Mausiki Scales: Endless Summers & Southern Porches

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Bio

MAUSIKI SCALES
& COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE
CGC is a 15 piece Afro beat-Soul orchestra based in Atlanta, GA that functions under the musical direction of Mausiki Scales, who also serves as keyboardist for the group. In addition to his role as a bandleader and keyboardist, Scales works as a professor in the Morehouse College history department. CGC samples musical styles from West Africa, including Afro beat to the Funk-Jazz styling’s from "round ‘da way" and seeks to explore the musical thread that links the music of Africans worldwide. The foundation of CGC's sonic delivery is Afro beat, a musical style created by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti. This style of music is characterized by highly energetic-endless grooves by the rhythm section with percussive roots that are found in traditional Yoruba music, Highlife and James Brown inspired funk. The band has a dynamic horn section that features tight/hot/percussive lines and jazz solos, call-and-response chants delivered by the lead and background vocalists and African dancers. CGC’s complete funk fusion is undeniably infectious!

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Children of the Crossroads 3:49 Play audio clip Buy audio clip
Who 4:38 Play audio clip Buy audio clip
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Credits

MAUSIKI SCALES & COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE


ENDLESS SUMMERS AND SOUTHERN PORCHES

Intro
Still African
Day Dreams
Barefoot
Sweet Water
Green House
Children of the Crossroads (dedicated to Baba Haile Gerima)
Who
Pot Liquor
Prof. J. H. Clarke
(outro) Fulani Nostalgia


All Compositions © 2001 Mausiki Scales. Tippin the Scales Productions. All Rights Reserved.
All lyrics, music and arrangements by Mausiki Scales except:
lyrics on tracks 10 &11:
Spoken word on track 10 by Dr. Marimba Ani
Lyrics on track 11 by Elimane Diallo


Musicians

Mausiki Scales - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano/Acoustic Piano/Synthesizer
Carla “C#” Gomez – Lead & Background vocal (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14)
Sauda Jackson - Vocals (tracks 4, 13)
John Swails – Vocals (tracks 2, 5)
Monica Brown - Vocals (track 15)
Wali Neil - Lead Vocals (track 10)
Udoh Opiotennione - Tenor & Alto Saxophones/Trumpet (track 8)
Dashille Sun Nova – Trumpet (track 13)
Juan Fannin – Bass/Drum machine Programming/Background Vocals
Ralph Ball - Guitar (all tracks except 7, 10)
Steve Lake - Guitar (tracks 6, 7, 10)
Dale Haynes - Background Vocals (track 4)


All Tracks recorded at Metamusic Studio
Mixed by: Sol Messiah
Mastered by: Jarvis Blackshear
Digital Editing at ISAT Music
Cover Photo courtesy of the Coleman Family


PRODUCED BY
Mausiki Scales for Tippin the Scales Productions
© 2001 Mausiki Scales. All Rights Reserved.