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Christmas In The Congo

Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudoui

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Format: CD

Cat No: ACMEM260CD

Release Date:  18 November 2013

Label:  El / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929326033

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    In forming and guiding the Troubadours du Roi Baudouin, Father Guido Haazen chose to add a new and marvelous chapter to the long history of African influence in music. The curiously irreverent jazz that was played at the New Orleans funerals is indebted to this influence; the poignant spirituals of the plantations recall their melancholy roots; the sambas and the marchas composed for the Mardi Gras Carnivals in Rio de Janeiro pulsate with similar rhythms; and today''s gospel music strongly reflects its African source.

    The musical richness of the environment was immediately apparent to Father Haazen upon arriving in the Congo in 1953. Soon he had assembled forty-five boys, from the ages of nine to fourteen and fifteen teachers, into a choir (with a percussion section added) that has since gained world renown as the Troubadours du Roi Baudoui.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Siku Kuu (Holy Night)
      • 2. Lullaby
      • 3. Kimya
      • 4. Abe Wanene
      • 5. Mbambele
      • 6. Mankeya
      • 7. Tambwe Dishinda
      • 8. Lutuku Ina Mudinga
      • 9. Oh Siekeni Wee Mama
      • 10. Munafika
      • 11. Emelina Ee
      • 12. Siku Moja
      • 13. Mwendele Baki Binda
      • 14. Lelo Nguba
      • 15. Kabundi
      • 16. Wa Buta
      • 17. The Elephant And The Tortoise (Hottentot)
      • 18. How A Hunter Obtained Money From His Friends The Lepard,The Goat,The Bush-Cat And The Cock, And How
      • 19. The Woman And Children Of The Sycamore Tree (Masai)
      • 20. How It Came About That Children Were First Whipped (Ashanti)
      • 21. The Child And The Eagle (Baila)
      • 22. The Beautiful Girl Who Had No Teeth (Bavenda)
      • 23. The Smart Girl And The Fool (Bakongo)