VARIOUS - The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) Jazz-Funk flute) and Mal Waldron (piano)

flute) and Mal Waldron (piano)

joy and togetherness on "You Loved Me"

Johnny Mandel

leaning into heavy drones and sonic distortion that imparts new intensity and beauty into each track

CD - Deluxe Edition with an additional 3 songs

VARIOUS - The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) Jazz-Funk flute) and Mal Waldron (piano)2LP Black Vinyl in wide spine jacket with printed inner, extended sleeve notes and photographs. Founded in the late 1960s by record store owner Seidou Adissa, Albarika Store is one of the most important independent record labels on the African continent. That it was founded in the relatively small ex French colony of Benin (then still called Dahomey), is a testament to its founders musical taste and vision for what the local musical scene had to