Red Earth

Original Release Date:  April 17, 2007

Track Listing

• 1. Afro Blue
• 2. Bad Spirits
• 3. Dee Dee
• 4. Mama Don't Ever Go Away [Mama Digna Sara Yé]
• 5. Long Time Ago
• 6. Children Go 'Round [DeMissènw]
• 7. The Griots [Sakhodougou]
• 8. Oh My Love [Djarabi]
• 9. Four Women
• 10. No More [Bamboo]
• 11. Red Earth [Massane Cissè]
• 12. Meanwhile
• 13. Compared to What

Credits

• Nina Simone: Composer
• Wayne Shorter: Composer
• Gene McDaniels: Composer
• Oscar Brown, Jr.: Composer
• Oumou Sangare: Vocals
• Dee Dee Bridgewater: Arranger, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes
• Ira Coleman: Bass, Arranger
• Mongo Santamaría: Composer
• Doug Sax: Mastering
• Cheick Tidiane Seck: Arranger, Organ (Hammond), Vocals (Background), Producer, Fender Rhodes, Coordination, Calebasse, Karignan
• Yakhoba Sissokho: Kora, Soloist
• Djelimady Tounkara: Guitar, Soloist
• Benogo Diakite: Soloist, Kamalngoni
• Minino Garay: Percussion, Arranger, Cymbals, Drums, Caxixi, Cajon
• Lansine Kouyate: Balafon
• Fatoumata Kouyaté: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Moriba Koïta: Soloist, Ngoni
• Moussa Sissikho: Djembe, Soloist
• Aly Wagué: Flute
• Moussa Sissoko: Tama
• Bassekou Kouyate: Soloist, Ngoni
• Edsel Gomez: Piano, Arranger, Composer
• Jean-Paul Gonnod: Engineer, Mixing
• Maré Sanogo: Doum-doum
• Yves Wernert: Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Mamadou Diabate: Kora
• Jean Luc Barilla: Artwork
• Mamani Keïta: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Ramata Diakité: Vocals
• Sékou Kouyaté: Arranger
• Philippe Pierangeli: Photography
• Aymeric Letoquart: Assistant Engineer
• Jean Marie Durand: Producer
• Modibo Kouyaté: Guitar
• Sangwook "Sunny" Nam: Mastering
• Adama Tounkara: Ngoni
• Kabiné Kouyaté: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Baba Sissoko: Arranger, Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Tama, Ngoni
• Sébastien Gerbi: Mixing Assistant
• Lamine Tounkara: Doum-doum
• Djelimady Tankara: Guitar, Soloist
• Jacob Soubeiga: Guitar
• Djifli Mamadou Sanogo: Djembe
• Habib "Dia" Sangaré: Bolon
• Cherif Samano: Kora
• Amy Sacko: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Cheick "Sékou" Oumar: Djembe
• Lassy "King" Massassy: Composer, Rap
• Pepito Sekouba Kouyaté: Tama
• Alou Kouloubali: Calebasse
• Alisse Kingsley: Public Relations
• Fatou: Vocals (Background)
• Gabriel Durand: Guitar
• Petit Adama Diarra: Djembe
• Guillaume Dargent: Mixing Assistant
• Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski: Liner Notes, Title Design
• Rémi Barbot: Mixing Assistant
• Xavier Lefevre: Intern