{"product_id":"akale-wube-and-manu-dibango-anbessa","title":"AKALE WUBE AND MANU DIBANGO - Anbessa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Edition Standard Weight Glitter Gold Coloured Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 2013, during \u003cstrong\u003eAlain Pilot\u003c\/strong\u003e's show “\u003cem\u003eLa Bande Passante\u003c\/em\u003e” and as part of the celebrations for \u003cstrong\u003eManu Dibango\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 80th birthday, Radio France Internationale gathered around the African master a bunch of prestigious guests including the Ethio- Jazz ambassadors : \u003cstrong\u003eAkalé Wubé\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe band decided to play live and on air \u003cem\u003eAfrican Pop Session\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEkedi\u003c\/em\u003e - both written and recorded by the Cameroonian saxophonist in the early seventies - quickly joined by Manu Dibango and his saxophone. Two live recordings of this session will be taken out this pathbreaking and improvised meeting.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA great complicity shortly settled between them and, a few months later, Akalé Wubé invited Manu Dibango on their track \u003cem\u003eAnbessa\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Lion\u003c\/em\u003e in Amharic) composed as a tribute to him. This collaboration led them to share several stages together in the following years.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith this RFI session still in mind, Manu Dibango invited the band to join him in studio for Akalé Wubé to arrange and re-record 5 other unknown nuggets from his catalogue : \u003cem\u003eLa Colère des Dieux\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDu Bush a Bush\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGentlemen de Camp Yabassi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOtetena Munja\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePeaceful Homeland\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnfortunately, \u003cem\u003eThe Lion\u003c\/em\u003e won’t make it to the Parisian band’s studio to record his last solos, fate decided otherwise... Akalé Wubé decides to pay a strong and sincere tribute to this friendship through out the album \u003cem\u003eAnbessa\u003c\/em\u003e - gathering the entire tracks written for or by Manu Dibango and played by the band - in a special LP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Vinyl images displayed are for mock-up\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Makossa","offers":[{"title":"LP - Glitter Gold Vinyl","offer_id":42234556547233,"sku":"SDZ-00688","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Akale_Wube_and_Manu_Dibango_-_Anbessa_-_Gold_Glitter_Vinyl_LP.jpg?v=1657795035","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/akale-wube-and-manu-dibango-anbessa","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}