6 IMN Artists in National Geographic Best of 2007

Thursday December 20, 2007

It’s that time of year again, when music critics cast back through their teetering piles of new releases to come up with their annual ‘best of’ lists. This year the Nat Geo music team scoured the globe to come up with their favorite releases from around the world, from Belize to Harlem.

3. Angelique Kidjo “Djin Djin”
Afropop diva Angelique Kidjo also resurfaced in 2007, with the extraordinary, star-studded “Djin Djin,” which featured performances from Carlos Santana, Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and more.

4. Ojos de Brujo “Techari”
Barcelona-based musical collective Ojos de Brujo took home a Latin Grammy for their unique blend of hip-hop and flamenco on “Techari.”

5. Spanish Harlem Orchestra “United We Swing”
New York’s own Spanish Harlem Orchestra rocked an album full of old school salsa classics and brand new favorites with “United We Swing.”

6. Habib Koite “Afriki”
Malian singer/songwriter Habib Koite connected the dots between West Africa and the American blues on “Afriki.”

7.� CeU “CeU”
CeU emerged as more than the latest Brazilian pop chanteuse on her smart and assured, self-titled debut.

8.� Mickey Hart� Zakir Hussain “Global Drum Project”
Ex-Grateful Dead drummer and Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain team up again to deliver the long-awaited sequel to their 1991 Grammy-winner “Planet Drum.”

You Are	7:10	The Bad Plus
Thalaza	4:00	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Thula Mama	3:42	Vusi Mahlasela
One Man's Idea		Avishai Cohen
Regalo De Dios	5:29	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Jump Up	5:48	Jason Moran
Bonnie's Song	3:15	Raul Midón
Say It Loud LIVE	1:02	Still Black, Still Proud
African Cowboy	5:07	Richard Bona
Fats (live)	3:36	Dave Douglas
Radio Song (clip)	1:01	Esperanza Spalding
I'm a Soldier	1:33	John Scofield
RFK in the Land of Apartheid	4:10	Jason Moran
Touba - Daru Salaam	5:49	Youssou N'Dour
After You've Gone (Clarinetwork)	8:17	Anat Cohen
The Wheel	7:01	Chris Potter
Din Don Dan LIVE	1:14	Still Black, Still Proud
Adios Felicidad	3:16	Omara Portuondo
Leave Me A Place Underground	5:32	Tineke Postma
Zelie	2:04	Angélique Kidjo
Zen Remix	3:34	Rokia Traoré
Jho Avido	3:58	Dobet Gnahoré
Super America	2:27	The Bad Plus
When I Fall	3:55	Lizz Wright
Step To It	19:52	Overtone Quartet
Higher Ground	4:46	Playing For Change
Ca Jé	3:49	Caetano Veloso
Nakamokhura	4:07	Vusi Mahlasela
The Razor's Edge	6:18	Dave Holland
Song For Mia	4:53	Lizz Wright
Jabula	5:08	Vusi Mahlasela
J Blues (Notes From The Village)	7:08	Anat Cohen
Baby, I Love You feat. Dianne Reeves	3:10	Angélique Kidjo
You Make Me (Live)	5:15	Becca Stevens
I-10 (James Farm)	4:32	Joshua Redman
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim	3:06	Idan Raichel
Old Brooklyn (Crossing the Field)	3:42	Jenny Scheinman
Chilla que Tiemble		Depedro
Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma
Ingots	3:53	Kaki King
I'll Notice (Live)	6:03	Becca Stevens
Birdyard	1:48	Joe Lovano
Funky Good Time LIVE	0:50	Still Black, Still Proud
Barbados	6:20	Joe Lovano
Sport	3:02	Altan
Newspaper Angels	3:16	Jenny Scheinman
The Mooch	7:16	3 Cohens
Don't Take It That Way	3:12	Raul Midón
ODJus Fitxadu	3:25	Idan Raichel
Polliwog (James Farm)	8:22	Joshua Redman
Silencio	4:11	Ojos De Brujo
Alexander the Great	6:52	Saxophone Summit
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
Joy Ryder	11:20	Wayne Shorter
Sagal Ko	3:35	Youssou N'Dour
Revolt (Big Noise)	3:53	Street Drum Corps
Coal Tattoo	3:18	Kathy Mattea
Woza	4:24	Vusi Mahlasela
The Man I Love (Tchamantche)	4:44	Rokia Traoré
Mosaic Triad		Terri Lyne Carrington
Zulu Laduma	3:02	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Women Gather	2:31	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Are We A Nation	3:58	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Mood Indigo		Avishai Cohen
1981 (James Farm)	8:52	Joshua Redman
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Irish Homecoming
Things Behind the Sun	4:37	Brad Mehldau
Redemption Song	4:10	Playing For Change
Red Winged Black Bird	2:56	Kathy Mattea
Vijay Iyer, Solo - Patterns	8:31	Vijay Iyer
Anna Eco (Crossing the Field)	4:01	Jenny Scheinman
Victory! (Big Noise)	3:33	Street Drum Corps
The Jolly Seven-Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Cherish The Ladies
Náo Me Diga Adeus (All One)	2:47	Oscar Castro-Neves
Peace on Earth	5:05	Saxophone Summit
Fire Waltz	4:36	Jason Moran
Amame Como Soy	3:26	Omara Portuondo
Allure & Destruct (Big Noise)	4:04	Street Drum Corps
Como El Viento	4:00	Depedro
Knives Out	8:29	Brad Mehldau
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	5:22	Becca Stevens
I Like It That Way	3:10	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Stepping Out	4:48	Kurt Elling
Dakar Moon	3:15	Baaba Maal
Solipsist	2:31	Kaki King
Playing with Pink Noise	3:02	Kaki King
Noubioto	3:43	Gangbé Brass Band
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Cherish The Ladies
Cacadores de Emocoes		Terri Lyne Carrington
Todo Tiende	4:26	Ojos De Brujo
"The Littlest Prisoner" w/Bruce Cockburn	4:09	Jenny Scheinman
Footprints	7:55	Wayne Shorter
Batoumambe	4:13	Habib Koite
Veil of Tears	14:24	Overtone Quartet
Television	7:07	Baaba Maal
Wari	4:16	Habib Koite
Stand By Me	6:04	Playing For Change
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore	4:13	Kathy Mattea
Remember Fela	4:24	Gangbé Brass Band
Ae Ae	3:31	Angélique Kidjo
Passport	5:27	Joe Lovano
I Was Young When I Left Home	5:31	Jenny Scheinman
Good Times	4:34	Richard Bona
Refavela	5:56	Gilberto Gil
Morning Bell	5:42	Chris Potter
Black Gold	5:17	Esperanza Spalding
MSMW - Little Walter Rides Again	3:55	John Scofield
Tounka (Tchamantche)	3:09	Rokia Traoré
Prime Directive	7:46	Dave Holland
Como Baila Mi Mulata	5:42	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Just My Imagination	4:53	Dianne Reeves
Siboney (Notes From The Village)	8:22	Anat Cohen
Ixegezi	2:12	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Trio Blues	4:16	John Scofield
Move On Up feat. John Legend	3:46	Angélique Kidjo
Mr. PC ft. John Scofield (Guitars)	6:23	McCoy Tyner
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (live)	7:32	Dave Douglas
Today Will Be A Good Day	5:09	Dianne Reeves
Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity	7:50	Vijay Iyer
Chalomot Shel Acherim	3:40	Idan Raichel
Cucurrucu Paloma	4:01	Caetano Veloso
St. James Infirmary (Clarinetwork)	10:16	Anat Cohen
Greensleeves ft. Derek Trucks (Guitars)	6:14	McCoy Tyner
Manalyuca	6:30	McCoy Tyner
Dala	3:51	Dobet Gnahoré
Tiger Rag	4:07	3 Cohens
The Jolly Seven / Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Irish Homecoming
Next Generation	4:03	Raul Midón
My Heart	4:00	Lizz Wright

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*"Song for Sidiki" at the Barbican	Jenny Scheinman
Live Trailer	Playing For Change
Red Winged Blackbird	Kathy Mattea
*Freedom	3 Cohens
Live Clips 2008	Rokia Traoré
Freedom Dance	Dianne Reeves
Acoustic Africa Promo 2012	Acoustic Africa
*Altan with the RTE Orchestra	Altan
Bone Chaos at the Castle	Kaki King
The First Noel	Cherish The Ladies: Celtic Christmas
*Tineke Postma Quartet	Tineke Postma
*Radio Music Society Trailer	Esperanza Spalding
La Memoria	Depedro
*Corcavado	Oscar Castro-Neves
Mr. PC with John Scofield	McCoy Tyner
Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow)	Brad Mehldau
Al Jazeera Interview	Omara Portuondo
Galang	Vijay Iyer
PFC Foundation	Playing For Change
Imagine	Playing For Change
*Live in Tokyo	Terri Lyne Carrington
Move On Up	Angélique Kidjo
JAMES FARM Live at Jazz Standard	Joshua Redman
2010 Gilberto Gil interview	Gilberto Gil
Sound Prints Short EPK	Sound Prints
*One Love - LIVE	Playing For Change
Live in Montreal	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
*Resignation	Brad Mehldau
Esperanza Spalding at the Nobel Prize Ceremony	Esperanza Spalding
Ella's Song	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Television	Baaba Maal
I'll Play The Blues For You	Jason Moran
*Blackstaff Sessions	Cherish The Ladies
Let There Be Peace	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Nature Boy	Kurt Elling Symphony
Altan - Cití na gCumann - Gradam Ceoil	Altan
The Mooch	3 Cohens
The Mosaic Project	Terri Lyne Carrington
*Live at Jazz Standard	Anat Cohen
Altan with the RTE Concert Orchestra	Altan Symphony
Rokia Traoré Live 2009	Rokia Traoré
Fé na Festa	Gilberto Gil
Hot Brass	Richard Bona
Stand By Me	Playing For Change
Malaika with Luxembourg Philhormonic Orchestra	Angelique Kidjo Symphony
McCoy Tyner Quartet	McCoy Tyner
Sound Prints EPK	Dave Douglas
Depedro - CNN	Depedro
Afirika (2010 FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Concert)	Angélique Kidjo
N'teri	Habib Koite
Folk Art EPK	Joe Lovano
Dakar Moon	Baaba Maal
Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem	Jenny Scheinman
*The Wheel	Chris Potter
Arinanara	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
*Over Shadow Hill Way	Wayne Shorter
*Street Drum Corps	Street Drum Corps
Sound Prints Short EPK	Sound Prints
Afro-Pfingsten Festival 2010	Dobet Gnahoré
Black Gold	Esperanza Spalding
Fire Waltz	Jason Moran
State of Mind on Late Show with David Letterman	Raul Midón
John Scofield Quartet - Steeplechase	John Scofield
*Kathy Mattea EPK 2011	Kathy Mattea
*"Polliwog" Live at Jazz Standard	James Farm
*Compass EPK	Joshua Redman
Como El Viento	Depedro
Dos Gardenias	Omara Portuondo
*Cape Town Jazz Festival	Dave Holland
Joe Master Class Video	Joe Lovano
The Pace Report Interview	Saxophone Summit
*"The Gate" EPK	Kurt Elling
Live at Montreux	Sing the Truth!
Vusi and Friends	Vusi Mahlasela
Altan on Balcony TV	Altan
Techari Live	Ojos De Brujo
Motherless Child	Sweet Honey In The Rock
*Are We A Nation?	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Never Stop EPK	The Bad Plus
*Treachery	Overtone Quartet
*"Dounia" Music Video	Rokia Traoré
Cherish The Ladies & Friends with the RI Philharmo	Cherish The Ladies Symphony
Sound Prints EPK	Joe Lovano
Say Africa (2010 FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Concer	Vusi Mahlasela
The Orchard EPK	Lizz Wright
I'm In Love Again	Dianne Reeves
*Live at the 2011 Montreal Jazz Festival	Sing the Truth!
Comanche	Depedro
Sittin' In The Middle	Raul Midón
Traveler's Blessing (Live)	Becca Stevens
Makoti	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
When You Know EPK	Dianne Reeves
Dobet Gnahore, Idan Raichel and India.Arie - "Pale	Dobet Gnahoré
Two Parts in One (Live w/Calexico)	Depedro
EPK	Youssou N'Dour
*Jump Up	Jason Moran
Esperanza Spalding at the Oscars	Esperanza Spalding
Prometheus Unbound	Wayne Shorter
The View from Blue Mountain	Dave Douglas
Promo	Idan Raichel
*Bird Songs EPK	Joe Lovano
Spark of Being EPK	Dave Douglas

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