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Bitter Funeral Beer Band

Title: Live in Frankfurt 1982 with Don Cherry

Label: Country & Eastern

Cat No:CE09
Format:CD

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• Bitter Funeral Beer Band was a unique 12-member ensemble, active in the 1980’s, combining African funeral music, improvisational jazz and Nordic influences. Don Cherry (pocket trumpet) and K.Sridhar (sarod) joined them for this concert, recorded in Frankfurt in 1982.

• The BFBB was led by Bengt Berger (African xylophone & percussion) who had studied for several years in Ghana - and based his compositions for the band on the funeral music of the Lo-Birifor people of northern Ghana.

• The band originally released this remarkable first CD, “Bitter Funeral Beer”, on ECM and then one more, “Praise Drumming” (vinyl only) on the Swedish Dragon label. This edition comes in a special double gatefold digipak with fine photos.

• "A MUST own. Top 10 of the year for me. Easy. Maybe THE top archival release of 2007." – WaysideMusic.com

Track Listing for Live in Frankfurt 1982 with Don Cherry
1. Introduction
2. Darafo
3. Chetu
4. Bitter Funeral Beer
5. Funeral Dance 1.
6. Funeral Dance 2.
7. Funeral Dance 3.
8. Gahu

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Bitter Funeral Beer Band

Live in Frankfurt 1982 with Don Cherry