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artist.....: Kalima
album......: Where Is The Sunshine
year.......: 2018
label......: Chuwanaga
CHUWANAGA003
source.....: WEB
moodswing..: Jazz
releasesize: 35.17 MB
tracks.....: 03
length.....: 15:20
encoder....: Lame
quality....: 320kbps
scenealized: 11.24.2019
For its third release, Parisian label
Chuwanaga goes back to the past with
the reissue of "(Where Is The)
Sunshine" by Kalima, a really rare 7'
originally released in 1981 and
produced in Baltimore (Maryland) by
African-American pianist and producer
Derrick Amin. Part I on the A side and
part II on the B side form a real
journey, a beauty in its own style
fusing jazz, soul and spirituality as
well as political values.
Back in the mid seventies Derrick Amin
brought together young and talented
musicians from his African-American
Muslim community in Baltimore. He tells
us: 'all black music in America is a
response to racism and slavery' and
"(Where Is The) Sunshine" was their own
answer, 'a plaintiff query of one
immerse in darkness. The darkness of
lies, lies that deny the humanity,
justice, and equality of people. It's
the impetus of this song'. He adds:
Kalima means half Word or half Langage
in Arabic. The name was inspired by a
quote from Imam W.D. Mohammad (the late
Muslim American leader and erstwhile
successor to Nation of Islam founder,
Elijah Muhammad) who once said: "Words
make people".
With its splendid vocal parts - thanks
to lead vocalist Sabreen Shareef, a
unique major-to-minor chord
progression, subtil synthetiser
melodies in the chorus and amazing
electric piano and sax solos, it really
is a very special release. It's been
discovered in a Motor City Drum
Ensemble jazz set with Gilles Peterson
at the J.A.W. Family Reunion in Berlin
back in 2016 where he played it as the
closing track of a wonderful musical
journey through black music which was
the right occasion for a classic Gilles
rewind and the occasion of a shared
epiphany. Still, one must not forget
its yet poetic still political message
now shared once again with the world.
The question asked by Kalima sadly
still remains as relevant in 2018:
Where is the sunshine ?
URL:
https://chuwanaga.bandcamp.com/album/wh
ere-is-the-sunshine
psst, more info at N/A
01 (Where is the) Sunshine Pt. I 04:05
02 (Where is the) Sunshine Pt. II 03:40
03 (Where is the) Sunshine 07:35
(Pt. I & Pt. II Mixed Digital Bonus)