensemble behind Imvuselelo is a formidable Swiss collective and the recording follows Mlangeni's Berlin-based Bird Song Project LP of 2017. Album artwork was created by South African designer Baba Tjeko and the release marks the 2020 revival of the iconic As-Shams/The Sun South African jazz label. The title track and centrepiece of the album "Imvuselelo" means reawakening and is a 3/4 waltz composed in 2014.
Title | Featuring | Producing | Time | ||
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A1. | No More | ||||
A2. | Homelessness | ||||
A3. | Chicken Dust | ||||
B1. | Imvuselelo | ||||
B2. | Tau Ya Afrika | ||||
B3. | Amachokolette |