Specialist in All Styles

Specialist in All Styles
Studio album by
Orchestra Baobab
Released2002
StudioLivingston Recording Studios
LabelWorld Circuit[1]
Nonesuch[2]
ProducerNick Gold, Youssou N'Dour
Orchestra Baobab chronology
Pirates Choice
(2001) 		Specialist in All Styles
(2002) 		A Night at Club Baobab
(2006)

Specialist in All Styles is an album by the Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab, released in 2002.[3][4] After the success of the Pirates Choice reissue, the band decided to record a reunion album.[5] It was Orchestra Baobab's first album in 15 years.[6] The album title was taken from a sign hanging outside a barbershop.[7]

The band supported the album with a world tour.[8] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary World Music Album".[9]

  1. ^ Bacon, Peter (28 Sep 2002). "World CD of the Week". Features. Birmingham Post. p. 52.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Orchestra Baobab in Concert". NPR.
  4. ^ Cohen, Aaron (Dec 2002). "Recaptured essence". DownBeat. Vol. 69, no. 12. p. 52.
  5. ^ Pareles, Jon (16 July 2002). "All the Variety of Africa, Played at a Genteel Pace". The New York Times. p. E5.
  6. ^ Trapp, Roger (27 July 2002). "Jazz & Blues". Features. The Independent. p. 38.
  7. ^ Ratliff, Ben (3 Nov 2002). "Playing Catch With All Kinds of Styles". The New York Times. p. 2.15.
  8. ^ Moszynski, Peter (Nov 2002). "Senegal: Orchestral Baobab—a legend reborn". New African. No. 412. p. 65.
  9. ^ "Orchestra Baobab". Recording Academy. Retrieved 18 August 2022.