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Mandingo Kora Master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko Joins Trumpeter/Producer Volker Goetze On 'Sargal,' Out Now On Motema Music
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GoMedia PR
This June, New York-based trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze and Senegalese kora master/innovator Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko are set to release Sargal, a duo album with guest features by the world-renowned percussionist Mino Cinélu, famed for his work with Miles Davis and Weather Report. Recorded in jjny: Paris at the Goethe-Institut in 2021, Sargal documents the first explorations of a powerful new musical partnership. As a producer and trumpeter, Volker Goetze first came to world music fame in 2008 when his recordings ...
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UNESCO Declares April 30th As International Jazz Day - Santo Domingo Celebrates Jazz
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Michael Ricci
UNESCO declares April 30th as International Jazz Day The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—UNESCO— proclaimed at the 36th session of its General Conference, that April 30th of each year be known as International Jazz Day. At the 36th meeting of its General Conference, UNESCO Member States agreed to proclaim the International Jazz Day. The designation of April 30th of each year as International Jazz Day will bring closer together communities, schools and other groups around the world in ...
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Santo Domingo to Bedford, and Latin to Classical
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Michael Ricci
LEONARD SLATKIN is a big jazz fan. But he was unprepared for what unfolded when, after performing as guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center one spring night in 1995, he decided to catch the pianist Michel Camilos show at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village. I really hadnt heard piano playing that ferociously virtuosic in a club like that, Mr. Slatkin said in a recent interview. At the same time, the sensitivity he brought to the ...
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Music Greats Gather to Celebrate Latin Jazz Legend Ray Santo's 80th Birthday
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All About Jazz
New York, NY -- Candido Camero, Alfredo “Chocolate" Armenteros and Jimmy Bosch will gather with the Latin Jazz All Stars for a special 80th birthday celebration for legendary Latin jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Ray Santos on Monday, May 18th at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The ensemble group will perform sizzling Santos compositions such as Sunny Ray, Azulito and 3-D Mambo, set behind the backdrop of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline in honor of one ...
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