Mark Ernestus with Jeri Jeri Casamance

• Mark Ernestus with Jeri Jeri – Casamance
• Mark Ernestus with Jeri Jeri – Sama Yaya
• Mark Ernestus with Jeri Jeri – Casamance Version
• Mark Ernestus with Jeri Jeri – Sama Yaya Version

• 1. Casamance
• 2. Sama Yaya
• 3. Casamance Version
• 4. Sama Yaya Version

Berlin versus Kaolack, round three.

A traditional Jola rhythm, fast and energetic, with tuned, talking and kit drums swarming across a skeletal downhome guitar — somewhere between blues and disco — and the Mboup brothers' impassioned plea for an end to division and bloodshed in their Casamance homeland.

Then a more deeply dug-in, spaced-out funk, edgily spun from a Serer rhythm, underpinning Mbene's reflective song about parental selflessness. 'Sama Yaye', 'My Mother'.
Both with full instrumental versions.

Sound-wise peas in a pod with the intricate, soaring barrage of Ornette's Prime Time in full flight, when it had two of everything in the lineup, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma was on bass, Denardo on electronic drums.