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Sandra Nkaké · 2023 · Title track of the album released in 2023.

Context

Title track and shortest piece (40 seconds) of Sandra Nkaké's third album, released in April 2023, her first in six years. The album, sung in French and English, deals with trauma, uprooting and healing through the career of the Cameroon-born singer-songwriter, accompanied by flutist Jî Drû. Critics noted the strength of a damaged voice and a message that escapes the labels of chanson, jazz or soul.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Dutch jazz.

Sources

• highresaudio.com
• politis.fr

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