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    3474
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    Patience Chaitezvi & Erica Azim: Live in Berkeley 2009
    Patience Chaitezvi & Erica Azim: Live in Berkeley 2009 This vibrant live recording includes a wide variety of traditional Shona music as it is played in Zimbabwean ceremonies. The mbira pieces include songs with and without vocals, with and without hosho, in nyamaropa tuning (MBIRA workshop pitch) and mavembe (gandanga) tuning. Special treats include track 4's great recording of Patience's dancing with magavhu (leg rattles), and Dandanda style drumming and singing on track 10. Enjoy playing, singing, and dancing with this CD! Recorded 5 August 2009 at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA. Tuning: nyamaropa, mavembe/gandanga. [Total time: 67:54]
    1. audio sampleChigwaya (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim, Krishna Pulavarti (hosho)) (nyamaropa tuning) [10:26]
    2. Bangidza (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (nyamaropa tuning) [5:06]
    3. Mahororo serevende (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (nyamaropa tuning) [5:58]
    4. audio sampleDande (Patience Chaitezvi (magavhu - leg rattles), Erica Azim (mbira and vocals), Krishna Pulavarti (hosho)) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [6:14]
    5. Kanhurura/Nyama musango (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [7:56]
    6. Kariga mombe (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [7:01]
    7. audio sampleDangurangu (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [6:53]
    8. Mandarendare (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [5:09]
    9. Shumba (Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim, Krishna Pulavarti (hosho)) (mavembe/gandanga tuning) [9:38]
    10. audio sampleChikonye (Patience Chaitezvi (ngoma - drum, vocals), Joseph Saine (ngoma - drum), Erica Azim (vocals), Krishna Pulavarti (hosho)) [2:53]

    CD
    3459
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    Vakaranga Venharetare - Live Concert in Berkeley, CA on 13 August 2008
    Vakaranga Venharetare - Live Concert in Berkeley, CA on 13 August 2008 Vakaranga Venharetare means "The women who play mbira for ceremonies to call the spirits". Mbira is played by very few women in Zimbabwe, but Patience Chaitezvi and Ambuya Jenny Muchumi were both raised by women who were traditional healers and spirit mediums. In this traditional environment, they began playing mbira in ceremonies as young girls. Their relationship with mbira remains extremely traditional, and the idea of performing mbira on stage as entertainment (this live concert) was a strange experience for them! Erica Azim fell in love with Shona mbira music as a teenager, and has played since the 1970's. This recording includes both nyamaropa and mavembe (gandanga) tunings. A special treat is the magavhu (leg rattles), which can be heard on tracks 5 and 7. Recorded 13 August 2008 at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA by Tesser Call. Musicians: Jenny Muchumi, Patience Chaitezvi, Erica Azim. Tuning: nyamaropa and gandanga/mavembe. [Total time: 75:48]
    1. audio sampleMahororo (nyamaropa tuning) [12:00]
    2. Nhema musasa (nyamaropa tuning) [10:51]
    3. Shanje (mavembe tuning) [4:52]
    4. audio sampleKanhurura/Nyama musango (mavembe tuning) [6:14]
    5. Marenje (mavembe tuning) [2:47]
    6. Shumba (mavembe tuning) [9:44]
    7. Chipembere (nyamaropa tuning) [6:44]
    8. audio sampleKariga mombe (nyamaropa tuning) [6:40]
    9. Tadzungaira "Ndodzungaira" (nyamaropa tuning) [15:19]

    CD
    3458
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    Irene Chigamba & Erica Azim 2006: Live Mbira Concert in Berkeley, California
    Irene Chigamba & Erica Azim 2006: Live Mbira Concert in Berkeley, California This rare live performance, by two of the mere handful of women performers of traditional Shona mbira music of Zimbabwe, is dedicated to the ancestral spirits of Zimbabwe, asking for an end to starvation. Mbira is very rarely played by women in Zimbabwe, but Irene Chigamba learned from her mother at the age of 8, then her father, before joining the first Zimbabwe National Dance Company and performing as a musician and dancer worldwide. Erica Azim fell in love with Shona mbira music as a teenager, and through years of determination, managed to travel to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1974 to study with several mbira masters. Recorded 6 August 2006. Tuning: Nyamaropa and Gandanga. [Total time: 79:07]
    1. audio sampleNdomutenda mambo  [8:59]
    2. Vasina katura  [10:16]
    3. Shanje  [6:55]
    4. audio sampleShumba  [5:49]
    5. Kariga mombe  [7:34]
    6. Mbavarira  [8:26]
    7. Mahororo  [7:00]
    8. Mukai tiende  [7:03]
    9. Bembero  [5:07]
    10. Nyatwa  [6:11]
    11. Vasina katura  [5:32]

    CD
    1101
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    Healing Dreams: Ancient Mbira of Zimbabwe
    Healing Dreams: Ancient Mbira of Zimbabwe The ancient Shona mbira music of Zimbabwe is a vehicle for communication between living people and ancestors extending back to the dawn of mankind. Playing or listening to mbira is known to heal both physical and mental illness, far beyond the boundaries of cultural expectations, often taking one to states of trance or vivid dreaming. As a musician, it is humbling to be a vehicle for such powerful music. Performed in a gentle style that supports rest, relaxation and meditation, the pieces on this recording have been played from time immemorial. Musician: Erica Azim. Tuning: Katsanzaira, Nemakonde, Nyamaropa, Dambatsoko. [Total time: 69:02]
    1. audio sampleBangidza (Katsanzaira tuning) [9:16]
    2. audio sampleDangurangu (Katsanzaira tuning) [3:59]
    3. audio sampleNhema musasa yepasi (Katsanzaira tuning) [6:28]
    4. audio sampleChipindura (Nyamaropa tuning) [9:13]
    5. audio sampleNyamaropa yeDambatsoko (Dambatsoko tuning) [7:57]
    6. audio sampleMarenje (Nemakonde tuning) [7:13]
    7. audio sampleShumba (Nemakonde tuning) [8:35]
    8. audio sampleMbavarira (Nemakonde tuning) [8:24]
    9. audio sampleVasina katura (Nemakonde tuning) [7:48]

    CD
    1009
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    Mama's Lullaby CD - Lullabies from Mothers Around the World (including one on mbira with Erica Azim)
    A collection of lullabies from all over the world, sung by mothers. One is an mbira song with Erica Azim. (Ellipsis Arts) Musician: Erica Azim.

    CD
    1005
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    Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe
    Mbira: Healing Music of Zimbabwe Erica Azim plays low pitched mbiras (Dambatsoko and Nemakonde tunings) in a meditative style intended for healing. Musician: Erica Azim. Tuning: Dambatsoko, Nemakonde.

    Side A

    1. audio sampleKariga mombe yekare  [7:43]
    2. Mukai tiende  [11:57]
    3. Nyamaropa  [12:44]
    4. Dangurangu  [4:03]
    5. Nyamaropa yevaNhowe  [6:59]
    6. Taireva  [5:55]
    7. audio sampleNyama musango  [10:42]

    CD
    1002
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    Svikiro: Meditations of an Mbira Master - Forward Kwenda (with Erica Azim)
    Svikiro: Meditations of an Mbira Master - Forward Kwenda (with Erica Azim) In Zimbabwe, a savannah land of tall grasses, granite hills and acacia trees, rain is of paramount importance. The svikiro is a human keeper of a spirit which has the power to provide or withhold rain from the land. In his early teens, Forward Kwenda was selected by these rainmaking spirits to sing and play the ancient mbira dzavadzimu at ceremonies. A self-taught, intuitive musical prodigy, Forward was in constant demand to perform and record within two years of starting to play the mbira. 'When I pick up my mbira, I don't know what is going to happen..he music just goes by itself, taking me higher and higher until I can end up crying because the music is so much greater than a human being can understand.' This is the first Forward Kwenda CD; Erica Azim plays with Forward on some cuts. CD only. (Shanachie) Musicians: Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim. Tuning: Gandanga/Mavembe, Nyamaropa, Nemakonde.
    1. audio sampleKanhurura (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [5:19]
    2. Gonamombe rerume (Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim) (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [5:58]
    3. audio sampleZvichapera chete (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [6:38]
    4. audio sampleChipembere nhimutimu (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning)
    5. audio sampleTadzungaira (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning)
    6. Chipembere (Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim) (Nemakonde tuning)
    7. Mukai tiende (Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim) (Nemakonde tuning)
    8. Mandarendare (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [5:36]
    9. Chipindura (Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim) (Nyamaropa tuning) [5:34]
    10. Mahororo (Forward Kwenda, Erica Azim) (Nyamaropa tuning) [6:23]
    11. Chidhangechidhange (Forward Kwenda) (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [4:41]

    CD
    1001
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    Mbira Dreams - Erica Azim 1992
    Mbira Dreams - Erica Azim 1992 Traditional Shona mbira music performed in a meditative style on Dambatsoko, nyamaropa and gandanga tuning instruments. Recorded 1992. Musician: Erica Azim.
    1. audio sampleNyamaropa 'Kurara wayi kunetenge kufa' (Dambatsoko tuning) [9:06]
    2. Shumba yaNgwasha (Dambatsoko tuning) [8:37]
    3. Shumba 'Chimbo chewakare' (Dambatsoko tuning) [7:53]
    4. Chipindura (Nyamaropa tuning) [5:49]
    5. audio sampleChakwi (Nyamaropa tuning) [6:49]
    6. audio sampleBangidza (Nyamaropa tuning) [5:15]
    7. Ndomutenda mambo (gandanga/mavembe tuning) [7:40]

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