Olu Dara<br /> South Street Seaport Atrium<br /> New York, NY<br /> 6/6/1999<br /> <br /> Original Master Recording: Neumann TLM-170 (hypercards) -&gt; Sonosax -&gt; Teac DAP20(master @ 16 bit/48khz)<br /> <br /> DAT playback: Sony R-500 -&gt; Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)<br /> <br /> Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than &quot;Highest Quality&quot; setting w/anti-alias filter. 24 bit file then processed with SOX 14.3.2 (as recommended, keeping the file at 24 bits during the processing) to remove pre-emphasis which was applied by the Teac A&gt;D converter. Then back to Soundforge for volume normalization and dithering to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.<br /> <br /> 1. intro<br /> 2. Massamba<br /> 3. band intros<br /> 4. Uncle Levi<br /> 5. Natchez Shopping Blues<br /> 6. Your Lips<br /> 7. Young Mama<br /> 8. Okra<br /> 9. Red Ant (Nature) -&gt;<br /> 10. I Just Want To Dance With You (? unsure of title) *<br /> <br /> * = partial, he ran out of time<br /> <br /> Lineup:<br /> Olu Dara - Coronet<br /> Coster Mossamba - percussion<br /> Billy &quot;Spaceman&quot; Paterson - guitar<br /> Kwate Quartey - guitar<br /> Larry Johnson - drums<br /> Alonzo Gardner - bass<br /> <br /> Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival<br /> Opened for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones<br /> <br /> Taper notes:<br /> BARN91 comes to you courtesy of the work I was doing on the Jambands.com weekend from Wetlands 6/4-5/99. Apparently on the very next night (wow, that was a busy week!) I headed down to the South Street Seaport to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones play the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival with Olu Dara opening at the &quot;Atrium&quot; (really the Food Court) of the South Street Seaport. And I decided to record this set (figuring he'd only have an hour to play as an opener) on the same DAT as the Lake Trout Wetlands set from 6/5 and this set got to come along for free. So -- thanks to Lake Trout for letting me relive and thoroughly enjoy this set!<br /> <br /> I was well-familiar with Olu Dara because my favorite radio station, WFUV had his song &quot;Your Lips&quot; in very heavy rotation. Apparently Olu had been a well-respected jazz musician for most of his career, but with the release of his first CD, he took a left turn with a set of blues and carribbean-influenced tunes. This guy has a great vibe in his performances (and on both of his solo albums) and when you put this on, you will find your mood altered and you'll float along to his great grooves. This is some really great music!<br /> <br /> As a side note, Olu is the rapper Nas' dad. The story goes that Nas was the encouraging force behind Olu recording his solo albums, though he hasn't released anything in more than 10 years. I wonder what he's up to these days?<br /> <br /> Enjoy!<br /> <br /> Scott<br /> <br /> A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):<br /> BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret &amp; Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005<br /> BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993<br /> BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995<br /> BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)<br /> BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996<br /> BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996<br /> BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997<br /> BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998<br /> BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997<br /> BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997<br /> BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995<br /> BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995<br /> BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08<br /> BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request<br /> BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request<br /> BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request<br /> BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request<br /> BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request<br /> BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request<br /> BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993<br /> BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994<br /> BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997<br /> BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997<br /> BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996<br /> BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN27 - Stew [&quot;Passing Strange&quot;], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)<br /> BARN28 - Stew [&quot;Passing Strange&quot;], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996<br /> BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995<br /> BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996<br /> BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)<br /> BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)<br /> BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995<br /> BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)<br /> BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)<br /> *** Start of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***<br /> BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008<br /> BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)<br /> BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter &quot;Wolfman&quot; Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008<br /> BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000<br /> BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000<br /> BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000<br /> BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001<br /> BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000<br /> BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008<br /> BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001<br /> BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show<br /> BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show (on dimeadozen)<br /> BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show (on dimeadozen)<br /> BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> *** end of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***<br /> BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993<br /> BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only) (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993<br /> BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org<br /> BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005<br /> BARN63 - Leo Kottke &amp; Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998<br /> BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993<br /> BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN69 - Dave Matthews And Friends (Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, Tony Hall, Brady Blade, Ray Paczkowski) Bonnaroo 6/11/2004 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN70 - Rana at Bret &amp; Joyce's wedding, Whitehall, NY 9/17/2005<br /> BARN71 - Soulive - Baby Jupiter, NYC 6/11/1999<br /> BARN72 - Chris Barron, Nightengale Bar, NYC 7/14/1997<br /> BARN73 - Chris Barron, Nightengale Bar, NYC 11/17/1997<br /> BARN74 - George Porter's 60th Birthday w/PBS and friends, Blender Theater, NYC 12/29/2007<br /> BARN75 - Jennifer Hartswick Band with special guest Trey Anastasio, Lion's Den, NYC 11/7/2003 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN76 - moe., Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999<br /> BARN77 - Project Logic, Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999<br /> BARN78 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/13/1994 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN79 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/14/1994 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN80 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/15/1994 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN81 - The Recipe, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999<br /> BARN82 - Ominous Seapods, Wetlands, NYC 6/4/1999<br /> BARN83 - Coby Brown Group, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 (on bt.etree.org)<br /> BARN84 - The Big Wu, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999<br /> BARN85 - Moon Boot Lover, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999<br /> BARN86 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999<br /> BARN87 - Miracle Orchestra, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999<br /> BARN88 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999<br /> BARN89 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998<br /> BARN90 - Lake Trout, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999<br /> BARN91 - Olu Dara, South Street Seaport Atrium, NYC, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival 6/6/1999<br /> <br /> Recorded, transferred, mastered, and posted by Scott Bernstein (5/25-7/7/2011).

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