Album artwork for Air Volta by Volta Jazz

From the landlocked tropical savanna of Upper Volta, an ever-evolving cast of musicians brought the world’s rhythms to the streets of their native Bobo-Dioulasso. Combining Congolese rhumba, American R&B, French yé-yé, Cuban son, and regional Senufo and Mandingo traditions, Orchestre Volta Jazz was at the epicenter of the West African musical explosion of the ’60s and ’70s. Air Volta compiles nine original songs originally issued on the Disques France-Afrique and Sonafric labels, a peerless primer of a group that turned the brutality of colonialism into something beautiful and enduring.

Volta Jazz

Air Volta

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Album artwork for Air Volta by Volta Jazz
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Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

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Album artwork for Air Volta by Volta Jazz
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Volta Jazz

Air Volta

Numero Group
Album artwork for Air Volta by Volta Jazz
LP +

$26.99

Wild Rice Vinyl

Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM1278lp-C1

Learn more
Album artwork for Air Volta by Volta Jazz
LP

$22.99

Black
Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM1278lp

Learn more

From the landlocked tropical savanna of Upper Volta, an ever-evolving cast of musicians brought the world’s rhythms to the streets of their native Bobo-Dioulasso. Combining Congolese rhumba, American R&B, French yé-yé, Cuban son, and regional Senufo and Mandingo traditions, Orchestre Volta Jazz was at the epicenter of the West African musical explosion of the ’60s and ’70s. Air Volta compiles nine original songs originally issued on the Disques France-Afrique and Sonafric labels, a peerless primer of a group that turned the brutality of colonialism into something beautiful and enduring.