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The other reggae-inflected jam here, "Conquering Lion," is hard on the jazz-funk tip with killer front-line horns on all burners. "Jericho" is on the roots reggae tip with baritone saxophonist Ray Murray on vocals, while the more streetwise "Kingpin" goes at reggae with guest Gary "Slim" Moore leading the swaggering bubbler. Immediately following, M'Baye leads the band in the funk number "Kelen Ati Leen." "Ya Basta" showcases the band's horn section as it employs incendiary salsa in an excellentstepper, with a vocal from the Souljazz Orchestra's resident conguero and drummer, Philippe LafreniŠre leading the furious dance chant. The layers of guitars and distorted keyboards (Pierre Chr‚tien) are folded in to layers of percussion, horns, and a call-and-response chorus. Here, Afro-beat and Eithio-jazz meet slippery funk grooves from the modern West. Set opener "Bibinay" features El Hadji "?lage" M'Baye, a Senegalese native who now resides in Quebec. The band employs its usual meld of Afro-beat, Caribbean, tropical, Latin, and Brazilian styles with jazz, funk, and soul, but the interaction with singers brings the mix to a whole different level. Solidarity furthers the band's reach as it employs vocal talents from a wide range of singers from Canada's vast underground music scene. Meeting with nearly universal acclaim, it spread the sextet's well-deserved reputation for creating a musically adventurous meld of global styles, accurately reflecting roots cultures in dialogue with one another in the 21st century - without watering them down. Canada's Souljazz Orchestra were well-known to European audiences before their 2010 Strut debut, Rising Sun it was the sextet's first all-acoustic effort.