Amkeni

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Amkeni
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Studio album by
Bukuru Celestin and Snarky Puppy
Released2013
RecordedFebruary 2013
StudioThe Music Lab at Jefferson Center
in Roanoke, Virginia
Genre Jazz fusion, World music
Length33:11
Label Ropeadope
Producer Michael League
Bukuru Celestin and Snarky Puppy chronology
groundUP
(2012)		Amkeni
(2013)		 Family Dinner – Volume 1
(2013)

Amkeni is an album by Burundian singer-songwriter Bukuru Celestin and the jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2013. [1] It is the first of two cooperative albums by Snarky Puppy and other performers that were recorded at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia in 2013, with the second being Family Dinner – Volume 1. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All song lyrics by Bukuru Celestin and all arrangements by Michael League; all music composed as noted. [3]

No.TitleLength
1."Ndagukunda" (Bukuru Celestin)5:14
2."Shima" (Michael League)4:08
3."Nyabugingo" (Bukuru Celestin & Michael League)5:02
4."Amkeni" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)7:56
5."Ntumbero" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)4:16
6."Muzogezahe" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)6:35

Personnel

Source [3]

Snarky Puppy:

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References

  1. ↑ "Bukuru Celestin & Snarky Puppy – Amkeni". Discogs. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lalah Hathaway, Snarky Puppy to record at Jeff Center". Roanoke Times. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Amkeni liner notes" (PDF). groundUP music. Retrieved 5 June 2019.


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