Name: Mandali
Brand: Stern's Africa
SKU: 901780
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Performer Notes

Personnel: Luis Daniel, Roger "Shoubou" EugŠne, Hector Casanova, Adalberto Santiago, Koffi Olomide, Lokua Kanza, Medoune Diallo, Gnonnas Pedro, Ronnie Bar¢, Salif Keita, Sekouba Bambino, Thione Seck (vocals); Irving Yeras, Raimundo Penaforte, Lewis Kahn (violin); Enrique Orengo (cello); Eddie Zervigon (flute); Mario Rivera (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone); Nelson Hernandez (baritone saxophone); Raul Agraz, Ite Jerez (trumpet); Luis Bonilla, Ozzie Melendez (trombone); Edwin Sanchez, Oscar Hernandez (piano); George Delgado, Papo Pepin (congas); Bobby Allende (bongos, guiro, maracas); Pete Gomez (guiro, maracas).
Audio Mixer: John Diaz.
Recording information: Skylight, Belleville, NJ; Studio 2000 PCS, Dakar, Senegal; Studio JBZ, Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Studio Recorder, Paris, France; Studio Soundtrack Broadway, New York, NY, Unites States.
Photographer: Marc Ribes.
Unknown Contributor Role: Luis Rodriguez.
Arranger: Boncana Ma‹ga.
Mandali is Africando's fifth album and features no less than eleven of the world's greatest singers. It is nonstop dance music and salsa of the highest caliber. The only things missing are the slower cha-chas and son montunos featured on the earlier albums. The horns are fat and fiery as ever and Boncana Maiga's arrangements are tight and sparkling. The various vocalists' timbres and tones provide a textural variety that would not be present if the album featured only one vocalist. Here we get nasal West African vocals from Mali, Senegal, and Guinea, Congolese intonations, Beninois inflections, Haitian twists, Cuban sonero sounds, Puerto Rican salsero touches, and Burkina Faso tinges. This is truly an African-Caribbean band and music; as stated in the liner notes, it is a veritable vocal summit.
"Mandali" is an older song originally done by the famous Gambian group, Super Eagles. Here Medoune Diallo of Senegal turns on the steam with his silky vocal. The percussion and piano provide the propulsion. "Miye Na We" is a hot m‚lange of Antillean melody and Latin percussive power. "Pepita," a Boncana Maiga composition, is given robust treatment by Hector Casanova of El Gran Combo, Puerto Rico's legendary group. "Betece" checks in at number eight on the play list with fat hot horns, tres guitar, rippling charanga flute, and a fine bass rhythm. The vocal on this track is by Amadou Balake, one Burkino Faso's national treasures. "Scanadalo" ("Scandal in the Family"), by Trinidad's Sir Lancelot, is given a Haitian Creole-Latin tinge by Shoubou of Tabou Combo.
It's African salsa, Cuban son, Puerto Rican salsa. It's Africa and the Caribbean at their best coming together in New York City, the capital of the world. Here are some of the world's most gifted musicians giving and taking from each other in continual musical interchange and interplay. This is what the members of Africando do best. They have done it again and they are on fire. Highly recommended. ~ Mark Romano

Album: Mandali
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mandali
2)	Miye Na We
3)	N'Toman
4)	Hwomevonon
5)	Mopao
6)	Pepita
7)	Sey
8)	Betece
9)	Carpintero
10)	Scandalo
11)	Son Fo
12)	Doni Doni

Album: Mandali
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mandali
2)	Miye Na We
3)	N'Toman
4)	Hwomevonon
5)	Mopao
6)	Pepita
7)	Sey
8)	Betece
9)	Carpintero
10)	Scandalo
11)	Son Fo
12)	Doni Doni