18度ものグラミー賞受賞経験を持つバンジョーの巨匠ベラ・フレックが、バンジョーのルーツを探しにアフリカに音楽の旅に出て、ウガンダ、タンザニア、ガンビア、マリの様々なアーティストとセッションをした作品。この模様は同名のドキュメンタリー・フィルムとして撮影もされ、様々な賞も受賞した。言葉、文化が違えども音楽で人とつながることができることに感動!
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The discography of banjo maestro Bela Fleck is full of eclectic music that ranges from traditional bluegrass to forward-thinking jazz to world fusion. THROW DOWN YOUR HEART is the third volume in Fleck's TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET series, one that documents his travels in Africa. Fleck recorded in Mali, Senegal, Gambia, and Uganda, among other countries, drawing on the musical traditions of those countries and adding his own restlessly inventive imagination. Among his 40 guests are Baba Maal, Toumani Diabate, and Oumou Sangare, along with numerous outstanding musicians not known outside their native countries. The results don't have much in common with Fleck's wackier hybrid forms; instead the music is sincere, straightforward, and very beautiful. Fleck also made a film of his sojourn, for which THROW DOWN YOUR HEART serves as the soundtrack.|
Rovi