Hopi Champa is the debut album from Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini is a South Bend, Indiana quartet that incorporates everything from jazz and fusion to rock and avant garde. The band, which formed in 1997, made a name for themselves on the Midwest club circuit and began sharing gigs with an up and coming Umphrey's McGee.The original group...

 (best known as the band Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...

 was in before joining progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

). The group, rounded out by singer/songwriter/bassist/sitarist Karl Engelmann and drummer Steve Krojniewski, was a popular attraction in the midwest United States

United States

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 in the late 1990s.

The album has long been out of print, and features early versions of Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

 classics like "40's Theme" and "Kabump", as well as Engelmann's trademark classic "42nd Street", which is currently performed by his band Mother Vinegar.

Track listing

1. "Hopi Champa I"
2. "42nd Street"
3. "40's Theme"
4. "Lockspot"
5. "Psychic Reservoir"
6. "Kabump"
7. "Phylntorious Interlude"
8. "Plastic Junk"
9. "Vegetables"
10. "Pumpkins and Napkins"
11. "Space Funk Booty"
12. "Hopi Champa II"

Personnel

• Karl Engelmann - vocals, bass, guitar, sitar
• Jake Cinninger
  Jake Cinninger
  Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Steve Krojniewski - drums

External links

• [ Hopi Champa entry] at Allmusic