Bamboula 2000: Cultural Warrior

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Bamboula 2000
Cultural Warrior

Evoking the word, Bamboula, conjures up images of exotic West African, Caribbean and New Orleans ritualistic dancing and drumming performed two hundred years ago. In New Orleans' Congo Square, the Bamboula was a very sensual dance of love performed by a man or woman, played on long, deep-toned drums. The Bamboula is one of the most significant dances and rhythms in the African diaspora because it functioned as a cultural bridge between Africa and the Caribbean during the slave trade. Today, the syncopation of the Bamboula can be heard in the voodoo rhythms of Haiti, zouk music of Martinique, the calypso of Trinidad, dance hall music of Jamaica, and in the second-lines and Mardi Gras rhythms of New Orleans...

Selections

1 Jola
- Writers: L. Gray/L. Daly/R. Williams/H. Dennis/P. Dominguez/C. Woods
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Wesley Kamau Phillips solo djembe drum, Luther Gray djembe drum and shekere, Harry Dennis jun-jun drum and wood blocks, Lloyd Daly piano, Jamil Williams guitars, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums
2 Feed Your Mind
- Writers: H. Dennis/L. Gray/R. Williams/C. Woods/P. Dominguez
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Harry Dennis lead and background vocals, Lloyd Daly keyboards + samples and background vocals, Jamil Williams guitars + background vocals, Luther Gray conga drums and background vocals, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums, Wesley Kamau Phillips drums
3 Let the Reign Come Down
- Writers: L. Daly/ L. Gray/R. Williams/H. Dennis//C. Woods/P. Dominguez
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Lloyd Daly lead vocals + keyboards, Jamil Williams guitars, Harry Dennis special and background vocals + percussion, Luther Gray congas + tambourine, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums, Wesley Kamau Phillips kitero drum, Cheryl Nesby background vocals, Gloria Peters background vocals, Vanessa Dominguez background vocals, Elbert Fulgham background vocals
4 Conscious Vibration
- Writers: R. Williams/L. Gray/L. Daly/H. Dennis/C. Woods
- Publisher: SPZ Music (BMI)
- Jamil Williams lead vocals + guitars + tambourine, Lloyd Daly keyboards, Luther Gray congas + timbales, Harry Dennis percussion, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums, Wesley Kamau Phillips kitero drum, Cheryl Nesby background vocals, Gloria Peters background vocals, Vanessa Dominguez background vocals, Elbert Fulgham background vocals
5 Moments in Love (Art of Noise)
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Lloyd Daly grand piano + Keyboards, Jamil Williams guitar, Luther Gray congas + bongos, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums, Harry Dennis percussion
6 Get What You Put In
- Writers: H. Dennis/R. Williams/L. Gray/L. Daly/C. Woods
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Harry Dennis lead and background vocals + percussion, Jamil Williams guitars + background vocals, Lloyd Daly keyboards + samples + background vocals, Luther Gray congas, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums + background vocals, Cheryl Nesby background vocals, Gloria Peters background vocals, Elbert Fulgham background vocals, Jah Ras X dance hall vocal
7 Our Fathers
- Writers: L. Gray/L. Daly
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Dr. Morris Jeff lead vocals, Luther Gray congas, Harry Dennis jun-jun drum, Lloyd Daly keyboards, Jamil Williams guitar, Cameron Woods drums, children from the St. Luke's Episcopal Church summer camp in New Orleans 1995
8 Cultural Warrior
- Writers: L. Gray/R. Williams/H. Dennis/C. Woods/P. Dominguez
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Luther Gray lead and background vocals, Harry Dennis second lead and background vocals, Lloyd Daly keyboards + background vocals, Jamil Williams guitars + background vocals, Perry Dominguez bass, Cameron Woods drums
9 Ka (Interlude)
- Conversation between Harry Dennis and Ayinde J. Simpson
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Lloyd Daly keyboards, Jamil Williams vibes
10 Ka
- Writers: K. Hafiz/L. Gray/L. Daly/R. Williams/C. Woods/H. Dennis
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Edward Kidd Jordan alto saxophone solo, Bilal Sunni Ali tenor saxophone solo, Cameron Woods drums, Lloyd Daly keyboards, Jamil Williams guitars, Perry Dominguez bass, Luther Gray congas + timbales + bongos, Harris Dennis percussion
11 It Takes the Village to Stop the Killing
- Writers: S. Cook/L. Gray/L. Daly/R. Williams/H. Dennis/C. Woods
- Publisher: Bamboula 2000 Music (BMI)
- Luther Gray solo and all djembe drum parts, Harry Dennis jun-jun drum + talking drum, Lloyd Daly keyboards, Jamil Williams guitars, T-Roy Felder bass, Cameron Woods drums, Oshun-Taye lead vocal first verse, Yusel Muhammad lead vocal second verse, Janie Blackmon lead vocal third verse, Rev. Dwight Webster lead vocal fourth verse and improvisation, Christian Unity Baptist Church Ensemble - Pastor Dwight Webster - Assistant Pastor Audrey Johnson + Choir Director Willie Dorsey, Ensemble members - Re. Dwight Webster + Rev. Audrey Johnson + Trudell Webster + Willie Dorsey + Janie Blackmon + John Mosley + Michael Stewart + Donna Butler + Chantelle Butler + Alayna Allen

Produced by Khalid A. Hafiz and Bamboula 2000
Executive Producer: Luther Gray
Year Released: 1996

For further information, contact:
Bamboula 2000 Music
7245 Claridge Court, New Orleans, LA 70127
Tel: 504.241.3812