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Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Posted By: Domestos
Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)
EAC, XLD Rip, WEB FLAC ~ 991 Mb | 02:56:28 | Covers
Vocal Jazz | Country: Uganda, Rwanda / USA

A few years ago, acclaimed East African vocalist & songwriter Somi decided to move from New York City to Lagos, Nigeria for 18 months in search of new inspiration. The result: a new album she calls The Lagos Music Salon released in August 2014 as her major label debut on Sony Music/Okeh - landing at #1 on US Jazz charts. The album, which features special guests Angelique Kidjo, Common and Ambrose Akinmusire, draws it material from the tropical city's boastful cosmopolitanism, urgent inspiration, and giant spirit - straddling the worlds of African jazz, soul, and pop with a newfound ease and a voice that Vogue Magazine simply calls “Superb!”

Born in Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda, the African and Jazz legacies are always crucial to her sound. Often referred to as a modern-day Miriam Makeba, JazzTimes magazine describes her live performance as “the earthy gutsiness of Nina Simone blended with the vocal beauty of Dianne Reeves,” while Billboard exclaims that she’s “all elegance and awe…utterly captivating.”

The Lagos Music Salon is a highly anticipated follow up to the young singer’s last studio album, If The Rains Come First (ObliqSound) – a stunning collection of self penned story-based songs which debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, and featured her long-time mentor & legendary trumpet player Hugh Masekela. The Boston Globe proclaims the album “is a sustained triumph displaying rich musicality, a sharp pop sense, and rare sophistication" while The Huffington Post dubbed the young singer "the New Nina Simone." Singing in English and a wide range of African languages, her artistic evolution is indisputable. As her career has taken off, Somi’s talents have been called upon for collaborations and live performances alongside a diverse cast of artists including Mos Def, Baaba Maal, John Legend, Billy Childs, Paul Simon, Danilo Perez, Idan Raichel, Jennifer Hudson and many more.

In 2011, Somi released her first live album of performances at the venerable Jazz Standard in New York City. The result of which JazzTimes hailed as “stunning…natural fervor and naked magnificence.” A two-time recipient of The Doris Duke Foundation's French-American Jazz Exchange Composers’ Grant, Somi began an exploration of African & Arab jazz traditions alongside acclaimed French-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf while investigating the role of the female voice during the Arab Spring protests. That body of work premiered at The Kennedy Center’s 2014 Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival. She just finished recording her new album which will be released in Spring 2017. She is also developing an original jazz opera about the life and legacy of South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba.

Widely acknowledged as both artist and scholar, Somi is a TED Senior Fellow, an inaugural Association of Performing Arts Presenters Fellow, a former Artist-in-Residence at Park Avenue Armory, UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Baryshnikov Arts Center. She is also the founder of New Africa Live, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the very best of contemporary African artists working in the performance, visual, and literary arts. Also celebrated for her activism, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon recently asked Somi to perform at the United Nations’ General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Last year, she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall alongside Hugh Masekela, Dave Matthews, and Vusi Mahlesela in celebration of 20 years of South African democracy.

Somi and her band continue to perform at international venues and stages around the world. In her heart of hearts, she is an East African Midwestern girl who loves family, poetry, and freedom.

Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Somi - Red Soil In My Eyes (2007)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 359.78 Mb | 01:02:10 | Scans (front+back)
Vocal Jazz, Neo Soul, World, African Lounge | Label: World Village / Harmonia Mundi (468068)

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Somi
Backing Vocals – Adrienne Nyamsi, Chanda Rule, Cole Williams, Rhian Ayanna
Piano – Toru Dodo
Guitar – Herve Sambe* (tracks: 1 to 9)
Bass – Vashon Johnson
Bass – Lionel Loueke (10)
Cello – Dave Eggar
Saxophone – David Lee Jones
Trumpet – Jeremy Pelt
Violin [First] – Pauline Kim
Violin [Second] – Conrad Harris
Percussion – Daniel Moreno
Drums – Thierry Arpino
The chorus on track 6 is originally a part of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's "Lady".

Lyrics By – Dr. Ibulaimu Kakoma (tracks: 9, 10b), Fela Anikulapo-Kuti* (tracks: 6), L. Kabasomi Kakoma, Michelle Kalski (tracks: 6)
Music By – David Sampson (5) (tracks: 1, 9), Herve Sambe* (tracks: 1 to 9), Kevin D. Walker (tracks: 10a), L. Kabasomi Kakoma
Executive-Producer – L. Kabasomi Kakoma
Producer – Herve Sambe*, L. Kabasomi Kakoma
Photography By – Shem Gasuza Lwanga
Design – Michael Boyd

Track List:
1 Ingele 3:56
2 My Mother's Daughter 5:02
3 Day By Day 3:46
4 Circles 5:56
5 Red Soil In My Eyes 7:25
6 African Lady (The Anti-Domestic Violence Anthem) 4:15
7 Quietly 5:53
8 Losing You 5:43
9 Mbabazi 5:12
10 Natural 4:26

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Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Somi - If The Rains Come First (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 272.19 Mb | 00:50:26 | Cover + OneSheet.pdf
Vocal Jazz, Neo Soul, African Lounge | Label: OBLIQSOUND (OS 109)

Somi - vocals
Hugh Masekela - trumpet (5)
Michael Olatuja - acoustic bass (4,5,11), electric bass (1,2,3,6-10), programming (3, 9, 11), keyboards (9, 11)
Herve Samb - guitar (all tks except 4, 5, 6, 7)
Toru Dodo - Fender Rhodes (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), piano (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Madou Koné - percussion (all tks except 4)
Nathaniel Townsley - drums (1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11)
Michele Locatelli - guitar (4)
David Gilmore - guitar (5)
Liberty Ellman - guitar (7)
Julien Machet - percussion (2, 7)
Alicia Olatuja - background vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
David Hunter - background. vocals (5, 9)

Produced by Michele Locatelli and Michael Olatuja

Track List:
01. Hot Blue (04:28)
02. Prayer To The Saint Of The Brokenhearted (03:21)
03. Wallflower Blues (04:54)
04. Be Careful, Be Kind (05:13)
05. Enganjyani (Feat. Hugh Masekela) (05:19)
06. Rising (03:22)
07. Changing Inspiration (03:15)
08. Kuzunguka (04:46)
09. If The Rains Come First (05:09)
10. Jewel Of His Soul (04:32)
11. Maybe Then (06:08)

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Somi / If The Rains Come First

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Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Somi - Live At Jazz Standard (2011)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 359.18 Mb | 01:03:52 | Cover
Vocal Jazz, Neo Soul, World, African Lounge | Label: Palmetto Records (SH 003)

Somi Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals
Liberty Ellman Composer, Guitar, Mixing
Toru Dodo Fender Rhodes, Piano
Keith Witty Bass
Steve "Anthony" Belvilus Drums
Alicia Olatuja Vocals

Michael Olatuja Composer
Herve Sambe Composer
David Sampson Composer

Track List:
01. Ingele (8:33)
02. Wallflower Blues (5:29)
03. Prayer To The Saint Of The Brokenhearted (5:20)
04. Should've Been (5:48)
05. Quietly (7:08)
06. Changing Inspiration (4:30)
07. If The Rain Comes First (8:51)
08. Kuzunguka (5:21)
09. Enganiyani (7:49)
10. Waiting In Vain (5:02)

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01 -=- 01. Somi - Ingele.flac -=- CDDA (99%)
02 -=- 02. Somi - Wallflower Blues.flac -=- CDDA (94%)
03 -=- 03. Somi - Prayer to the Saint of the Brokenhearted.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
04 -=- 04. Somi - Should've Been.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
05 -=- 05. Somi - Quietly.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
06 -=- 06. Somi - Changing Inspiration.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
07 -=- 07. Somi - If the Rains Come First.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
08 -=- 08. Somi - Kuzunguka.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
09 -=- 09. Somi - Enganjyani.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
10 -=- 10. Somi - Waiting in Vain.flac -=- CDDA (99%)

Summary 99,20% CDDA

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