Havana Paris Dakar Alune Wade & Harold Lopez-Nussa

• 1 Aminata 04:56
• 2 Petit Pays 03:58
• 3 Sagô 03:33
• 4 Guajira 03:13
• 5 Yarahya 04:46
• 6 Aye Africa 03:17
• 7 Salimata 02:58
• 8 Independance Cha Cha 02:37
• 9 Nussa Solo 02:05
• 10 Dom 02:39
• 11 Seydou 04:45
• 12 Senegal 03:59
• Total Runtime 42:46

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This encounter between the brilliant nomad of Senegalese music and the Cuban piano prodigy reflects a stimulating adventure. With solar rhythms, pulsating melodies and tracks moving from cha-cha-cha through rumba, salsa and even chaâbi, Africa takes on the colours of Cuba and Latin jazz. With support from high-flyers, the two leaders are writing a new chapter in the already rich story of the musical exchange between Africa and the Caribbean. Guests include Sara Tavares, Aziz Sahmaoui, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Orchestra Aragon.

Senegalese Alioune Wade alias ALUNE is a virtuoso bass player and a singer with the voice of an angel. He has been the bass player for versatile artists like Ismael Lo, Youssou N'Dour, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Bobby McFerrin, Mamani Keita, Henri Dikongue, Joe Zawinul, to mention a few. Harold Lopez-Nussa is the Cuban hotshot pianist with three previous releases through Harmonia Mundi. A player of astonishing gifts, combining dazzling technique and an abundance of soul, López-Nussa has fully integrated his classical training and love of the jazz continuum with his Cuban roots.

Alune Wade, vocals, bass
Harold Lopez-Nussa, piano
Adel Gonzalez, percussion
Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa, drums, bongos
Reinaldo Melian, trumpet
Adhil Mirghani, cajón (on track 5)
Wolfgang Muthspiel, guitar (on track 2)
Orchestra Aragon (on tracks 1, 8, 12)
Aziz Sahmaoui, percussion (on track 4)
Hervé Samb, guitar (on tracks 7, 11, 12)
Sara Tavares, vocals (on track 2)
Amen Viena, guitar (on tracks 1, 8)

Alune Wade
The Senegalese singer and bass virtuoso, was asked by Marcus Miller to record on Miller’s album ‘Afrodeezia’ from 2015 – then you know you’re in for something special! Then again, the super talent had already been headhunted by Ismaël Lô at the age of 18, and then continued to perform and record with almost all the contemporary music legends one could think of: Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Bobby McFerrin, Joe Zawinul, Fatoumata Diawara, Paco Sery, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Bela Fleck, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Deep Forest, Gregory Porter.. It seams obvious that Alune Wade is quite extraordinary, and it certainly shows with his latest solo album AFRICAN FAST FOOD released in 2018. A tasty, incredibly elegant & tight album, with utterly groovy bass lines, great melodies, warm sound with cool vocals & funky beats, hard to sit still to, it does inspire dancing with the coolest moves. A mix of Afro Beat and Afro Jazz it sounds as Urban as can be and includes some of the greatest musicians from Paris, New York, Havana and Dakar.

Alune was born on June 1978 in Dakar, Senegal. His father, the leader of a symphonic orchestra, taught Classical music to him. At 13 old Alune began to play bass with local bands in Dakar and made his first recordings at a friends studio at the age of 15. Three years later Wade made an audition for Ismaël Lô, one of the most prestigious musicians of the African continent. The young musician stayed with Lô for eight years. In 2006 Alune Wade released his debut solo album. MBOLO which means unity in Wolof combines his training in African rhythms with contemporary and modern jazz influences. In 2015 Wade released HAVANA-PARIS-DAKAR, an album that bridges Dakar and Paris as well as the birthplace of his featured and frequent collaborator Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa. Alune Wade’s versatile and deep-rooted touch on bass has established him as a virtuoso on the African Jazz scene. One of the masters to discover Wade’s talent was the late Mr. Joe Zawinul, who invited him to be part of the legendary The Zawinul Syndicate. Since then Wade has been the bass player of versatile artists like Henri Dikongué, Paco Sery and Mokhtar Samba, to mention a few.

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