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Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by AAJ Staff
Africa Straight Ahead is the latest curve ball tossed by Heads Up since label head Dave Love visited Cape Town in 1998 and fell in love with South African jazz. Normally devoted to jazz on the softer side, the label's Africa Series put out two volumes of Smooth Africa in 2000 and 2003. Tapping ...
Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by C. Michael Bailey
Heads Up Records continues its Africa Series with Africa Straight Ahead, a collection of reasonably mainstream jazz offerings by prominent South African jazz musicians. Listening to this collection conjures a couple of observations. First, jazz long ago became a universal language, assimilating the cultural characteristics of those composing and performing the music. Second, while not veering ...
Raise Your Spirit Higher
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: Wenyukela; Uqinisil Ubada; Selingelethu Sonke; Wangibambezela; Wenza Ngani?; Udidekil
Smooth Africa II: Exploring the Soul
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: Walk of Life - Jimmy Dludlu; Abezizwe - Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Bringing Joy - Alou April;
Mangase - Shaluza Max; Adderley Street - Joe McBride; Neria - Oliver Mtukudzi; Punch - Andy
Narell; Botsotsi - Prince Kupi; Hymn for Taiwa - Moses Khumalo; Yebo! - Joe McBride; Umuntu
Wakmo - Gloria Bosman; Cape Town Love - Spyro Gyra.
Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Word of Mouth Revisited
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Jaco Speaks 2. Havona 3. Teen Town 4. Jaco Speaks 5. Punk Jazz 6. Jaco
Speaks 7. Barbary Coast 8. Killing Me Softly 9. Jaco SPeaks 10. (Used to Be A) Cha
Cha 11. Wiggle Waggle 12. Jaco Speaks 13. Continuum 14. Jaco Speaks 15.
Elegant People 16. Opus Pocus 17. Jaco Speaks 18. Domingo 19. Forgotten Love
20. Jaco Speaks 21. Punk Jazz Revisited
Word of Mouth Revisited
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Jaco Speaks
2. Havona
3. Teen Town
4. Jaco Speaks
5. Punk Jazz
6. Jaco Speaks
7. Barbary Coast
8. Killing Me Softly
9. Jaco Speaks
10. (Used to Be A) Cha Cha
11. Wiggle Waggle
12. Jaco Speaks
13. Continuum
14. Jaco Speaks
15. Elegant People
16. Opus Pocus
17. Peter & Jaco Speak
18. Domingo
19. Forgotten Love
20. Jaco Speaks
21. Punk Jazz Revisited
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Raise Your Spirit Higher
by C. Michael Bailey
Ladysmith Black Mambazo could sing the text to American Psycho and make it sound as gentle as a lullaby. These singers are regarded as the foremost practitioners of South African vocal music, having received worldwide notice and acclaim when they appeared on Paul Simon’s 1986 recording Graceland (recall the revelation of the introduction to “Diamonds on ...
