The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel (Digipak release)

~ Release by Meshell Ndegeocello (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Comes in a 6-panel cardboard Digipak cover with fixed 15-page booklet. The second (back side) spine is plain white. (see Cover Art)

Track titles as printed on back cover. In booklet track 8 is titled "When Do You Leave Heaven" which is closer to the original title.

Matrix

Matrix String: PTA <Cinram logo> 982 706 9 00 <4 x Universal logo>
Mastering SID Code: none
Disc ID: Bf7zsva3uXaLQNqZOVNvqcBhdJU-
Mould SID Code: IFPI 02C7
(possible variants with IFPI 02**)

Remark: The disc from this release was manufactured (at least pressed) by Cinram Optical Discs in Louviers, France. There is no visible Mastering SID, although the rest of the matrix design is identical to other mid-2000s Cinram CDs with IFPI L389.

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-24 13:02 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Mu-Min
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
programming:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass clarinet and clarinet:
Don Byron
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
keyboard:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
saxophone:
Oliver Lake
trombone:
Josh Roseman
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Mu-Min
composer:
Oliver Lake and Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
41:55
2Al-Falaq 113
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass:
Matthew Garrison
guitar:
Brandon Ross
harmonica:
Grégoire Maret (Swiss jazz harmonica player)
keyboard:
Didi Gutman
percussion:
Mino Cinelu
piano:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
saxophone:
Kenny Garrett
trumpet:
Wallace Roney (jazz trumpeter)
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Al-Falaq 113
composer:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
411:47
3Aquarium
additional recording engineer:
Zeke Zima
recording engineer and mixer:
Ari Raskin
programming:
Didi Gutman, Takuya Nakamura (Japanese composer, producer, trumpeter & keyboardist in New York) and Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
bass:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
duggi [clay drum]:
Dan Rieser
keyboard:
Didi Gutman
piano:
Sabina (singer Sabina Sciubba)
saxophone:
Ron Blake (woodwinds player)
vocals:
Sabina (singer Sabina Sciubba)
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at:
Lunchbox Studios in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recorded at and mixed at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Aquarium
writer:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson), Emmanuel Rueffler and Sabina Sciubba (singer Sabina Sciubba)
44:43
4Papillon
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass:
Matthew Garrison and Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
keyboard:
Federico González Peña
saxophone:
Kenny Garrett
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Papillon
composer:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
411:32
5Dance of the Infidel
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
keyboard:
Neal Evans
piano:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
saxophone:
Oran Coltrane and Kenny Garrett
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Dance of the Infidel
composer:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Oranyan Coltrane
47:27
6The Chosen
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass:
Matthew Garrison
drums (drum set):
Gene Lake
guitar:
Brandon Ross
piano:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
vocals:
Cassandra Wilson
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Chosen
lyricist and composer:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
46:35
7Luqman
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
bass:
Matthew Garrison and Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
bass clarinet and clarinet:
Don Byron
drums (drum set):
Jack DeJohnette
guitar:
Brandon Ross
harmonica:
Grégoire Maret (Swiss jazz harmonica player)
percussion:
Mino Cinelu, Pedro Martínez (Percussionist) and Yosvany Terry
piano:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
saxophone:
Oliver Lake
trumpet:
Wallace Roney (jazz trumpeter)
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Luqman
composer:
Don Byron, Oliver Lake and Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
411:55
8Heaven
recording engineer:
Bob Power (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
producer:
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson) and Bob Power
mixer:
Bob Power
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
keyboard:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist)
piano:
Neal Evans
vocals:
Lalah Hathaway
arranger:
Michael Cain (American composer and pianist) and Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at and additionally edited at:
Chez Bob in New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 2003-03-01 until 2003-03-04)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
When Did You Leave Heaven?
lyricist:
Walter Bullock
composer:
Richard A. Whiting
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), SBK Robbins Catalog, Inc. and Whiting Music Corp.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
46:08

Credits

Release

mastering:Emily Lazar (founder and mastering engineer at “The Lodge” NY)
rights society:SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, French rights society for authors)
SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, French rights society representing original songwriters, composers, and music publishers)
SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia / Civil Society of Multimedia Authors)
SDRM (Société pour l’administration du droit de reproduction mécanique, French mechanical reproduction rights society)
copyrighted (©) by:Universal Music S.A.S. France (not for release label use - for copyrights only; fka Universal Music S.A. France until 2003) (in 2005)
mastered at:The Lodge in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/10370436 [info]