Khepera

Khepera Artist: Randy Weston
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731455782127
EAN: 0731455782127
ASIN: B00000DBX5


Release Date: 1998-10-06

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Tracks:

  1. Creation
  2. Anu Anu
  3. The Shrine
  4. The Shang
  5. Prayer Blues
  6. Boram Xam Xam
  7. Portrait Of Cheikh Anta Diop
  8. Niger Mambo
  9. Mystery Of Love

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Extraordinary.......2001-03-28

This is an amazing album. The opening track "Creation" is so primal sounding. You can practically picture the Earth being created. Right down to Chief Bey's vocals which sound so primative, like the birth of mankind. Min Xiao Fen, the Pipa virtuoso, adds her talents to 2 tracks. The beautiful "The Shang" is just Pipa and piano. The 20 page booklet is packed with very interesting essays on the Chinese/African connection. Almost like a history lesson in itself. Plus loads of photos and track by track notes. This album is an experience not to be missed.

5 out of 5 stars A powerful experience!.......2000-11-02

This is a "concept album" that works without any knowledge of the concepts. Like the classic "Spirits of our Ancestors" Pharoah Sanders sits in with Weston's band once again, and the results are out of this world. Xiao-Fen's pipa playing is amazing. I have never heard a pipa sound like this. Usually a "mellow" instrument, here she shreds in an untraditional manner.

Only reservation -The final track "mystery of love" is a nice straight ahead tune but sounds very out of place after the dizzying heights the rest of this set reaches.

5 out of 5 stars apsolute 5.......1999-11-24

This is Weston at his best. This is jazz. Intro (1.) realy did not sound good, but the rest is fantastic!

Music CD:

  1. Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions ~ Lee Wiley
  2. A Handful of Keys: 13 Great Jazz Pianists ~ Various Artists
  3. Paint It Blue ~ Nils Landgren
  4. The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Tenor Abrupt ~ Arnett Cobb, Guy Lafitte
  5. Far East
  6. Baptised Traveller ~ Tony (Quintet) Oxley, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey
  7. Exultation! ~ Booker Ervin
  8. Colors of Latin Jazz: Soul Cookin' ~ Various Artists
  9. Dialogues ~ Houston Person, Ron Carter
  10. Here Comes Mr. Jordan ~ Steve Jordan

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