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Nuba
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Nuba · For this album, Andrew Cyrille came together in June 1979 in Milan with singer and poet Jeanne Lee and saxophonist Jimmy Lyons. It was released on the Italian label Black Saint. It is therefore not a standard jazz trio: Lee's voice is as central as the drums and the alto sax.
The two versions of Nuba are based on a poem that Lee wrote in June 1979 for Lyons and Cyrille. In These Last Days is an adaptation of a poem from 1973. The lyrics are printed in the booklet that comes with the record. Lee does not sing the words straight ahead, but stretches and repeats them and also uses wordless cries. The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album almost a miniature opera, and one reviewer wrote that there was nothing conventional or predictable about it.
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Track list
- 1Nuba 17:30Apple Music ↗
- 2Cornbread Picnic (maize)4:57Apple Music ↗
- 3One Before Zero5:27Apple Music ↗
- 4Jja5:12Apple Music ↗
- 5In These Last Days7:37Apple Music ↗
- 6Sorry7:01Apple Music ↗
- 7Nuba 27:51Apple Music ↗
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