Amkeni (2013)

Bukuru Celestin is a Music Lab student who is originally from Burundi Africa and moved to the United States in 2008. Bukuru writes, records and performs gospel music in the Afrobeat style. He is often joined by his sisters, Furaha, Elvanie, and Ephrasie who sing background vocals on many of Bukurus recordings and live performances. Through Jefferson Centers Music Lab and a number of generous grantors, Bukuru has just completed recording a full length album with the jazz/funk group Snarky Puppy. Throughout the process Bukuru and Snarky Puppy presented a series of lecture and demonstrations throughout the community that highlight the creative process of this amazing collaboration. (bron: Ropeadope/Snarky Puppy) "The album (the title of which means wake up in Swahili) combines Central African folkloric and gospel musics with Snarky Puppys inventive jazz/funk twists to create a joyous, infectious sound." (Bass Musician's Magazine)

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