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Shabaka & the Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History
by Chris May
Reed player Shabaka Hutchings became the first British musician to sign to the iconic (for once the word is justified) Impulse! label when his band Sons of Kemet did so in 2018. It was a deal for which his management could rightly be proud. It was also an affirmation which Hutchings felt deeply, for in the 1960s and 1970s Impulse! had recorded many of his formative influences, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders among them. In 2019 Hutchings took ...
Continue ReadingIstanbul’s İKSV: An Intensity Beyond Cool
by Arthur R George
It would be easy to get breathless, even giddy, about the range and schedule of cultural events organized by İKSV, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (in Turkish: İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı). One individual could not possibly keep up with its jazz and classical music festivals and everything else that's offered by İKSV. It brings under one organization something like the variety and aspirations of Lincoln Center in New York, the National Endowment for the Arts, commercial promoter Live ...
Continue ReadingIl meglio del 2016 secondo Enrico Bettinello
by Enrico Bettinello
Cristiano Calcagnile Multikulti Cherry On (Caligola Records) The Dwarfs of East Agouza Bes (Nawa) Alexander Hawkins, Evan Parker Leaps In Leicester (Clean Feed Records) Hobby Horse Rocketdine (Parco della Musica Records) Rob Mazurek & São Paulo Underground Cantos Invisiveis (Cuneiform Records) Steve Lehman Sélébéyone (Pi Recordings) Gabriele Mitelli, Pasquale Mirra Groove & Move Water Stress (Caligola Records) ...
Continue ReadingShabaka And The Ancestors: Wisdom Of Elders
by James Nadal
This recording is the culmination of the triangular experiences of tenor man Shabaka Hutchings and his personal destiny. Born in London, his family relocated back to their native Barbados, where Hutchings was raised in a musical environment until his teen years. Returning to London, he became a fixture on the free jazz scene, and while on holiday to South Africa, was drawn back to the primordial source of inspiration. Recorded over one day with no rehearsal, Wisdom Of Elders explores ...
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