Amkeni Explained

Amkeni
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bukuru Celestin and Snarky Puppy
Cover:	SnarkyP_Amkeni.jpg
Released:	2013
Recorded:	February 2013
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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Track listing

All song lyrics by Bukuru Celestin and all arrangements by Michael League; all music composed as noted.^[3]

Personnel

Source^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bukuru Celestin & Snarky Puppy – Amkeni . Discogs . 5 June 2019 .
2. Web site: Lalah Hathaway, Snarky Puppy to record at Jeff Center . Roanoke Times . 7 February 2013 . 5 June 2019 .
3. Web site: Amkeni liner notes . groundUP music . 5 June 2019 .