DRCD449

Praise Drumming

Bengt Berger or Bitter Funeral Beer Band


A knock on my door and suddenly two boxes arrived from Dragon Records with the CD release of the second album w Bitter Funeral Beer Band, “Praise Drumming”. The album was recorded and mixed with Jan-Erik Kongshaug at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo in 1986 and has been very hard to find on vinyl. Moreover it has one of the most beautiful covers ever, created by Gittan Jönsson.

DRCD449 front and back

”Bitter Funeral Beer” became an instant classic after its release on ECM in 1982. Bengt Berger and the Bitter Funeral Beer Band followed it up with ”Praise Drumming” on the Swedish label Dragon in 1987, an album that has been very hard to find on vinyl since long. Dragon now releases it on cd and it has stood the test of time remarkably well with its mix of traditional music from Ghana with modern themes like ”Praise Drumming for ANC” and the funeral piece ”Pire for Palme” (the Swedish prime minister had just been shot dead while walking with his wife in the center of Stockholm).

Tracks

  1. In A Balinese Bar (8:02)
  2. Two Ewe Songs (7:23)
  3. Upper Region (8:26)
  4. Twisted Pattern (2:30)
  5. Ammasu (5:05)
  6. Pire for Palme (5:20)
  7. Dar-Kpen Gan Da Gina (4:20)
  8. Praise Drumming for ANC (3:14) 

Musicians

Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Björn Hellström
Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion – Sigge Krantz
Bass Guitar, Percussion – Thomas Huhn
Cello, Percussion – Matthias Helldén
Drums, Percussion – Tomas Mera Gartz
Electric Guitar, Violin, Percussion – Tord Bengtsson
Percussion – LiseLotte Norelius
Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – Ulf Wallander
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Thomas Gustafson
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion – Bengt Ernryd
Trumpet, Percussion –Tommy Adolfsson
Vocals, Amadinda, Xylophone, Percussion – Anita Livstrand
Xylophone [Ko-Gyil], Amadinda, Percussion – Bengt Berger

More info

Cover by – Gittan Jönsson
Recorded by, mixed by – Jan-Erik Kongshaug, Rainbow Studios, Oslo
Mastered by – Rune Persson
Photography by [Back Cover] – Kärsti Stiege
Producer, Liner Notes by – Bengt Berger
Recorded by Jan-Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway, March 25 and 26, 1986.
The ornaments on the on Gittan Jönsson’s cover painting are derived from Ashanti Kente-cloth patterns. They all carry a meaning.

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