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Black Ivory Soul

~ Angelique Kidjo
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  • Audio CD (8 April 2002)
  • Label: Sony Jazz
  • ASIN: B0000636O2
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 505,544 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Refavela
2. Tumba
3. Les enfants perduts (Johnathan Demne ST version)
4. Bahia
5. Ne cedez jamais
6. Lemanja
7. Afrika
8. Olofoofoo
9. Ces petits rien
10. Black ivory soul
11. Ominira
12. Okan bale
13. Iwoya
14. Monjuba
15. Les enfants perdus

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For the Bill Laswell-produced BLACK IVORY SOUL, Angelique Kidjo's first album since 1998's OREMI, the world music diva explores the link between the Brazilian city of Bahia and her home country of Benin. Befitting her multi-cultural background, Kidjo worked with an impressive range of talent including Brazilians Carlinhos Brown and Vinicius Cantaria, Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and soul singer Cindy Mizelle. The result is an album's worth of music that's very much percussion-driven and peppered with plenty of irresistible grooves ranging from the life affirming "Tumba", (which isthe name for congas in Benin), to the airy, acoustic guitar-dappled "Ominira" (Yoruba for freedom).
Among the few English-language songs are the funky title track with its Fela-lite backbeat and the infectious "Iwoya", seemingly a stab at college radio airplay by way of guest Dave Matthews's vocal contribution. Kidjo also continues her penchant for unusual covers--this time out, Serge Gainsbourg's "Ces Petits Riens" is given a delicate rendering and Gilberto Gil's "Refavela" benefits from a sassy, percussion-soaked interpretation sung in the African dialect of Fon. BLACK IVORY SOUL is a glimpse at what the future of global pop looks like entering the 21st Century.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new sound from Angelique Kidjo, 25 April 2002
On Black Ivory Soul be prepared to hear a strikingly different side to Angelique Kidjo. Whereas on her previous albums, such as Logozo and Aye, the songs are almost all upbeat funky dance rhythms with keyboards, drums and horns, now she presents some soulful ballads and a pleasing orchestration of strings on some tracks: violins, cello, guitar and, for Okan Bale, Malian Mamadou Diabate plays kora.
Angelique goes on a musical pilgrimage and explores links with her homeland, Benin, and the Brazilian province of Bahia (one of the tracks is entitled Bahia).
On this album Angelique works with a host of international musicians and her efforts in this regard will be rewarded, composing 2 tracks with Vinicius Cantuaria, 3 with Carlinos Brown and one with Dave Matthews, Iwoya, with whom she also duets. Her cover of Gilberto Gil's Refavela, using African lyrics, is delightful, as is the title track 'Black Ivory Soul'. Angelique also co-wrote several of the tracks with her husband Jean Hebrail.
There is great variety on Black Ivory Soul and this will without doubt make it appealing to a wider audience. For example Iemanja has a slow contemplative melancholy, on 'Olofoofo' the great depth and richness of Angelique's voice is in evidence and on 'Ces Petits Riens' she is beautifully accompanied by just strings.
Nevertheless the unique sounds of Angelique's voice can still be heard loud and clear: 'Ominira' is most reminiscent of her previous songs that I've heard. 'Afrika' stands out as anthem which will easily be remembered alongside those by Salif Keita and Manu Dibango and significantly it is dedicated to Miriam Makeba.
You don't need to listen to this album a few times to become familiar with the it: it's a winner right from the start. For someone who has previously been somewhat non-committal about Angelique, i.e. zero on a swingometer with a scale of -10 to +10, this CD leaves me way up at +10!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This gal deserves to be better known and appreciated., 19 Feb 2003
By Neal C. Reynolds (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Ivory Soul (Audio CD)
Angelique Kidjo is one phenomenal singer and one fabulous person as she reveals herself here. This is a woman who won't sing a song that she's not fully into, and this shines forth from "Babia" on through the full CD.
There's blending here, the music of her native Benin merging with South American samba, modern Afro beats, and even some French. All in all, this results in a very powerful but controlled vocal sound. There is a feeling for the spiritual but also for the sheer joy of living in much of what she sings.

Discover Angelique Kidjo, and this is one of the best CDs to discover her on. You'll be glad you did.

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