Artist: Somi
Album: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Neo Soul
Label: Salon Africana
Released: 2022
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Umhome (6:16)
- House of the Rising Sun (3:46)
- Milele (feat. Seun Kuti & Thandiswa Mazwai) (3:25)
- Hapo Zamani (4:36)
- Love Tastes Like Strawberries (feat. Gregory Porter) (3:38)
- Khuluma (feat. Msaki) (5:13)
- Pata Pata (4:25)
- A Piece of Ground (5:34)
- Kwedini (4:40)
- Lakutshon'ilanga (3:24)
- Olili (4:41)
- Mbombela (3:42)
- Jike'lemaweni (feat. Angelique Kidjo) (4:28)
- Nonqonqo (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (2:20)
- Malaika (4:17)
- Ring Bell, Ring Bell (3:11)
- Mabhongo (feat. Nduduzo Makhathini) (5:27)
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South Africa’s Miriam Makeba was the first African musician to achieve international fame. Her many hits, and a 1965 Grammy award, gave her a platform to address apartheid and worldwide discrimination against Black people. Although they never met, Somi considers her a mentor and pays tribute to her on this collection. These 17 songs from Makeba’s repertoire have been transformed with more of a jazz feel and the polish of modern production values. “Pata Pata” is the most atypical example. The tune is remade as a sound collage, with samples from Makeba’s various anti-apartheid interviews spliced between with brief snippets of the melody. The rest are more straightforward. “Unhomme,” the a capella track from Makeba’s debut, becomes a slow ballad. “A Piece Of Ground” was originally a folky protest song; Somi gives it a swinging, jazz-funk groove. Collaborators include Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Gregory Porter and Angelique Kidjo.