THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
''FREEDOM NO GO DIE''
APRIL 2 2007
46:36
1/Mista President /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /6:36
2/The Blind Leading the Blind /3:27
3/Insurrection /3:39
4/Freedom No Go Die /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /5:48
5/Mojuba /5:11
6/Secousse Soukous /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /5:08
7/Little Habana /5:03
8/Mugambi /4:10
9/The Creator Has a Masterplan
Pharoah Sanders /7:34
Freedom No Go Die is the Souljazz Orchestra's second album. Most of the songs are rooted in afrobeat, but there are elements of soukous, salsa, funk and free jazz thrown in as well. The album features fiery performances by Rwandan/Burundian artist Mighty Popo, as well as soul singers Alanna Stuart and Marielle Rivard.
Pierre Chrétien /Analogue Synthesizer, Arranger, Bass, Clavinet, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Organ, Piano (Electric), Producer
Mighty Popo /Guitar, Vocals
Michael Murray /Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Ray Murray /Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Vocals
Steve Patterson /Sax (Tenor)
Alanna Stuart /Vocals
Marielle Rivard /Vocals
BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
A multicultural, high-energy collective from Ottawa, Ontario, the Souljazz Orchestra -- featuring keyboardist Pierre Chrétien, alto saxophonist Zakari Frantz, baritone saxophonist Ray Murray, tenor saxophonist Steve Patterson, and percussionists Marielle Rivard and Philippe Lafrenière, all of whom are also vocalists -- took root in 2002 and debuted with a fully developed sound that fused Latin and African jazz, funk, and Afro-beat. The group’s first album was Uprooted, released in 2005 on the Funk Manchu label, but it was the overtly political 2006 single "Mista President," off second album Freedom No Go Die (Do Right!), that really increased their audience, voted to the number nine spot in the 2006 Top 30 of BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Worldwide program. Manifesto, the third Souljazz Orchestra album, was released in 2008. Two years later, they moved to the higher-profile Strut label for Rising Sun, another Peterson favorite. After nearly constant touring for a year, the band re-entered the studio; the result was Solidarity, released in the early fall of 2012.
''FREEDOM NO GO DIE''
APRIL 2 2007
46:36
1/Mista President /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /6:36
2/The Blind Leading the Blind /3:27
3/Insurrection /3:39
4/Freedom No Go Die /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /5:48
5/Mojuba /5:11
6/Secousse Soukous /Feat. Mighty Popo
Popo Murigande /5:08
7/Little Habana /5:03
8/Mugambi /4:10
9/The Creator Has a Masterplan
Pharoah Sanders /7:34
Freedom No Go Die is the Souljazz Orchestra's second album. Most of the songs are rooted in afrobeat, but there are elements of soukous, salsa, funk and free jazz thrown in as well. The album features fiery performances by Rwandan/Burundian artist Mighty Popo, as well as soul singers Alanna Stuart and Marielle Rivard.
Pierre Chrétien /Analogue Synthesizer, Arranger, Bass, Clavinet, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Organ, Piano (Electric), Producer
Mighty Popo /Guitar, Vocals
Michael Murray /Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Ray Murray /Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Vocals
Steve Patterson /Sax (Tenor)
Alanna Stuart /Vocals
Marielle Rivard /Vocals
BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
A multicultural, high-energy collective from Ottawa, Ontario, the Souljazz Orchestra -- featuring keyboardist Pierre Chrétien, alto saxophonist Zakari Frantz, baritone saxophonist Ray Murray, tenor saxophonist Steve Patterson, and percussionists Marielle Rivard and Philippe Lafrenière, all of whom are also vocalists -- took root in 2002 and debuted with a fully developed sound that fused Latin and African jazz, funk, and Afro-beat. The group’s first album was Uprooted, released in 2005 on the Funk Manchu label, but it was the overtly political 2006 single "Mista President," off second album Freedom No Go Die (Do Right!), that really increased their audience, voted to the number nine spot in the 2006 Top 30 of BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Worldwide program. Manifesto, the third Souljazz Orchestra album, was released in 2008. Two years later, they moved to the higher-profile Strut label for Rising Sun, another Peterson favorite. After nearly constant touring for a year, the band re-entered the studio; the result was Solidarity, released in the early fall of 2012.
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