The Nuru Taa African Musical Idiom: Played on the Mama-Likembi

by Nadi Qamar

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1.	After Glow 02:17	buy track
2.	Ode to the Shrines of Buddha 09:24	buy track
3.	Australian Seascape 05:26	buy track
4.	Tribute to Art Tatum 04:48	buy track
5.	California Sutra #2 08:02	buy track
6.	Earth Quintessence 02:57	buy track

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Musician Nadi Qamar presents six original compositions played on the Mama-Likembi, an instrument he designed and named that consists of a grouping of African thumb pianos to be played with the fingers rather than the thumbs. The thumb piano originated in Africa, a continent known for percussive instruments, and is nicknamed by some as a thumb drum. Qamar, a jazz pianist, “draws from many sources to project a contemporary Black expression,” as he writes in the liner notes; they include African, Asian, and jazz musical influences. This is the last of Qamar’s four recordings for Folkways.

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/nadi-qamar/the-nuru-taa-african-musical-idiom-played-on-the-mama-likembi/african-american-music-islamica-jazz-ragtime-world/album/smithsonian