{"product_id":"1854039","title":"Nicola Conte - Umoja [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned Italian spiritual jazz master, DJ, producer, guitarist, and bandleader Nicola Conte proudly presents his new album Umoja via London based label Far Out Recordings.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA joyous exultation across ten tracks, \u003ci\u003eUmoja \u003c\/i\u003etaps into the abundant well of knowledge Conte has amassed over his career as connoisseuring compiler and archivist of deep jazz, latin, afrofuturist, bossa-nova and soul music from around the world. Expressing unity, oneness and harmony in Swahili, \u003ci\u003eUmoja\u003c\/i\u003e coalesces universal feelings through the multifaceted global music Conte has spent his life studying and researching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving released music with Blue Note, Impulse! and Schema records, Nicola Conte's relationship with Far Out began over a shared love of hard-edged bossa-nova and swinging samba-jazz. Between 2009-2013 Nicola Conte compiled five volumes of forgotten 60s Brazilian music for his \u003ci\u003eViagem \u003c\/i\u003eseries. He then released his critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNatural \u003c\/i\u003ealbum: a collaboration with vocalist Steffania Dippiero, featuring jazz standards alongside covers of lesser known Brazilian gems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music of \u003ci\u003eUmoja\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the deep-dug 70's independent spiritual and free jazz sounds, private-press soul records, and African and Afro Caribbean rhythms in Conte's collection. But he equally recognises his debt to many of the decade's more celebrated musical icons, such as North American cosmic jazz masters Lonnie Liston Smith and Gary Bartz, and Afrobeat originators Fela Kuti and Tony Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince founding the Bari-based bohemian cultural movement and club night \u003ci\u003eFez\u003c\/i\u003e at the dawn of the nineties, Conte has proven to be a pillar of the contemporary, international soul-jazz scene. Composed alongside his long time friend, guitarist Alberto Parmegiani, Conte brings together a dazzling host of guests from around the world, including award winning British vocalist Zara Mcfarlane, acclaimed Finnish saxophonist Timo Lassy, french vibes player Simon Mullier, US vocalist Myles Sanko, rising South African drummer Fernando Damon, former Roy Hargrove bassist Ameen Saleem and Serbian flute sensation Milena Jancuric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProudly revivalist, \u003ci\u003eUmoja\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded direct to analog tape, with just two takes for each track.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArise (feat. Zara McFarlane)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDance Of Love And Peace Part 1 (feat. Bridgette Amofah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife Forces (feat. Zara McFarlane)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlying Circles (feat. Bridgette Amofah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreedom \u0026amp; Progress (feat. Zara McFarlane)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoul Of The People (feat. Bridgette Amofah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeritage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto The Light Of Love (feat. Miles Sanko)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUmoja Unity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDance Of Love \u0026amp; Peace Part. 2 (feat. Bridgette Amofah)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArise (Instrumental)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto The Light Of Love (Instrumental)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54422448243073,"sku":"1854039","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5065007965436.jpg?v=1750680978","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1854039","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}