''Amkeni'' is an album by

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an singer-songwriter Bukuru Celestin and the

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

group

Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an American jazz fusion band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won five Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalis ...

that was released in 2013. It is the first of two cooperative albums by Snarky Puppy and other performers that were recorded at the Jefferson Center in

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in 2013, with the second being Family Dinner – Volume 1.

Track listing

All song lyrics by Bukuru Celestin and all arrangements by

Michael League Michael League (born April 24, 1984) is an Americans, American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the bandleader of instrumental band Snarky Puppy and the international music ensemble Bokanté. He also founded the band Forq wi ...

; all music composed as noted.

Personnel

''Source'' *Bukuru Celestin, vocals *Ephrazie Niyonzima, vocals *Elvanie Niyibigira, vocals *Furaha Ndayishimiyi, vocals *Roanoke International Choir, backing vocals on tracks 3, 4, 5 Snarky Puppy: *Michael League – electric guitar, baritone guitar, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, electric bass guitar, Moog bass & keyboards *Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar *

Cory Henry Cory Alexander Henry (born February 27, 1987) is an American jazz organist, pianist, gospel musician, and producer. A former member of Snarky Puppy, Henry launched his solo artist career in 2018 with ''Art of Love'', his first independent re ...

– Hammond B3 organ & Fender Rhodes *Mike Maher – trumpet & flugelhorn *Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet *Nate Werth – percussion *Jason "JT" Thomas – drums *

Bill Laurance Bill Laurance (born 2 April 1981) is an English composer, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Laurance is a member of jazz fusion and funk band Snarky Puppy, as well as founder and CEO of London-based record label Flint Music. Biogr ...

– piano on track 6

References

Snarky Puppy albums 2013 albums Ropeadope Records albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub