Kele Mou Bana Explained

Kele Mou Bana
Type:	Album
Artist:	Don Pullen
Cover:	Kele Mou Bana.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	September 25 & 25, 1990
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:36
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Michael Cuscuna
Chronology:	Don Pullen
Prev Title:	Random Thoughts
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Ode to Life
Next Year:	1993

Kele Mou Bana is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen and the African-Brazilian Connection recorded in 1990 for the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Everything with this band clicks from the word go, as Pullen weaves his way through a panoramic world view that, in this limited CD format, seems like he's merely scratching the surface of what this ensemble is capable of".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Capoeira" (Guilherme Franco) – 7:00
2. "Listen to the People (Bonnie's Bossanova)" (Don Pullen, Sandra Pullen) – 8:00
3. "Kele Mou Bana" (Mor Thiam) – 11:33
4. "L.V.M./Directo Ad Assunto" (Nilson Matta) – 5:13
5. "Yebino Spring" (Yebga Likoba) – 8:48
6. "Doo-Wop Daze" (Don Pullen) – 11:46
7. "Cimili/Drum Talk" (Thiam) – 3:16

• Recorded in New York City on September 25 & 25, 1990

Personnel

• Don Pullen – piano
• Carlos Ward – alto saxophone
• Nilson Matta – bass
• Guilherme Franco – percussion
• Mor Thiam – percussions, vocals
• Keith and Tameka Pullen – vocals

Notes and References

1. http://www.donpullen.de/disco/index.htm Don Pullen discography
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 13, 2011