The second disc highlights the music of another national treasure, the singer Coulibaly Tidiani and his group Dafra Star. The first disc presents the music of Orchestre Volta-Jazz, a very influential band whose music, quoting the liner notes, "remains a testament to the newly recovered freedom and youthful energy that prevailed throughout African in the ''60s and '70s." This is magical, mystical, exuberant music, the sort of stuff than any lovers of Afrobeat or African-based "world music" will appreciate. This collection of music from the Upper Volta, the country that was later renamed Burkino Faso, was recorded (if I'm reading the credits correctly) from 1975 to 1978. The Numero Group have really done themselves proud with this incredible 3-CD set, housed in what is basically a small hardcover book that is lavishly illustrated with amazing photographs. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. Check out: "Were Were Magne," De Nwolo," "Dounya Te Soye," "Fintalabo," "Djougou Toro," "Air Volta," "Sie Koumgolo," "Bombossi," "Dja Tigui Kie" and "Boudou Nyida" to get a good sense of what the excellent compilation is about.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. In addition to the sounds, the records are accompanied by archival photos of Sory Sanle, the photographer who experienced and was able to capture the cultural shifts that took place in Bobo-Dioulasso. Musically, the evocative tracks tap into a truly international sonic palette, as salsa, jazz, rock & roll, Cuban, Malian, and of course, African influences delightfully mingle. Most of the musical output was concentrated in the country's cultural capital, Bobo-Dioulasso, and key artists of the city like Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Leopards left behind gems compiled on this 3LP boxset. This time, the Chicago label unearths music recorded and released during the cultural revolution of Burkina Faso from 1970-1979, a landlocked country in West Africa then known as the Republic of Upper Volta. First of all, props to Numero Group for its dedication to putting out QUALITY compilations.
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