Alune Wade - New African Orleans (2025) [Official Digital Download]

In his sixth and latest album “New African Orleans”, released by ENJA and Yellow Bird, bass guitarist and composer Alune Wade explores the multiple junctions between his native West African rhythms, the Afrobeat and juju rhythms from Lagos and the brass band repertoire immortalized in New Orleans. “I’m exploring a world that goes from my roots to the lost branches on the other side of the Atlantic,” explains the musician from Senegal. He has whittled down around 50 compositions – both original and standards – to a dozen which Alune recorded in Paris, Dakar, Lagos and New Orleans. “The idea first came to me during the Jazz à Gorée festival I organized back in 2014,” he explains. “It had me reflect on the notion of reversing the musical trip most people take from the United States to the African continent. I wanted to set out westward and begin a musical conversation with the best artists, both in Nigeria and the US.”

To achieve this, Wade has invited top artists from both sides of the Atlantic, including the Nigerian talking drummer Olaore Muyiwa Ayandeji, the percussionist Weedie Braimah and the jazz drummer Herlin Riley from New Orleans. The musical inspirations are equally transatlantic, ranging from Dr. John to Manu Dibango and Charlie Parker. But Alune also pays homage to his father who was a brass band star in his native Senegal back in the Sixties.

TRACKLIST

1. Alune Wade - Night Tripper
2. Alune Wade - Boogie and Juju
3. Alune Wade - Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
4. Alune Wade - Voodoo Child
5. Alune Wade - Water No Get Enemy
6. Alune Wade - From Congo to Square
7. Alune Wade - Taxi Driver
8. Alune Wade - Same Fufu
9. Alune Wade - Three Baobabs
10. Alune Wade - Watermelon Man
11. Alune Wade - Dialect from the Mulattozy Tribe



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