Cheerful & Optimistic

Tracklist

• 1
  Hello Everybody
  0:57
• 2
  Samba Is Power
  4:35
• 3
  Wonder Who
  6:03
• 4
  She Got He Got
  6:46
• 5
  War Devoted to War
  3:39
• 6
  Find Your Own Voice
  4:03
• 7
  Sacred Trees
  4:32
• 8
  I’m Gonna Shake
  2:51
• 9
  Into This Time
  4:48
• 10
  I Got the Blues
  3:25
• 11
  Cheerful & Optimistic
  3:17

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Taking the Blues Back Home

Taking the Blues Back Home 1996

Poetry & Music: Women in (E)Motion Festival

Poetry & Music: Women in (E)Motion Festival 1994

Maintain Control

Maintain Control 1986

There It Is

There It Is 1982

Release credits

• Abdulai Bangoura
  djembe [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Al MacDowell
  bass [1-9, 11]
• Barry Diament
  mastering
• Bern Nix
  guitar [1-8]
• Chris Agovino
  assistant
• Denardo Coleman
  drums (drum set) [1-9, 11], programming [2]
• Frank DeGennaro
  engineer
• Frank Lowe
  tenor saxophone [2, 4, 6, 8, 11]
• James Carter
  baritone saxophone [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11]
• Jayne Cortez
  copyright, spoken vocals
• Lou Holtzman
  mix
• Mel Edwards
  illustration
• Muhamadou Salieu Suso
  kora [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Sarjo Kuyateh
  kora [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Talib Kibwe
  alto saxophone [1, 3, 5], soprano saxophone [7]

Issues

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  C
  Cheerful & Optimistic

  CD
  1994