Mbira: Sacred Spirit Music of Zimbabwe – Erica Azim 1989

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Description

This is the first recording ever sold of Erica Azim playing mbira, responding to those begging for mbira music to take home with them at a time when almost no mbira music was available in the US. The first 4 tracks are in B pitch nyamaropa tuning, the last 4 tracks are in mavembe tuning. Note that Tute Chigamba later changed the names of several styles of the piece he called Ngozi yemuroora in the 1980’s. [Total time: 41:23]

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Tracks

  1. Kuzanga  [4:35]
  2. Muzoriwa  [5:46]
  3. Mukai tiende  [5:53]
  4. Bangidza  [6:19]
  5. Shumba  [5:03]
  6. Dangu rangu  [6:25]
  7. Ngozi yemuroora  [3:33]
  8. Nyama musango  [3:49]