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▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Mhuri Yekwa Rwizi ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Zimbabwe-Shona Mbira Music ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Nonesuch ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Ethnic ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Mar-20-2003 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 000-00-0000 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 50:07 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
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▓████▓▌ 01. nhemamusasa instrumental excerpt i 02:40 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. nhemamusasa instrumental excerpt ii 01:52 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. nhemamusasa complete performance 11:25 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. dande 03:53 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. taireva (version i) 05:25 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. nyamaropa yekutanga 05:28 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. taireva (version ii) 08:17 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. shumba 03:06 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. nyamamusango 03:05 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. chaminuka we 04:56 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Originally released in 1977 as "Africa: Shona Mbira ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Music" (H-72077) ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ In order to provide a historical context for this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recording, the liner notes that accompanied its ▓▌
▓████▓▌ original release have been reprinted in full below. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The text has not been edited to reflect changes in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ general cultural perceptions or specific factual ▓▌
▓████▓▌ information that may have occurred since then. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ -Ed. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ These recordings were made during a period of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ dramatic political change in the history of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rhodesia, which led ultimately to the country's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ independence in 1980, and its subsequent renaming ▓▌
▓████▓▌ to Zimbabwe. Since the records initial publication, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a number of place names have been changed: the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ former capital, Salisbury, is now called Harare; ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ft. Victoria is now called Masvingo; University of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rhodesia is now University of Zimbabwe; Mondoro, is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ now represented as Mhondoro, Highfields as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Highfield. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ We regret the passing of two distinguished artists ▓▌
▓████▓▌ heard on this disc: Justin Magaya and Ephat Mujuru. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ - Paul Berliner, 2002 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Mbira music is one of the most popular traditional ▓▌
▓████▓▌ arts of black Africa, and the Shona musicians of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) are among the instruments most ▓▌
▓████▓▌ distinguished players. This recording features the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mbira dzavadzimu ("mbira of the ancestors"), one of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the five major Shona forms of the instrument. It is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ largely associated with the Zezuru people of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ central Zimbabwe but is also played in other parts ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of the country. The mbira dzavadzimu is constructed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ with 22 to 24 steel keys mounted on a bridge over a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hardwood soundboard that are played with the thumbs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (plucking downward) and right index finger ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (plucking upward). During performances the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ instrument is placed inside a large gourd resonator ▓▌
▓████▓▌ decorated with shells or, more recently, bottle ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tops. The gourd shapes and amplifies the sound of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the mbira, and the shells provide a buzzing quality ▓▌
▓████▓▌ û an integral part of the music. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ The mbira dzavadzimu is an important ritual ▓▌
▓████▓▌ instrument, and its repertory of as many as 100 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ pieces has been passed down orally from one ▓▌
▓████▓▌ generation to the next. At religious ceremonies the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ instrument is thought to have the power to project ▓▌
▓████▓▌ its sound into the heavens, attracting the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ attention of the ancestral spirits. In the hands of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ skillful players the mbira can draw these spirits ▓▌
▓████▓▌ down to earth to possess mediums or unsuspecting ▓▌
▓████▓▌ participants. Listeners find that the music has a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ powerful effect upon them - it stimulates the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ imagination and makes them "think deeply." ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ While the mbira dzavadzimu may be played as a solo ▓▌
▓████▓▌ instrument, it is most often used in small ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ensembles that include two or more mbira players, a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hosho (gourd rattle) player, and one or more ▓▌
▓████▓▌ singers û frequently the mbira players themselves. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The mbira ensemble featured on this album is Mhuri ▓▌
▓████▓▌ yekwaRwizi ("Family of [Chief] Rwizi"), one of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ most famous groups in Zimbabwe. Its leader is the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ distinguished mbira player and singer Hakurotwi ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Mude, who is also a well-known spirit medium and a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ skilled upholsterer. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ - PAUL BERLINER, 1977 ▓▌
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