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Track Listing
1. Gud Fellas
2. Mengedegna
3. Tew Ante Sew
4. Abay
5. Bale Washintu
6. Guramayle
7. Sew Argen
8. Aynama
9. Kahn
10. Zomaye
11. Abet Wubet
12. Nafeken
13. Adwa
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw (vocals); Nicky Skopelitis
(6- & 12 string guitars); Bill Laswell (guitar, synthesizer, bass); David Gilmore, Zakki Jewad (guitar); Henry Threadgill (flute, alto saxophone);
Tony Cedras (accordion); Pharoah Sanders (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bells); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Graham Haynes (cornet, flugel horn); Mark Taylor (French horn); Art Baron (trombone); Herbie Hancock (electric piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Dereje Mekonnen (electric piano,
organ, synthesizer); Amina Claudine Myers (electric piano, organ); Abegasu Shiota (electric piano, synthesizer); Karsh Kale (synthesizer, drums, tabla);
Thomas Gobena (bass); Hamid Drake (drums, congas, tabla, daff); Imani Uzuri
(background vocals).
Recorded at Orange Music Sound, West Orange, New Jersey and Garage Sale Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Industry Reviews
...A joyous adventure in modern African pop....the virtuosity is in Gigi's voice...
CMJ (08/27/2001)
4 out of 5 stars - ...brings a shimmering power to...Ethiopian melody lines...
Q (01/01/2002)
...She travels on the universal tongue of song and the aura of controlled passion...
JazzTimes (10/01/2001)
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