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Michael Mwenso
Michael Mwenso, Uri Caine, Nérija, Tenor Triage & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Two hours of genre-defying, global, high-octane, music, with a special focus on socially engaged projects, Finnish bands, and charismatic artists whose music has a higher than average density of ideas, like Michael Mwenso and Frank Zappa (by way of the tribute paid to him by the Orchestre Franck Tortiller. It all starts with the much anticipated new release by Tenor Triage (i.e. the modern day tenor titans James Brandon Lewis, Michael Eaton and Sean Sonderegger and the ornettian rhythm section ...
Continue ReadingStLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Mwenso and the Shakes
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, StLJN's video spotlight shines on Mwenso and The Shakes, who will be performing next Saturday, November 9 at The Sheldon. They'll be presenting “Harlem 100," described as a “modern variety show" that “captures the sights and sounds of Harlem when legendary artists such as Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes and Billie Holiday made Harlem the cultural center of the country." Vocalist and frontman Michael Mwenso was born in Sierra Leone and grew up in London, where he ...
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