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Sheila Anozier, Rufus Cappadocia: Tranpe

Read "Tranpe" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Dopo una laurea in giornalismo e un decennio da professionista al New York Times, Sheila Anozier ha deciso di voltare pagina e dedicarsi totalmente alla danza, diventando anche coreografa e regista per vari progetti. Nata ad Haiti, dov'è restata fino all'età di sette anni, Sheila Anozier è fortemente legata alla sua cultura d'origine e lo riafferma in questa prima incisione come cantante. Con lei c'è il violoncellista Rufus Cappadocia, con cui ha varato da alcuni anni ...

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Rufus Cappadocia, Sheila Anozier, Hermeto Pascoal, Søren Skov & More

Read "Rufus Cappadocia, Sheila Anozier, Hermeto Pascoal, Søren Skov & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Mondo Jazz #300! To celebrate this milestone, a playlist featuring the global sounds which Mondo Jazz listeners have come to expect. Here's to 300 more episodes!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Tranpe “Lan Gran Chimen" Twa Fey, Twa Rasin (Self-produced) 0:16 Host talks 3:39 Søren Skov Orbit “Naration" Adrift (Frederiksberg) 5:37 Host talks 11:18 Melinda Sullivan, Larry Goldings “Sin Zapatos" Big Foot (Colorfield) 13:40 Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo ...

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Rufus Cappadocia: Songs for Cello

Read "Songs for Cello" reviewed by Greg Camphire


Canadian-bred, New York-based cellist and composer Rufus Cappadocia is a world music traveler, having studied and performed in a variety of traditions--from American blues, folk and jazz to Spanish flamenco, Haitian voodoo drumming and various styles from the Balkans, the Middle East and India. Citing saxophonist John Coltrane and guitarists Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King as formative influences, and playing a self-designed, five-string electric instrument, Cappadocia whips up a hypnotic blend of sounds with Songs For Cello, his debut solo ...

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David Fiuczynski & Rufus Cappadocia: Kif

Read "Kif" reviewed by AAJ Staff


The country of Morocco is respected throughout Europe for, among other things, an estimated 30% of the continent's marijuana imports. The superior raw material called Kif is found there in the mountains of Rif. In Arabic, it's spelled كيف. Okay, got that? Enough said.

But don't go into Kif, the record, thinking it's some sort of stoner jam-band excursion. Quite the opposite: guitarist David Fiuczynski and cellist Rufus Cappadocia apply a razor edge to these pieces, asserting a ...


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