Myriam Makeba [Live] [Import]

1. I Shall Sing

2. Kulala

3. Malaika

4. Jolinkomo

5. Ring Bell

6. Pata Pata

7. Congas

8. Ngoma Kurila

9. Forbidden Games

10. Mas Que Nada

11. West Wind

12. Amampondo

Myriam Makeba,Myriam Makeba,Disques Esperance,African Folk,Political Folk,South Africa,South African Folk,South African Pop,Worldbeat

Average customer rating: DISAPPOINTING You Can't Beat Mama? Join Her! Good choice for new audience Very nice

Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Manteca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Africa Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Greatest Hits Sangoma ASIN: B0000501LX Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. Tula Ndivile
2. Laku Tshoni 'Ilanga
3. Ntyilo Ntyilo
4. Holilili
5. Irlando
6. Intandane
7. Live Humble
8. Sindiza Ngecadillacs
9. Phansi Kwalomhlaba
10. Hush
11. Sophiatown Is Gone
12. Miriam and Spokes' Phatha Phatha
13. Umqokozo
14. Pata Pata
15. Kilimanjaro
16. Thanayi [A.K.A. Nomalungelo]
17. Can't Cross Over
18. Carnival
19. Chicken [A.K.A. Sekusile]
20. African Convention
21. I Shall Sing
22. Malaika
23. Jolinkomo
24. West Wind
25. Click Song [A.K.A. Qongqothwane]

Album Description

25 track compilation from South Africa's most important female vocalist. Includes early songs she recorded as a member of the Manhattan Brothers and The Skylarks through to her classic worldwide hits, 'Pata Pata' and 'The Click Song'. Sleevenotes include a detailed history of Makeba and track by track commentary. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

DISAPPOINTING.......2006-07-05

I was expecting to hear some of the old songs with the same arrangements and backup bands. I was surprised to find not one single piece the same as I remembered. If you have no comparison, you would probably enjoy this gifted songstress. I found the quality overall to be disappointing.

You Can't Beat Mama? Join Her!.......2004-10-22

Mama Africa! What a proper name for the Queen of African Song. This collection has all the great songs from Miriam. It plays choronoligically from her earliest recording up to her most recent records. The melodies are infectious and Miriam makes you want to know more about the plight of the people of Africa she describes in her songs. This is a must-have for lovers of South African music.

Good choice for new audience.......2004-03-17

As the previous review says, this is a good collection. However, as I was trying to replace songs from two albums which apparently haven't been released on CD (1960's "Miriam Makeba" RCA album and the early '60's Kapp Records album "The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba"), this CD wasn't what I was looking for. Most of the songs sound nothing like the arrangements I loved on those albums. They would be great for a new audience, but for those who are looking to replace those early '60's records, don't expect this to be the same. If your intention isn't to replace 40-year-old albums, though, I would definitely recommend this CD.

Very nice.......2002-11-23

Buy this just for tracks 1,4,15 and so on. To hear the early version of this voice is a pleasure in it self. But to hear the growth and development of an artist of this caliber is a rare treat indeed. Oh go ahead you know you want it.

Average customer rating: Songs to warm the heart Majestic Mama Africa A great musical instrumernt Makeba at Her Best songs of infinite love

Africa Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Africa | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Africa | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Sangoma Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela In Concert Pata Pata Makeba ASIN: B0000004Y0 Release Date: 1991-10-08

Tracks:

1. Mbube
2. Nomeva
3. Olilili
4. Suliram
5. The Retreat Song
6. The Click Song
7. Saduva
8. Iya Guduza
9. Lakutshn Ilanga
10. Umhome
11. Amampondo
12. Dubula
13. Kwendini
14. Umhome
15. Pole Mze
16. Le Flueve
17. Qhude
18. Mayibuye
19. Maduna
20. Kilimanjaro
21. Kwazulu, In Th Land Of Zulus
22. Nongqongqo, To Those We Love
23. Khawuleza, Hurry Mama Hurry!
24. Ndodemnyama

Customer Reviews:

Songs to warm the heart.......2007-03-28

I grew up with just one of Miriam Makeba's albums, the only one available at that time, simply called: Miriam Makeba. Technology has outdated the record albums, replaced with tapes and now cd's. That album, no longer available, I searched for some of my favorite songs, and they are here. Miriam Makeba has a beautiful voice, a warm voice. If you want an introduction to Miriam Makeba, I recommend this one.

Majestic Mama Africa.......2007-02-24

Miriam gives another fabulous performance with this cd. Her versatility and talent shine brilliantly song after song. No one expresses emotion and vitality like this lady.

A great musical instrumernt.......2006-08-20

I can't understand a word of it. But; her voice is a musical instrument as wonderful to hear as charlie parkers horn or george shearing's piano. A perfect evening a glass of fine wine and listening to the above.

Makeba at Her Best.......2003-08-01

Mariam Makeba was and is a legend. Her introduction of African style music to the United States during the 1960s and 70s opened the way for many groups playing and singing folk-style and pop-style music with an African flavor. What can I say, Makeba is just wonderful in this series of songs mostly sung in her native Zulu dialect. I was fascinated by the fact that the various Bantu related languages have taken on some of the click sounds used by the Khoisan-speaking "bushmen."

This recording, more than any other, seems to me to capture the spirit of Africa that failed to be crushed by political repression. If you like African music you will like this CD!

songs of infinite love.......2001-08-06

This collection features recordings made by Mariam Makeba from 1960 to 1965 in the USA. These recordings were responsible for the introduction of South African music to a larger international audience. Makeba's amazing personality shines through all of these songs, affirming her position as the queen of South Africa music. Later Makeba married one of the leaders of the Black Panthers, which caused the Authorities to deport her to Europe. Previous reviews mentioned "the retreat song" and "the click song" as outstanding. I love these songs but for me the second part of the CD (songs 12-24) is even more spectacular. A song of praise for Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta ("Pole Mze"), a song of love to the leading quatert of South African revolution - Subukwe, Lutuli, Mandela and Sisulu ("Nogqongqo" from 1965) and the everlasting "Kwazulu". Makeba delivers these with the utmost love that radiates straight into the heart. Through these songs I started to love South African music.

Average customer rating:

Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Manteca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Africa Miriam Makeba / World of Miriam Makeba In Concert Pata Pata Makeba Belafonte and Miriam Makeba Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba ASIN: B000E1P334 Release Date: 2006-04-04

Tracks:

1. In The Land Of The Zulus (Kwazulu)
2. Pata Pata
3. Kutheni Sithandwa
4. Makoti
5. Kilimanjaro
6. Thanay (A.K.A. Nomalungelo)
7. Inkomo Zodwa
8. Hush
9. Teya, Teya
10. Jolinkomo
11. Miriam & Spokes Phata Phata
12. Uthando Luyaphela
13. Live Humble
14. Baby Ntsoare
15. Liwa Wechi
16. Zenizendabo
17. Mas Que Nada
18. Uyadela
19. Mbube (The Lion Cries)
20. My Angel (Malaika)

Tracks:

1. Click Song No.1
2. Amampondo
3. Chicken (Kikirikiki) (A.K.A. Sekusile)
4. Carnival
5. Umqokozo
6. Sophiatown Is Gone
7. Intandane
8. Orlando
9. Love Tastes Like Strawberries
10. Ngola Kurila
11. Ntyilo Ntyilo
12. Isangoma (Witch Doctor)
13. Mitshakasi
14. Tula Ndivile
15. Samba
16. Mama Ndigyalila
17. Talking & Dialoging
18. Holilili
19. Miriam's Goodbye To Africa
20. Nagula

Average customer rating: met makeba in a Harlem park in newyorkcity. very good compilation of 3 originals records

In Concert Pata Pata Makeba Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Africa Evening With Miriam Makeba / Magic of Miriam Miriam Makeba / World of Miriam Makeba Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song ASIN: B00007BH7J Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. Banoyi
2. Jolinkomo
3. When I'vd Passed On
4. Mommy
5. Reza
6. Click Song
7. A Piece Of Ground
8. Mas Que Nada
9. Ibabalazie
10. Pata Pata
11. Ha Po Zamani
12. What Is Love
13. Maria Fulo
14. Yetentu Tizaleny
15. Click Song #1
16. Ring Bell, Ring Bell
17. Jol'inkomo
18. West Wind
19. Saduva
20. A Piece Of Ground
21. Umoya
22. Uyadela
23. Asilimanga
24. Umquokozo
25. U-mngoma
26. Emavungwini
27. Iphi Ndilela
28. Singa (Madoda)
29. Magwala Ndini
30. Sibongile
31. Hamba Naye

Album Description

This two CD set includes three original albums from the vaults of Reprise Records, 'Miriam Makeba In Concert' (1967), 'Pata Pata' (1967) & 'Makeba!' (1968). Passionate & provocative singing is heard on 'Ring Bell, Ring Bell' & Miriam Makeba's most famous songs, 'The Click Song #1' & 'Pata Pata' which since have been recorded by numerous international artist. Collectables. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

met makeba in a Harlem park in newyorkcity........2004-02-29

I REMEMBER A CONCERT IN MONT MORRRIS PARK IN HARLEM ON 120 ST.BACK IN THE EARLY 70S,AND EVERY THEN I NEVER FORGET THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN /SHE MADE THIS SOUND LIKE A CLICK IN HER VOICE,IT WAS A SOUND THAT ONLY MAKEBA CAN MAKE /ANY WAY DID YOU NO THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO HUGH MASEKELA YEARS BACK....... I THANK MY MOTHER ,I MISS HER......

very good compilation of 3 originals records.......2002-12-15

wonderfull miriam makeba, she is really the queen of african song.
it'a a very nice compilation of three greats originals albums of the very great makeba.
if you like this great arstist just buy it !!!

Average customer rating: Amazing Grace Transcendent music. Very good... but not the best of Makeba

Sangoma Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Africa | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Africa | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Africa Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Welela Miriam Makeba / World of Miriam Makeba In Concert Pata Pata Makeba ASIN: B000002LDH Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Emabhaceni
2. Baxabene Oxamu
3. Ngalala Phantsi
4. Ihoyiya
5. Kulo Nyaka
6. Baya Jabula
7. Mabhongo
8. Ingwemabala
9. Mosadi Ku Rima
10. Angilalanga
11. Ungakanani
12. Ngiya Khuyeka
13. Nyankwabe
14. Sabumoya
15. Congo
16. Nginani Na
17. Umam' Uyajabula
18. Nyamuthla
19. Icala

Amazon.com

A sangoma is a traditional healer, one who channels the ancestral spirits who advise the living. On this impeccably produced CD, Miriam Makeba returns to her roots, singing the songs of her childhood, and in the process seeks to heal the wounds of apartheid and 30 years of exile from her South African home. The songs here are parables, lullabies, and gathering songs, deeply spiritual and moving. They are songs of struggle and perseverance delivered by Africa's best-loved voice. Mama Africa (Makeba's nickname) is joined by a group of soulful women singers. Some songs feature understated percussion; others are gloriously unadorned a cappella. This is an essential timeless album from one of the world's greatest singers. --Jeff Grubb

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Grace.......2007-03-28

I grew up with just one of Miriam Makeba's albums, the only one available at that time, simply called: Miriam Makeba. Technology has outdated the record albums, replaced with tapes and now cd's. I love this album. Reading the insert, I find that Miriam Makeba is not only the singer, but she is the choir. Every voice in the background is Miriam Makeba. Recorded and re-recorded, it must have been an amazing effort for her. This album records songs passed on from generations past. It is good to know that these South African treasures will remain, I am assuming the songs are of Zulu origin.

Transcendent music........2001-08-11

IÕve had a cassette of this album in my car for more than a decade, and IÕm sure IÕve played it more than any of the dozens of other cassettes in the car. ItÕs one of the few I never get tired of hearing. Since the songs are all in Xhosa, I had no idea what Miriam Makeba was singing about, but there was something so warm and uplifting, so healing, about her voice, and the lilting rhythms of the songs, that meaning didnÕt seem to matter. Only recently I glanced at the liner notes and realized that most of the songs are essentially prayers. They call on the spirits of ancestors for help or strength, or praise them for the help theyÕve given. ItÕs transcendent, spiritual music Ð which I guess at some level I knew all along, even without understanding the words. That the sense of the songs is clear even if you donÕt understand the language tells you a lot about the power of Miriam MakebaÕs singing.

My six-year-old daughter also loves this album, and often asks me to play it. (She says her favorite singers are Raffi, Ella Fitzgerald and Miriam Makeba Ð an interesting trio.) I suspect MakebaÕs warmth comes through to any listener, no matter what their age. This is some of the most moving music IÕve ever heard.

Very good... but not the best of Makeba.......2000-05-01

It's certainly a beautiful CD, with gorgeous music. But... I grew up with the music of Miriam Makeba on her older LP's, and quite frankly, her voice during the 60's and 70's was so exceptionally beautiful -- I truly think hers was one of the 2 or 3 greatest voices I've heard, up there with Ella -- that it's just not the same. Don't let me dissuade you from buying this CD, it's very, very good, and anyone who likes, traditional S. African music will *really* like this CD. But if you want to hear the real Makeba, with a voice so beautiful it sends a chill down your spine, you have to go to earlier materials. I hope the record companies release her early material some day.

Average customer rating: Belafonte and Makeba, a classic folk pairing from 1965. South African Songs Get Royal Treatment

Belafonte and Miriam Makeba Harry Belafonte Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Calypso | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song Africa Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Reflections In Concert Pata Pata Makeba ASIN: B00004SNG7 Release Date: 1990-02-01

Tracks:

1. Train Song (Mbombela)
2. In the Land of the Zulus (Kwazulu)
3. Hush, Hush (Thula, Thula)
4. To Those We Love (Nongqongqo)
5. Give Us Our Land (Mbay)
6. Beware, Verwoerd! (Ndodemnyama)
7. Gone Are My Children (Bailanak
8. Hurray, Mama, Hurry! (Khawuleza)
9. My Angel (Malaika)
10. Cannon (Mbayi, Mbayi)
11. Lullaby (Thula Sthandwa Same)
12. Show Me the Way, My Brother (Iph'indlela)

Album Description

Full title - An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba. French reissue of 1965 album for the world music stars. 12 tracks. BMG. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Belafonte and Makeba, a classic folk pairing from 1965........2004-10-22

Forty years have passed since Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba first educated their adoring fans about life in South Africa under apartheid, revealing through songs sung entirely in Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, and Swahili what life was like for black South Africans. Much has changed since then, with South Africa now governed by the black majority, but the messages and the music from the sixties live on in this wonderful collaboration, which recognizes universal hopes and dreams and reflects the longings of all people for freedom.

If one were to listen to the songs without looking at the liner notes, one would comment on the melding of Makeba's clear, reedy voice with the whispery, mellow tones of Belafonte, giving their duets a unique sound, blending her forcefulness with his quiet strength. The use of minimal accompaniment, often only bongos, harmonica, drums, and guitar, grounds the vocal sound in reality and creates a mood. Though the songs are gorgeous, most of them, one discovers from the notes, are protest songs, the protest often a quiet recognition of wrongs, rather than a call to action, which is implied.

Most memorable for me are "Thula, Thula," one of Belafonte's major hits, a Zulu song which sounds like a lullaby but which is actually a song by boys confined to reform school, saying "Hush, Mama," and "Lullaby," another Belafonte solo, a Zulu song in which a grandparent or father tells a child, "Don't cry, your mother is coming." Makeba solos with "To Those We Love," a song of African leaders confined to prison--Sobukwe, Luthuli, and Mandela--whose names ring out from prison. Like several other songs in Xhosa, this one is characterized by the Xhosa "clicks," a unique part of the language.

Several songs use the "call and reply" technique-"In the Land of the Zulus," sung by Makeba, which means "I'll never go to Lululand again, for this is where my father died," with echoes from a male chorus, and in "My Angel," by Makeba and Belafonte (in Swahili), the song of a young man from Kenya, too poor to marry his sweetheart. "Give Us Our Land," a Zulu song, and "Beware, Verwoerd," are warnings to the white world that the black man is on the move. Other songs are rooted in stories of young men going to work in the mines, and warnings from children to their mothers to hide, that the police are on the way.

Passionate and controlled, Belafonte and Makeba transcend the "protest movement" of the sixties with an album which is as relevant today as it was when it was recorded and performed around the world a generation ago. Mary Whipple

South African Songs Get Royal Treatment.......2003-05-28

In this album of Zulu, Xosa and other South African folksongs, Belafonte brings great empathy and tenderness to his renditions; though he is American, his linguistic and musical skills shine brightly and make the songs very accessible. Makeba, Queen of Soth African song, is exciting and soulful as ever. The arrangements are subtle and tasteful. My only criticism is that they sing together only on one song (the beautiful Kenyan number "Malaika") out of twelve. It's like two half solo albums combined! Great listening nonetheless.

Average customer rating: A Pleasant Surprise

The Best of Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sangoma Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Africa ASIN: B000024AYN Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

1. Uthando Luyaphela
2. Table Moutain
3. Miriam and Spokes' Phatha Phatha
4. Mtshakasi
5. Ndimbone Dluca
6. Ndamcenga
7. Makoti
8. Ndidliwe Zintabe
9. Inkomo Zodwa
10. Sindiza Ngecadillacs
11. Nomalungelo
12. Kutheni Sithandwa
13. Vula Amasango
14. Owakho
15. Baya Ndi Memeza
16. Yini Madoda
17. Ekoneni
18. Uyadela

Customer Reviews:

A Pleasant Surprise.......2002-09-21

I bought this cd on a whim and was pleasantly surprised, especially at the sound quality. This cd is a collection of the Skylarks' best from the late 1950s. Nevertheless, the sound is quite good; in fact it sounds less dated than similar American recordings from the same era.
Miriam Makeba is a well-known singer from South Africa with a lovely voice. The Skylarks sound a great deal like American girl groups from the 1950s and early 60s, but I have to say that in my opinion the Skylarks are better. Perhaps because I was unfamiliar with the music, this cd sounds fresher and more interesting, and the songs themselves benefit greatly from their less produced sound.

Average customer rating: Still Wonderful After All These Years Makeba the Magnificent!

Miriam Makeba / World of Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Evening With Miriam Makeba / Magic of Miriam In Concert Pata Pata Makeba Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba At Mister Kelly's Night Life ASIN: B000063RUE Release Date: 2002-04-02

Tracks:

1. The Retreat Song (Jikele Maweni)
2. Suliram
3. The Click Song
4. Umhome
5. Olilili
6. Lakutshn, Ilanga
7. Mbube
8. The Naughty Little Flea
9. Where Does It Lead?
10. Nomeva
11. House Of The Rising Sun
12. Saduva
13. One More Dance - Charles Coleman
14. Iya Guduza
15. Dubula
16. Forbidden Games
17. Pole Mze
18. Little Boy
19. Kwedini
20. Vamos Chamar Ovento
21. Umhome
22. Amampondo
23. Wonders And Things
24. Tonados De Media Noche (Song At Midnight)
25. Into Yam
26. Where Can I Go?

Album Description

2 on 1 includes her debut from 1958 & her 1986 release. 'The Click Song', 'House of the Rising Son' and 'Kwedini' are some of the passionate and provocative tunes featured. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Still Wonderful After All These Years.......2003-03-18

Not having heard this music for years (ok, decades), I was keeping my fingers crossed that the these songs would sound as terrific as I remembered. They do! Perhaps the original "world music" artist, Ms. Makeba's sound is timeless. From soothing lullaby to rousing wedding night serenade (the "Click Song" - hint: I don't think it's advice about joint checking accounts), these selections will bring you to your feet. Why did I wait so long to buy this CD?!

Makeba the Magnificent!.......2002-07-12

I gasped when I saw this CD cover!

The two albums featured on this CD, "Miriam Makeba" and "The World of Miriam Makeba," were favorites of my mother when I was a little girl growing up on the south side of Chicago in the sixties. Mom played them so constantly I came to (phonetically) know most of the songs by heart by the age of nine, precociously singing along to "The Click Song," "Pole Mze," "Little Boy" and "Tonados De Media Noche"--to the great amusement of grown-up family members and guests. I was delighted to discover a Makeba CD featuring not just one but both albums and ordered it immediately, waiting impatiently for its arrival. Upon receiving it I eagerly placed it on my CD player, happily pressed PLAY, sat back smiling as my childhood came floating back to me...

...and was startled, puzzled and more than a little disappointed to discover what appears to have been an error or mix-up for one of the albums.

Though "The World of Miriam Makeba" contained all of the wonderful songs I remembered from my mother's album, many of the selections included for "Miriam Makeba" seem to me to be from a different Makeba record entirely!

Enjoyable as they are, I don't at all recall cuts like "The Naughty Little Flea" or "Olilili" or "Where Does It Lead?" etc., being on either original album, whereas songs like the playful "Can't Cross Over," the dreamy, sensual "(Love Tastes Like) Strawberries" and the heartbreaking lullaby (where a crooning mother consoles a hungry child--there is nothing to eat) "Ntjilo Ntjilo" are absent entirely--what happened here??

Even so, Makeba's voice is so strong and beautiful, and her command of her South African and international material so absolute, that regardless I have to give this collection at least four stars. Only the odd and annoying absence of the aforementioned and other remembered songs keeps this from being a five-star rave.

Buy, listen and decide for yourselves.

Average customer rating:

Pata Pata Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Reprise ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Welela Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song In Concert Pata Pata Makeba Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela ASIN: B000023ZGH Release Date: 1998-07-06

Tracks:

1. Pata Pata
2. Ha Po Zamani
3. What is love
4. Maria Fulo
5. Yetentu Tizaleny
6. Click Song Number 1
7. Ring Bell, Ring Bell
8. Jol'inkomo
9. West Wind
10. Saduva
11. A piece of Ground
12. Malayisha

Album Description

UK reissue of 1972 album includes one bonus track, a mono version of 'Malayisha', the original B-side for her international 1967 hit 'Pata Pata'. Additional highlights include 'Ring Bell, Ring Bell' & 'What Is Love'.

Average customer rating: Miriam Makeba Makeba sings José Carlos Schwarz The Queen of African music Beautiful stuff! Joyous!

Welela Miriam Makeba Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Africa Sangoma Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba / World of Miriam Makeba Evening With Miriam Makeba / Magic of Miriam ASIN: B00000478X Release Date: 1989-10-04

Tracks:

1. Amampondo
2. African Sunset
3. Djiu De Galinha
4. A Luta Continua
5. Soweto Blues
6. Welela
7. Hapo Zamani
8. Pata Pata
9. Saduva
10. Africa

Customer Reviews:

Miriam Makeba.......2003-08-31

It is a wonderful CD. It arrived on time.

Makeba sings José Carlos Schwarz.......2003-06-04

Welela is my favorite Makeba CD. A bit on the upbeat, dancable side, her voice smoother than ever. In addition, on Welela, Makeba sings two songs by the late composer and Minister of Culture in Guinea-Bissau, José Carlos Schwarz (Dju di Galinha, and A luta continua). Makebas voice suits them well, and is a great inroduction to his music. Listen also to the Capeverdean Terezinha Araujo's incredibly beautiful interpretation of his "Apili" on the Simentera CD "Raiz"

The Queen of African music.......2000-11-24

Known as the Queen of African music- this album is spell-binding and includes tunes Makeba sings in tribute to countries such as her homeland South Africa (which was in turmoil during the production of this album), Mozambique and Guinea.

A political histoy, a story and altogether compelling listening. Give it a listen.

Beautiful stuff!.......1999-12-01

This is my favorite Miriam Makeba CD. It has a jazzy sound and is very upbeat. Miriam was my introduction into African Pop and I am so excited that I discovered it! African music is my favorite music and this CD is one that is near the top of my list! I've recommended this to people and everyone that has purchased it, loves it!

Joyous!.......1998-07-07

Joyous and thought-provoking. From the first track to the last, it makes you want to dance. I am just beginning to discover the music of Africa - and what a delight this album is!

Pop Music:

1. Nectar: Live Kurtan & Pagan Remixes [Live]
2. Nobody Comes To My House
3. Nostalgia Italiana: 1963 [Import]
4. Nostalgia Italiana: 1967 [Import]
5. One Voice: Vocal Music from Around the World
6. Owl Dance Songs [CD-single]
7. Palm Wine Sounds of S.E. Rogie
8. Per Esempio Per Amore [Import]
9. Proposiciones
10. Rockin' the Rez

Pop Music