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Pirates Choice
Orchestra Baobab
Pirates Choice
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
 
For people who know their Senegalese music, Orchestra Baobab's Pirates Choice is the Holy Grail. By the time this music was recorded to four-track in 1982, the immensely popular band had been playing nightly for years ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Orchestra Baobab
Title: Pirates Choice
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Release Date: 1/8/2002
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
Styles: Africa, Caribbean & Cuba, Afro-Cuban
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 769233006325

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For people who know their Senegalese music, Orchestra Baobab's Pirates Choice is the Holy Grail. By the time this music was recorded to four-track in 1982, the immensely popular band had been playing nightly for years at a Dakar club called Baobab. But legendary status in Senegal didn't help the musicians get wider attention--the album wasn't released in Europe until 1987, and it only now comes to the U.S. for the first time. Latin music was popular in Dakar, a port city, and the band mixed various strains of Latin music with different African music styles to create uniformly stunning results not all that different from Afro-Cuban music. The French vocals are lovely, and the powerful mix of African and Latin percussion is undeniable--but keep a particular ear out for guitarist Barthelemy Attisso, whose tasteful leads float over the top. The original six-track album is hard to pass up, but this reissue contains a second disk with six unreleased songs from the same session, making this a must-have. --Tad Hendrickson

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Greekfreak | Pusan Korea (South) | 09/30/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I knew nothing about the history of this album's lineup, and actually picked it up on a snap decision (rare for me these days) because I thought it looked interesting.



It's not Cu-bop, it's not wholely Senegalese, and it's not Jazz, although it has elements of all three. I don't remember the names of the band members, but the guitarist alone makes the album worth buying. If I had to come up with an analogy, "Pirates Choice" is the "Souvlaki" of world music.



Jimmy Buffett would kill to make an album this good. Absolutely essential."
SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH
Martin L. King | 01/30/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"this is an album that i can just enjoy a lazy day with. it has that feel for me of a day at the ocean where i have my lil cool drink and the migration of the gulls and i just get lost and forget the world. love it from beginning top end. you will too!!!! check it out!!!!"
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straight, no chaser | Temporate zone | 06/30/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Good stuff. Warning--You might get the urge to quit you job and wander West Africa."