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Volta Jazz

Volta Jazz has been played on NTS in shows including Dust Bunnies w/ Margeaux, featured first on 28 October 2016. Songs played include Djougou Toro, Air-Volta and Djougou Toro.

From the landlocked tropical savanna of Upper Volta, an ever-evolving cast of musicians brought the world’s rhythms to the streets of their native Bobo-Dioulasso. Combining Congolese rhumba, American R&B, French yé-yé, Cuban son, and regional Senufo and Mandingo traditions, Orchestre Volta Jazz was at the epicenter of the West African musical explosion of the ’60s and ’70s. Air Volta compiles nine original songs originally issued on the Disques France-Afrique and Sonafric labels, a peerless primer of…

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Djougou Toro
Orchestre Volta-Jazz
Numero Group2022
Djougou Toro
Orchestre Volta-JazzNumero Group2022
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Air-Volta
Orchestre Volta-Jazz
Production Lejuste G. V.0
Air-Volta
Orchestre Volta-JazzProduction Lejuste G. V.0
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Djougou Toro
Orchestre Volta-Jazz
Numero Group2022
Djougou Toro
Orchestre Volta-JazzNumero Group2022
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Wêrê Wêrê Magne
Orchestre Volta-Jazz
Numero Group2022
Wêrê Wêrê Magne
Orchestre Volta-JazzNumero Group2022
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Mama Soukous
Orchestre Volta-Jazz
Numero Group2022
Mama Soukous
Orchestre Volta-JazzNumero Group2022
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