1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #11. Sabu - Palo Congo (1957)

SABU – PALO CONGO

Track Listing ( standout tracks are listed in bold

1. El Cumbanchero
2. Billumba/Palo Congo
3. Choferita/Plena
4. Asabache
5. Simba
6. Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso
7. Aggo Elegua
8. Tribilin Cantore

Now this is something completely different. An album of African oriented congo music.. I really didn’t know what to expect when I started this one. Suprisingly it was pretty infectious and I REALLY did enjoy this album. Just a fun listen! Full of singing and chanting and actually kinda jazzy in places. Primal music at what I would consider to be it’s finest. (Not that I have heard anything like it other than in a Tarzan movie!!).
This was very different indeed. Perhaps after the torture of playing the Thelonious Monk – this was such a breath of fresh air with it’s primal drum melodies. Recommended!!

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