NEW RELEASES Jazz & World Chucho Valdés : photo by Alejandro Perez : photo by Valdés Chucho 8th November 2010 call-off: 29th October
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File under: Jazz Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers Chucho’s Steps 479051 >> 794881976027 >> CD digipack
1. Las Dos Caras (Both Sides) 8.54 2. Danzón 9.07 3. Zawinul’s Mambo 11.21 4. Begin To Be Good 5.12 5. New Orleans 4.42 6. Yansá 7.49 7. Julián 7.52 8. Chucho’s Steps 10.52
Chucho Valdés, piano Juan Carlos Rojas Castro, drums Lazaro Rivero Alarcon, bass Yaroldy Abreu Robles, percusion Carlos Miyares Hernandez, tenor saxophone Reynaldo Melian Alvarez, trumpet
CHUCHO VALDÉS is in concert at the BARBICAN The superstar of Afro-Cuban Jazz is back with a Thursday 18th November (London Jazz Festival) new band and a new album! Chucho’s Steps review: “Valdés versatility shines resplendently on this CD. His com- One of the finest piano players in jazz, any sort of jazz, positions use a wide canvas on which he splashes a whirl Chucho Valdés has long been at the very top of Cuban mu- of colors that spin headily or mark open spaces with deep sic. From the inception of the mighty Irakere nearly forty daubs. The whole comes into sharp focus in his approach to years ago and on through a multitude of musical guises the piano. Brimming with ideas that seem to swoop out with (most recently an album on Sony with his father Bebo, and every touch of the keys, he can open a flood gate or lay back and play a temperate and soulful refrain...This is another an album on Warner with flamenco singer Concha Buika), master work from the genius of Chucho Valdés.” his genius always shines through. All About Jazz Now with his band The Afro-Cuban Messengers he pres- ents a new album (all composed, arranged and produced by Live review: Chucho) that once again emphasises the sheer dynamism “Ronnie Scott’s isn’t that small by club standards, but and exhilaration of his music. Chucho Valdés, the 68-year-old physical and musical giant from Quivicán in Cuba, makes it feel like a shoebox. Valdés’s “In short, this album is exceptional because it mixes virtuosity, ex- octave span might even have frightened Rachmaninov, and perimentation and spontaneity...on this CD, four musical languages his headlong keyboard exploits – traversing most of jazz are combined with great effectiveness: hard bop, modal jazz, free piano history, and often veering into classical – sound as if jazz and Afro-Cuban ritual music. Chucho shows that there isn’t they might burst open the doors...an unforgettable show.” a formula, but rather an expressive form that is not only enjoyed ***** John Fordham, The Guardian (April, 2010) to the fullest, but above all leaves a message and indicates one or more paths to follow.” Leonardo Acosta (from the sleeve notes)
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1. Bessie’s Blues – Falling in Love With Love Harry Beckett - tp, fl-h / Annie Whitehead - tb / John Burgess - fl, sax, b-cl / Mario Castronari - b / Winston Clifford - dr recorded at Porcupine Studios London, 1995
2. Les Jardins Du Casino Harry Beckett - tp, fl-h / Django Bates - p recorded at Porcupine Studios London, 1991
3. I Don’t Want To Know – Amsterdam Harry Beckett - tp, fl-h / Joachim Kühn – p / J.-F. Jenny Clarke - b recorded at CMP Studios Zerkall, Germany, 1991
4. Maxine Harry Beckett - tp, fl-h / Chris McGregor - p recorded at Hermes Studios Kamen, Germany, 1987
5. Cozy ‘N Rozy Harry Beckett - tp, fl-h / Chris McGregor - p / Courtney Pine - ts / Fred T. Baker - b / Clifford Jarvis - dr recorded at Manufaktur Schorndorf, Germany, 1987
In Memoriam Harry Beckett (1935 – 2010) Spotlight on a Central Figure of British jazz
His playing has been described as “the musical equivalent of DNA,” and indeed to identify Harry Beckett requires no genetic analysis: it is sufficient just to hear him. His warm, exuberant tone, and his light, supple melody lines on trumpet and flugel horn are unmistakable, especially when he plays ballads. Beckett loves ballads, and some samples of these are to be found on the present album. This recording, made during one of the most productive phases of his career, presents him as a gifted in- terpreter of ballads, a great melodist, and a versatile stylist. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, when what was already a lively British jazz scene was experiencing an almost unprecedented boom, it would have been difficult to imagine British jazz without Beckett. He belonged to all kinds of formations large and small and playing a wide variety of styles, lent his talents as a wind player to the then fashionable genre of jazz dance, and led his own groups and projects, each featuring top musicians of the British jazz elite. Regarded as a kind of father figure, he not only moved back and forth between different musical styles and generations, but was also able to act as a mediator between them and bring them together. All in all the compilation highlights the large and intricate web of personal and musical connections within which Harry Beckett was working back then. Berthold Klostermann
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File under: Jazz La Grande Histoire du Jazz An epic 100 CD chronological documentation of the history of jazz music from 1898 to 1959, housed in four boxed sets.
Each box contains 25 slipcase CDs, a booklet (up to 186 pages) and an index. The booklets contain extensive notes (Eng/Fr) with recording dates and line-ups. 31 hours (approx) of music in each box, totalling 1677 tracks. Each track has been restored and mastered from original sources. Full track listing available on request.
From Ragtime to Swing From Middle Jazz to 1898 - 1952 Be-bop 1952 - 1955
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From Hard Bop to Cool From Modern Jazz to 1955 - 1957 Free Jazz 1957 - 1959
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HENRY THREADGILL ZOOID This Brings Us To - Vol. 2 Pi Recordings Pi36 808713003628 CD digipack Henry Threadgill (flute, alto saxophone); Liberty Ellman (guitar); Jose Davila (trombone, tuba); Stomu Takeishi (bass guitar); Elliot H. Kavee (drums) Here is the highly anticipated Volume II to 2009’s This Brings Us To, from alto saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill with his band Zooid. Volume I received across-the-board accolades as one of the best releases of 2009, coming in at #4 in the Down Beat Critics Poll, #4 in the Jazz Times Poll, and #2 in the Village Voice Jazz Poll. The two volumes of This Brings Us To are the culmination of eight years of work for Zooid to perfect a new system of group improvisation. When naming the albums, Threadgill insisted that they be named Volume I and II because he saw them as two parts that make up the whole of where Zooid was at the time of the recording. The recording session captures the band in peak form right after they returned to New York from a long European tour that gave them an extend- ed opportunity to negotiate and really live with this intricate and cutting-edge music. The two volumes also represent the two sets that the band performed live while on tour.
“This Brings Us To, Volume 1 is a spectacular return from an important jazz composer, and is hope- fully an indicator of more to come from Threadgill and Zooid.” Allaboutjazz
KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT Live At The Purcell Room Ogun OGCD034 5020675572317 CD digipack A performance from the 2008 London Jazz Festival, recorded for broadcast by Jazz on 3. The album consists of one long improvisation “Mirror Image” which incorporates two poems by vocal- ist Julie Tippetts. Husband Keith is of course on piano and both musicians play an array of percussion instruments. Spontaneous, innovative music-making as ever by two of UK jazz’s most respected and cherished artists (dubbed “the royal couple of UK free jazz”).
VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA The Minimalism of Erik Satie Hatology HATO671 752156067122 CD digipack One of the jewels of the Hatology catalogue surfaces again. Described by the Penguin Guide as “a classic of its era...it remains a benchmark recording”, the album sees Matthias Ruegg’s mighty VAO reconfiguring the works of Satie.
PAUL BLEY / FRANZ KOGLMANN / GARY PEACOCK Annette Hatology HATO674 752156067429 CD digipack Another Hatology classic is reissued, this time Paul Bley’s tribute to his old musical sparring partner (and wife), the pioneering synth player and songwriter Annette Peacock. Bley’s trio includes another Annette ex-husband, bassist Gary, on an album of her compositions.
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M.S.G. Tasty! Plus Loin PL4537 794881980826 CD digipack Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophones); Chander Sardjoe (drums); Ronan Guilfoyle (acoustic bass guitar) Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative musicians in jazz today, fusing the musical culture of his Indian ancestry and jazz with myriad other influences to create a groundbreaking artistic vision. With Mahanthappa on the new album are two outstanding European musicians. Drummer Chander Sardjoe is Indo-Dutch, creating a tour de force of colour and fluency in this rarified rhythmic environment. Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle, another well versed in the subtle complexities of Indian classical music, sounds very at home with his counterparts, and equally responsive to the universe of rhythmic possibility that opens up when this trio cuts loose.
THE COOKERS Cast the First Stone Plus Loin PL4536 794881980628 CD digipack Billy Harper (tenor sax); Eddie Henderson (trumpet); David Weiss (trumpet); Craig Handy (alto sax); George Cables (piano); Cecil McBee (bass); Billy Hart (drums) + special guest Azar Lawrence (tenor and soprano saxophones) A dazzling line-up who have created a group sound even greater than the sum of its parts - seven tracks of sublime, effervescent modern jazz with Harper, McBee, Cables and Harold Mabern shar- ing the composer credits.
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET Yes We Can Jazzwerkstatt JW098 4250079758227 CD Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax, clarinet); Kidd Jordan (alto sax); David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet); James Carter - (tenor sax, soprano sax) A venerable institution in jazz saxophone circles: James Carter explains how he saw the original Quartet in Detroit in 1982, at the age of 13, and cherished a long-held dream ever since that he would one day play with the band. He was drafted in to replace Julius Hemphill in 1995, but David Murray and Hamiet Bluiett remain from the original line-up, and for this live recording (Berlin 2009) Kidd Jordan was brought in to replace Oliver Lake. Exquisite playing and a perva- sive sense of fun are evident on this release - a must-buy for all sax fans.
CARL LUDWIG HUBSCH’S PRIMORDIAL SOUP Souped-Up Jazzwerkstatt JW096 4250079758586 CD Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba); Axel Dörner (trumpet); Frank Gratkowski (clarinet); Michael Griener - drums Hübsch’s group is a German avant jazz ‘supergroup’ that plays complex music at a meeting point between improv jazz and new music. Through the use of avant-garde and self-invented perform- ance techniques, the tuba acquires completely new characteristics as a brass instrument.
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PAUL MOTIAN TRIO 2000 + TWO Live At The Village Vanguard Vol.3 Winter & Winter 910172-2 025091017225 CD digipack Paul Motian (drums); Larry Grenadier (bass); Chris Potter (tenor saxophone) + Mat Maneri (viola) & Masabumi Kikuchi (piano)
MUSICEDTION WINTER&WINTER “Sunday at the Village Vanguard”, Motian’s 1961 album with Bill Evans, is rightly regarded as an all-time jazz classic, and the drummer’s love of the club remains undiminished to this day. Here is the third volume of his Trio 2000 + Two group recorded live at the club in 2006.
ERIC WATSON Memories of Paris Out Note OTN004 3760195730041 CD A solo piano outing for this Paris-based American expat. Perusing his memories of the metropolis where he first arrived in 1978, Eric Watson’s own compositions bring us “his” vision of Paris: romantic, lively, rebellious, hectic. His solitary exercises on his piano encourage reverie and awareness.
AFTER IN PARIS Time Cycle Out Note OTN005 3760195730058 CD The French jazz/electronica trio (with special guests Paolo Fresu and Dave Liebman) conjure an imagined cinematic soundtrack, with spoken interludes from films and radio drama (Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, The War of the Worlds etc). A musical film noir of deep bass lines, jazz horns, beats and modulation.
Garry TODD / Dave SOLOMON / John RUSSELL / Nigel COOMBES / Steve BERESFORD Teatime Emanem EM5009 5030243500925 CD digipack The 1975 release of the Teatime LP introduced the outside world to five of the ‘second generation’ London-based improvisers. The main contents are two quartet performances (one without Todd and one without Coombes), plus a complete saxophone/guitar duo, all from 1975. There are also two very short percussion codas from the previous year and a no-holds-barred guitar/percussion duo from 1973. The music is a pleasure in itself as well as being of historical interest. Reissue of Incus LP 15 with additional material.
LOL COXHILL & ROGER TURNER Success With Your Dog Emanem EM5010 5030243501021 CD digipack Although Coxhill and Turner have worked together in various combinations for over 40 years, this is the first album to feature them as a duo. The main part is a concert recorded in Brest on a 2003 French tour showing their unique take on soprano saxophone and percussion duo improvisation. The remainder is a more minimal performance from a more recent London con- cert. All previously unissued.
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ABDULLAH IBRAHIM Dollar Brand At Montreux Enja ENJ9201 767522920123 CD digipack Dollar Brand (p); Carlos Ward (as, fl); Craig Harris (tb); Alonzo Gardener (el-b); André Strobert (dr) Recorded at Montreux in 1980, originally released in 1989. Now available in the new Enja Jazz Classics series.
JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO Out Like A Light Enja ENJ9202 767522920222 CD John Scofield (g); Steve Swallow (el-b); Adam Nussbaum (dr); Recorded December 1981, originally released in 1982. Now available in the new Enja Jazz Classics series.
JOE HENDERSON Barcelona Enja ENJ9203 767522920321 CD Joe Henderson (ts); Wayne Darling (b); Ed Soph (dr) Recorded June 1977 and November 1978, originally released in 1992. Now available in the new Enja Jazz Classics series.
DEEP RUMBA A Calm in the Fire of Dances Yellowbird YEB7730 767522773026 CD Musical direction by Kip Hanrahan. Musicians include Charles Neville, Amadito Valdes, El Negro Horacio Hernandez, Giovanni Hidalgo and others. Recorded in New York December 1999 to April 2000, originally released on American Clavé. “This disc, the second Deep Rumba recording, effectively transports Buena Vista Social Club to the seediest of Havana bars, with junkies shooting up in the back booths and slutty waitresses with overflowing cleavage proffering powerful rum concoctions. This is an unconventional but most entertaining disc.” Allaboutjazz
KIP HANRAHAN Desire Develops An Edge Yellowbird YEB7731 767522773125 CD Musicians include: Kip Hanrahan, Jack Bruce, Steve Swallow, Arto Lindsay, Ignacio Berroa, Jerry Gonzalez, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, John Scofield and others. Recorded in New York June 1982 - July 1983, originally released on American Clavé.
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468107 >> 713746810726 >> CD 1. Mazhalyk-Ta 3’11 2. Kozhamyk 3’56 3. Eki Attar 3’21 4. Orphan’s Lament 8’47 5. Eerbek Aksy 2’18 6. Remembering Ulaatai river 3’01 7. Konguroi 5’08 8. Saryglarlar 8’18 9. Chyraa-Khoor 5’42 10. Odugen Taiga 8’54 11. Prayer 1’35 12. Ancestors 5’21
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, Nov 17-20, 2008
The foursome Huun-Huur-Tu come from the former Soviet Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region of grass- lands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges that lies 2,500 miles east of Moscow and is situated at the center of Asia, north of Mongolia. Their indigenous music highlights rare instruments and preserves what is arguably some of the world’s oldest form of music-making. The best known genre of Tuvan music, xöömei (throat-singing), com- prises what one might call a lexicon of musical onomatopoeia in which natural sounds are mimetically trans- formed into musical representations. Throat singing is a technique where one vocalist produces multiple pitches simultaneously. One may hear a deep, low chant and a high-pitched chirp or whistle, and multiple other harmon- ics emanating from one singer. The Tuvans use song to describe their natural surroundings, whether it be the animals, mountains and grasslands, or the movement of wind, water and light. Closely linked to traditional shamanistic practices, Tuvan folk music, with its combination of instrumental and throat-singing sounds, has for centuries been used for communication with spirits of the human, animal, and natural worlds. Singled out for its “most incredible sound…as astounding as it is breath-taking...like nothing else on earth” (The Evening News, Edinburgh, UK), the group has given more than 1,000 performances in Western Europe, around 600 shows in US and Canada, and appeared at major world and jazz music festivals all over Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Their past collaborations include projects with Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, The Kronos Quartet, and (most recently) electronica wiz & record producer Carmen Rizzo. This new album is a great opportunity to share with the world something that is quite unique; the sound of Huun Huur Tu is peculiar, haunting, hypnotic. It is a guttural, sometimes piercing sound of vocal chords burrowing into the flesh of mother nature. The album has an extraordinary meditative power, it takes you through a lush cine- matic journey of almost dream-like sequences of deep happiness. A thrilling ride from start to finish.
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562652 >> 3567255626524 >> CD/DVD CD 01 Na Ri Na 3:39 02 Moda Bo 4:57 featuring Cesaria Evora 03 Galanton 3:48 04 Canta Um Tango 5:48 featuring Kantango 05 Ponciana 3:57 06 Marinhero 3:55 07 No Bem Fala 4:20 08 Dzê Que Dzê 3:22 09 Ma’n Ba Dês Bês Kumida Dâ 3:47 10 Nha Vida 4:45 11 Um Dia (radio edit) 3:53 12 Mascadjon 4:13 13 Fitiço di Funana 5:07 14 Amori 4:27 15 Quebrod Nem Djosa (radio edit) 3:34 16 Amor E Tao Sabe 4:42
DVD CONCERT Teatro Virginia, Torres Novas, Portugal Foremost amongst the younger generation of singers 01 Terra Q’Sede 2:03 reaching out to the world from the islands of Cape Verde 02 Lua 4:05 is Lura. In fact, frequent international tours and a trio of 03 So Um Cartinha 4:18 critically and publicly acclaimed albums have propelled 04 Vazulina 4:27 her to the forefront of the whole world music scene. 05 Fitico di Funana 5:40 Now Lusafrica release a “Best of” CD with 16 tracks 06 Tabanka Assigo 5:50 including 2 previously unreleased tracks « MODA BÔ » 07 Mari d’Ascenson 4:17 (featuring Cesaria Evora) and « AMOR E TAO SABE ». 08 Raboita di Rubon Manel 5:25 featuring Voz de Completing the package is a live concert DVD filmed by Africa Portuguese TV, and a selection of videos. 09 Tem Um Hora Pa Tude 3:50 10 Camin di Bo Sorriso 11:20 ADVERTISED IN SONGLINES 11 Na Ri Na 6:04 also available: 12 Ma’n Ba Dês Bês Kumida Dâ 7:48 562222 Eclipse 13 Mundo E Nôs 6:31 462802 M’Bem di Fora 14 Padoce de Céu Azul 4:41 15 Mula Mansa 6:09 “From heart-rending ballads to big, brash African-beat extrava- ganzas, Lura delivers the lot. Magic.” Daily Express VIDEO-CLIPS “…all the makings of a new international celebrity…” 01 Quebrod Nem Djosa 3:32 The Guardian 02 Ponciana 3:59 “… the quality of her songs mark Lura out for Radio 2 stardom...” 03 Na Ri Na 3:36 The Times “Big-voiced, big-afro’d, seductive Cape Verdean Lura …a stately 04 Vazulina 4:48 languor almost worthy of Evora herself...” Daily Telegraph
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File under: World
MARIO LUCIO Kreol Lusafrica 024082 3567250240824 CD digipack World/Cape Verde A major new recording by one of Cape Verde’s leading musical figures. Exploring the Creole concept, Mario Lucio travelled to seven countries across three continents, and spent over 600 studio hours creating this masterpiece. The album contains 17 songs, amongst them 11 duets recorded on each side of the Atlantic Ocean, and featuring an incredible array of guest musicians and singers including MILTON NASCIMENTO (Brazil), PABLO MILANES (Cuba), CESARIA EVORA (Cape Verde), TOUMANI DIABATÉ (Mali), HARRY BELAFONTE (USA) and more. Lucio was a founder member of the group Simentera, and has served as a Deputy in the Cape Verde government as well as Cultural Ambassador. His compositions have been recorded by Cesaria Evora and many others. A qualified lawyer, he also some- how finds time to be a published author of poetry, fiction and theatre, and an inter- nationally exhibited painter.
01 NA CAPELLA 2:30 02 KREOL 3:12 03 EGAL EGO 3:14 featuring Ralph Thamar & Mario Canonge 04 MAE MOTHER 2:34 featuring Toumani Diabate 05 PETIT SON 3:53 featuring Pablo Milanes 06 HORA DE ANDORINHA 4:28 featuring Teresa Salgueiro & Pedro Joía 07 CANTIGA PA PEDRA 2:46 08 MAR DI TARRAFAL 5:41 featuring Milton Nascimento 09 SANTA CATARINA HOSSANA 3:27 featuring Gorée Afro Djembé 10 PLANET 4:12 featuring Harry Belafonte 11 AMIZADE 2:53 12 TABANKABÉ 4:12 13 MAR AZUL 4:12 featuring Cesaria Evora 14 M’AFRIKA 4:41 featuring Awa Sangho 15 COME BLACK 3:01 featuring Gorée Afro Djembé 16 PALAVRA 3:26 17 ORFON 3:30 featuring Zoumana Tereta
BOUBACAR TRAORE Je Chanterai Pour Toi Lusafrica 562472 3567255624728 CD digipack World/Mali
Kongo Magni Lusafrica 562482 3567255624827 CD digipack World/Mali
In advance of his new album on Lusafrica, expected next spring, the label is re- releasing Boubacar Traore’s two classic recordings for Marabi. Made in 2002 and 2005, and unavailable for some time, these albums cemented the already consider- able reputation of Traore as a leading exponent of Malian “blues”.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS Côte D’Ivoire - 50 Ans Indépendance Musicale Lusafrica 562562 3567255625626 3CD digipack World/Ivory Coast A showcase of 50 tracks of the best in Ivorian music to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Independence. All the great names are of course represented: from Jimmy Hyacinthe, Djinns Music and Ernesto Djedje, through Aicha Kone, Bailly Spinto, Monique Seka, Meiway and Magic System, and of course the powerhouse reggae artists that are the major Ivorian contribution to modern African music, Alpha Blondy and Tiken Jah Fakoly. Just one track per artist though, so there is plenty of room for the lesser known to shine on this superb intro to one of West Africa’s greatest musical nations. The set is beautifully packaged and illustrated (notes in French only though). Full track list is available on request.
ALY KEÏTA Farafinko Contre Jour CJ026 5413820000269 CD digipack World/Ivory Coast A solo balafon outing for the young Ivorian, whose previous album (featuring Keletigui Diabate and Dobet Gnahore) was a highlight of 2008. Keita is a musical explorer eager for collaborative projects, as in the Marula album (below), but here he stays true to his Mandingo heritage and demonstrates his instrumental and vocals skills on ten original compositions. Keletigui, the Malian balafon maestro, joins Aly on one track.
LEON GURVITCH PROJECT with FRANK LONDON Eldorado Morgenland ML7002 4250317457028 CD World/Klezmer Gurvitch is a classical and jazz piano player, composer and conductor from Belarus, now based in Germany. His new Project sees Gurvitch indulging in his love for klezmer, with Frank London (of the renowned groupo The Klezmatics) joining a multinational line-up. The group are a main- stay of the European klezmer circuit, and have honed their chops over almost a decade of live performance before recorded this, their debut, album. The songs are graced by interlocking and/ or contrasting episodes, funky ostinatos, brilliant flourishes and blazing solos, mysterioso introductions, Kurt Weill cabaret settings, yearning melodica, elastic bass lines, melancholy mixed with resistance and beguiling lyrics.
MARULA (Uwe KROPINSKI/Majid BEKKAS/Michael HEUPEL/Aly KEÏTA) In All Morgenland ML7003 4250317457035 CD World/Fusion Named after the Marula tree (and alcoholic fruit and oil thereof), this group is formed of the German jazz guitarist Uwe Kropinski and flautist Michael Heupel joining forces with Morocco’s oud and guembri virtuoso Majid Bekkas and Aly Keita, the young balafon star from the Ivory Coast. The five tracks were recorded live in Berlin in 2008.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS Music From Entre Douro And Vouga Ocora C600021 794881951727 CD digipack World/Portugal The great musical variety of this region of northern Portugal where polyphonic singing for two or three voices, a large stock of songs associated with religious practices, brass bands, cavaquinho groups, guitars and accordions give evidence of a strong local identity that helps maintain the old traditions.
GIRIJA DEVI Girija Devi In Concert Ocora C561056 794881980925 CD World/India A live recording of a concert given by the esteemed north Indian singer in Paris in 1992. The “Great Lady” has been honoured with numerous awards in India over her long and remarkable career. Born in 1929 Devi is a singer of classical and light classical thumri, she is accompanied here by sarangi and tabla.
JOHN HORE GRENELL Route 66 Playasound Airmail SA141206 3700089412066 CD World/New Zealand New Zealand’s top country singer has been recording since the early sixties (as John Hore). After a career hiatus of 15 years, he recorded this album in 1988 with the addition of Grenell to his name. Originally released as Born in the West, it is now available again with a new title.
MADOU DJEMBE African Drums Vol. 2 Playasound Airmail SA141207 3700089412073 CD World/Burkina Faso Percussion based on traditional West African rhythms. On this album Mamadou shows his vir- tuosity on the djembe drum as he speaks of his doubts and joys, his dreams, his family. He has accompanied MC Solaar, Toure Kounda, Youssou N’Dour, Peter Gabriel and others.
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NOF15 >> 3700426915281 >> CD digipack
1. Song X 2.08 2. Jump 1.59 3. Eruption 2.32 4. Who 3.19 5. Comet of Desire 1.42 6. Birdsong 3.16 7. Wicked Wind 2.35 8. Origin of Stars 3.04 9. The Holy 3.55 10. Oh, Montmartre 2.37 11. Song for a Blackwind 2.47
All songs written and composed by Kyrie Krist- manson
Vocals, nylon string guitar, trumpet - Kyrie K. Double bass - Martain Pearson (5,7), Sam McLel- lan (3) Trumpet - Nigel Taylor (3) A young girl with a frail body and a slim voice turns out to be Drums - Gordon Bintner (1,2,6) an instrument of vast breath and prodigious power. Meet Kyrie Guitars, electric bass, flute - Mark K. Kristmanson, from Canada: at the age of twenty she has a (1,2,4,6,7,8,9) unique way of provoking incredible collisions between the folk of North America and the music of medieval times, pop melo- dies and cutting-edge jazz, and between everyday songs and Kyrie’s London mini-tour: the laboratory where great musical revolutions are concocted. 16 Nov Vortex, Dalston Origin of Stars, her first album for the No Format! label, allows 17 Nov Cafe Oto, Dalston us to hear not only a melodic writing-style close to that of her 18 Nov Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon great predecessors but, at the same time, an audacity of form 19 Nov Kings Head, Crouch End that brings the paths taken by the sources, practices and aes- thetics of music to interweave. The result sounds something “The 18-year-old Ottawa native is blessed with a like an acoustic meeting between Joni Mitchell and Björk… seriously haunting voice, comparable maybe to a Bjork/Feist hybrid. Unusual songs, occasionally She’s currently readying to move to Paris, where she’s due to plucked on a nylon-stringed guitar, sometimes write a thesis at Sorbonne University on the trobairitz, the supported by double bass, and other times per- Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries. formed with nothing but her voice...Kristmanson And Kyrie Kristmanson has never stopped touring, with her is one to watch out for.” guitar (itself three-quarters the size of a child), her weird, The Edmonton Sun white, woolly hats, her trumpet, and her songs inhabited by very ancient, powerful energies.
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harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] PRIORITY NEW RELEASE 8th November File under: Folk Michael Marra with Mr McFall’s Chamber Recorded Live on Tour 2010 DCD34092 >> 801918340925 >> CD
1. Intro [1:36] 2. The Lonesome Death of Francis Clarke [3:56] 3. The Slave’s Lament [4:23] 4. Intro [1:26] 5. Hamish (the goalie) [3:49] 6. The Beast [4:29] 7. Intro [0:27] 8. Niel Gow’s Apprentice [3:04] 9. Intro [0:52] 10. Happed in Mist [3:49] 11. Intro [0:27] 12. The Clock [3:49] 13. Monkey Hair [4:04] 14. Intro [1:38] 15. Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson [2:48] 16. Intro [1:08] 17. Pius Porteous [3:08] 18. Intro [0:17] 19. Green Grow the Rashes [4:48] Folk singer-songwriter (and actor) Michael Marra pres- 20. Intro [2:08] ents a live set of his compositions (and unique Dun- 21. Farlow [3:52] donian banter), recorded in Scotland and the north of 22. Intro [1:08] England in May 2010. Backing him on the tour were 23. Frida Kahlo’s Visit to the Tay Bridge Bar [3:39] Mr McFall’s Chamber, the musical polymaths who have Total playing time [60:58] recently recorded Martyn Bennett and Gavin Bryars albums for Delphian. ‘MARRA’S MUSIC HAS BROAD HORIZONS. HIS SONGS’ Michael Marra is widely acclaimed as one of Scotland’s SUBJECTS ROAM ACROSS MULL AND SHETLAND, OVER THE most talented and original songwriters and performers. CANADIAN PRAIRIES, TO SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK HOME From his late 70s outfit, the legendary Dundee band OF SWING-ERA JAZZ BROADCASTING AND DOWN INTO Skeets Boliver, and on to his later solo work Marra has MEXICO. BUT HIS MUSE IS GOVERNED BY SOUND DUNDO- consistently proved to be a songwriter and lyricist of NIAN PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING THE FUTILITY OF GOING IN rare ability, probing the human condition with wry wit THE HUFF AND THE FOLLY OF VANITY.’ and humour. — The Herald, May 2010 ‘MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER ARE THE JEWEL IN THE SCOT- TISH MUSICAL CROWN, CONTINUALLY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE OF REPERTOIRE AND STYLE.’ — The Scotsman, June 2010
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