Jazz Articles about Tommy Meier Root Down

Tommy Meier Root Down: The Master And The Rain

by Mark Corroto
October 9, 2010

Swiss-born reed man Tommy Meier's immersion into African jazz dips into a body of music covering three continents touched by the African diaspora of people and sound. A follow-up to Root Down (Intakt, 2008), his Root Down orchestra's The Master And The Rain, once again, offers a large ensemble update on the music of Fela Kuti and Chris McGregor, along with nine of Meier's own compositions.The pulse of Africa is at the heart of this disc; from the ...