Sekou Bunch -- Sekou

Karen Briggs - Violin 2,5,7
Jim Oppenheim - sax. 2,5,7,11
Keith Fiddmont - sax. 6,8
Nick Smith - piano 2,5,6,7,8,10,11
Tom MacMorran - piano 1,3,4
Doc Powell - Guitar 1,3,4,9
Kevin Turner - Guitar 8,10,11
Nolan Smith - Trumpet 6,8
Rayford Griffin - Drums 1,3,4,5,7,8,9
Vince Wilburn - Drums 10,11
Terri-lynne Carrington - Drums 6
Bill Summers - Percussion 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,11
Nenge Hernandez - Percussion 11
Richard Requeri - Percussion 11
Keith Jones - Fretless Bass1,2,3,4
Sekou Bunch - Tenor Bass 1,2,3,4
Sekou Bunch - Bass 5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Special Thanks and Dedication
God has blessed me in many ways and I would like to thank him for giving me my wonderful mother, Angela Lynch, to help guide my way. he then brought me my two beautiful daughters, Brooke and Brandis, who have given me such happiness. he has brought many people into my life and each one has contributed something special that has brought inspiration into the making of this album, includ- ing, Thomas & Thelma Shelby, Marina Bambino, India Moret, (uncle) Ralph Bunch, Anna Winbush, Pastor Grady Benton, Joe Labate, Wel- don Irvine, norik Renson, Ray calabrese, Joe Simone, all the musi- cians from new York, cleveland and Los Angeles, Munyungo Jackson, Todd cochran and thanks to my families: The Bunch Family & The canton Family, and lastly to Woody Phifer for the great bass! It is with great love and with boundless respect and admiration that I dedicate this album to the memory of my father.
Richard Arlington (Al Rafi) Bunch 1940 - 1988

Sekou Bunch - “Sekou
“What? Mr. Bunch neatly frames the question: how do you define Sekou Bunch as a musician? obviously, he is an electric bass-player of extraordinary talent. To my ears it goes further than that: he is simply the best Ive ever heard. note particularly on “catano, “As A Mat- ter of Fact, “night on The Town and “Pastels that Sekou plays the Tenor-Bass melody with the pyrotechnical skill that will be admired by the most accomplished guitarists! Further yet the man writes some lovely tunes; and further still he is a cool, calm and collected musi- cal director who never loses his head, even under the most musically trying circumstances. It is getting late at night (read early morning), some of the best are battling... but Sekou never misses a beat (or a solo-trick), never loses his smile of sheer musical enjoyment: he uplift and inspired everybody to give of their best and they respond... You hold the results of their collective talents in your hands now. Sekou molded his repertoire around some of the most interesting (and di- verse) players around california and demonstrated a whole palette of sound-colors in his arrangements. So those are my impressions and experiences with Sekou Bunch. Trumpeter Tom Browne chose Sekou for his gold album “Funkin for Jamaica (and as co-writer on the hit single “Thighs high). Anita Baker selected Sekou for her PLATInuM album “Givin you the best that I got. he has toured the world with Melba Moore, Tom Browne, Phyllis hyman, Dave Grusin, Jocylyn Brown, Freddie hubbard, Dayton, Randy crawford, Bernard Wright, George Duke, Anita Baker and Sheena easton... All in all were in pretty good company in choosing Sekou Bunch for our VITAL label.
David Manley California, 1991

Titel:

1 Catano - S. Bunch, M. Bambino - 4.45
2 Pastels - S. Bunch - 6.28
3 Night On The Town - S. Bunch - 5.34
4 As A Matter Of Fact - S.Bunch - 6.45
5 What? Mr. Bunch - S. Bunch - 5.19
6 Dolphin Dance - herbie hancock - 6.19
7 Seven Steps To Heaven - Miles Davis & Victor Stanley Feldman - 6.17
8 Footprints - Wayne Shorter - 7.11
9 Lets Jam - S. Bunch - 1.39
10 Naima - John coltrane - 4.45
11 Day In The Sahara - S. Bunch - 9.23