Amkeni
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{{Infobox album
| name = Amkeni
| type = studio
| artist = Bukuru Celestin and Snarky Puppy
| cover = SnarkyP_Amkeni.jpg
| released = 2013
| recorded = February 2013
| venue =
| studio =The Music Lab at Jefferson Center
in Roanoke, Virginia
| genre = Jazz fusion, World music
| length = 33:11
| label = Ropeadope
| producer = Michael League
| prev_title = groundUP
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Family Dinner – Volume 1
| next_year = 2013
}}
Amkeni is an album by Burundian singer-songwriter Bukuru Celestin and the jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Bukuru-Celestin-Snarky-Puppy-Amkeni/master/1483419 |title=Bukuru Celestin & Snarky Puppy – Amkeni |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=5 June 2019 }} It is the first of two cooperative albums by Snarky Puppy and other performers that were recorded at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia in 2013, with the second being Family Dinner – Volume 1.{{cite web |url=https://www.roanoke.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/lalah-hathaway-snarky-puppy-to-record-at-jeff-center/article_8b538131-c271-5580-898b-d9114eadb09a.html |title=Lalah Hathaway, Snarky Puppy to record at Jeff Center |publisher=Roanoke Times |date=7 February 2013 |accessdate=5 June 2019 }}
Track listing
All song lyrics by Bukuru Celestin and all arrangements by Michael League; all music composed as noted.{{cite web |url=https://snarkypuppy.com/assets/liner-notes/Amkeni.pdf |title=Amkeni liner notes |publisher=groundUP music |accessdate=5 June 2019 }}
{{track listing
| total_length =
| title1 = Ndagukunda
| note1 = Bukuru Celestin
| length1 = 5:14
| title2 = Shima
| note2 = Michael League
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Nyabugingo
| note3 = Bukuru Celestin & Michael League
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Amkeni
| note4 = Michael League & Bukuru Celestin
| length4 = 7:56
| title5 = Ntumbero
| note5 = Michael League & Bukuru Celestin
| length5 = 4:16
| title6 = Muzogezahe
| note6 = Michael League & Bukuru Celestin
| length6 = 6:35
}}
Personnel
- 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 – Hammond B3 organ & Fender Rhodes
- Mike Maher – trumpet & flugelhorn
- Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet
- Nate Werth – percussion
- Jason "JT" Thomas – drums
- Bill Laurance – piano on track 6
References
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