Neighborhoods

by Olu Dara

Overview

Though he was established as a cutting-edge jazz trumpeter and worked with such beyond-category artists as Bill Laswell and Brian Eno, Olu Dara successfully reinvented himself as a blues musician, leaning more towards pre-electric country-blues styles. NEIGHBORHOODS is aptly titled--listening to this is like taking a brief but exhilarating guided tour through Africa ("Massamba"), New Orleans ("I See The Light"), and the bluesier parts of the American South ("Herbman"). Dara is an artist who grasps the concept that various and seemingly disparate forms of music have more common ground than most people realize, and he communicates these "common grounds" with warmth and style.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/20/2001
Label:	Atlantic / Atlantic/Wea
UPC:	0075678339127
Rank:	99712

Tracks

1. Massamba
2. Neighborhoods
3. Herbman
4. Strange Things Happen Everyday
5. Bell & Ponce (At the Movie Show)
6. I See the Light
7. Out on the Rolling Sea
8. Bluebird
9. Used to Be
10. Red Ant (Nature)
11. Tree Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Olu Dara   Primary Artist,Horn,Cornet,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Handclapping
Cassandra Wilson   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Dr. John   Guest Artist,Fender Rhodes,Organ (Hammond),Piano (Electric)
Rod Williams   Organ,Piano
Greg Bandy   Drums
Coster Massamba   Congas,Vocals,Cowbell,Shekere
Alonzo Gardner   Bass
Cantrese Alloway   Vocals (Background)
Ivan Ramirez   Guitar
Kwatei Jones-Quartey   Guitar

Technical Credits

Spencer Chrislu   Authoring
Ted Jensen   Mastering
Traditional   Composer
Richard King   Remixing
Roger Moutenot   Mixing
Ah-Keisha McCants   Composer
Danny Kopelson   Engineer
Yves Beauvais   Producer
Charles Stella   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Olu Dara   Arranger,Composer
Lynn Kowalewski   Design,Art Assistant,Art Direction
Anthony Barboza   Photography
Jacques Obadia   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Charlie Becker   Design,Art Direction
George Lydecker   Authoring
Sara Shenasky   Production Coordination
Patrick Himes   Mixing,Assistant
Al McPherson   Authoring,Supervisor
Ed Gerrard   Management