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Chief Cliff Singers - Intertribal Band

Professional Information

Honors and Awards

Songs from Don Pullen: Sacred Common Ground Album (1995)          Audio

  1. The Eagle Staff Is First         3:47
  2. Common Ground                  10:27              
  3. River Song                               7:37
  4. Reservation Blues                  6:42
  5. Message in Smoke                8:20
  6. Resting on the Road             7:47
  7. Reprise: Still Here               1:40

Chief Cliff Singers: Mike Kenmile (lead), Clifford Burke, Arleen Adams, Gina Big Beaver, Clayton Burke, Kenny Lozeau, Francis Auld (vocals and drums)

Don Pullen (piano); The African-Brazilian Connection: Carlos Ward (alto saxophone, flute); J.T. Lewis (drums); Mor Thiam (African percussion, vocals); Joseph Bowie (trombone); Santo Debriano (bass)

 

Discography/Videography

Songs from Don Pullen: Sacred Common Ground Album (1995)          Audio

  1. The Eagle Staff Is First         3:47
  2. Common Ground                  10:27              
  3. River Song                               7:37
  4. Reservation Blues                  6:42
  5. Message in Smoke                8:20
  6. Resting on the Road             7:47
  7. Reprise: Still Here               1:40

Chief Cliff Singers: Mike Kenmile (lead), Clifford Burke, Arleen Adams, Gina Big Beaver, Clayton Burke, Kenny Lozeau, Francis Auld (vocals and drums)

Don Pullen (piano); The African-Brazilian Connection: Carlos Ward (alto saxophone, flute); J.T. Lewis (drums); Mor Thiam (African percussion, vocals); Joseph Bowie (trombone); Santo Debriano (bass)

 

Genre

Traditional powwow

Roles

Singers, drummers, composers

Instrument(s)

Drums, Vocals

Video

The Eagle Staff Is First - Don Pullen, the Chief Cliff Singers and the African-Brazilian Connection


Year: 1995
Venue: Don Pullen: Sacred Common Ground Album
Format: Audio
Duration: 3:47

Tribal Information


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