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The Vampires, Fairfield Ethio-Jazz Project, Al Doum & The Faryds, People in Orbit & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
From spiritual and ethio-jazz to a fireside jazz conversation among friends, here's a cosmopolitan tasting menu of recent releases featuring bands keen to build bridges and break down walls.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Al Doum & The Faryds “Borracho" Ipnagogico (La Tempesta) 0:16 Host talks 4:51 Fairfield Ethio-Jazz Project “Nètsanèt" Bath Ketema (Kelston Records/Severn Songs) 6:12 Host talks 11:15 Atlantis Jazz Ensemble “Spirits Unseen" Mystic Suite (Marlow) ...
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by Pat Youngspiel
Australian saxophonist Jeremy Rose's admiration for minimalist trio The Necks is of great depth, to the extent that he published an essay on the group, entitled “Memory and Mindfulness in the Musical Rituals of the Necks," examining musical ritualistic practices “beyond the African American realm capable of scaffolding transcendent experience." And he is not the only Vampire to have previously collaborated with a Neck. Besides his own ethno-improvisational endeavor with the trio Vazesh, featuring The Necks bassist Lloyd Swanton and ...
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by Friedrich Kunzmann
While The Vampires' last venture The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke (earshift music, 2017) saw the Australian quartet collaborating with Beninese guitar virtuoso Lionel Loueke in a run of colorfully diverse tunes and extensive structures, their newest one finds them dialing things back to a simpler nature, yet equally expressive soundscapes. One of the main things that manifests itself straight from the start is the powerfully upfront and modern production. Loud claps and compressed snare bumps, matched by continuous ...
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by Luca Muchetti
Loro sono una delle formazioni australiane jazz che maggiormente si sta facendo notare a livello mondiale, lui uno dei chitarristi più quotati e che insieme a dischi registrati con Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding e Kenny Barron, sta dando vita a una entusiasmante serie di raffinatissimi album solisti. The Vampiers Meet Loueke celebra l'incontro fra lo strumentista nato in Benin e la band con dieci composizioni che raccontano di una felicissima intesa frequentemente a cavallo fra jazz ed etno. I ...
Continue ReadingThe Vampires: The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke
by Friedrich Kunzmann
The decade old Australian five piece The Vampires, fronted by dueting brass players Jeremy Rose and Nick Garbett, sought out the rising Beninese guitar prodigy Lionel Loueke for their ambitious fifth outing The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke. With the addition of Loueke's virtuoso playing and singular guitar tone to the soothing mix of ethnic-world-influenced music, written by Rose and Garbett, seemingly generic compositions grow into exotic and enticing performances that exude positive vibrations of a very rare energy.
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by Mark Corroto
As we mature as music listeners, the need to select a piece of music as your summer theme song, go-to party album, or road trip recording fades. Just like the childhood requirement to designate who is your best friend, we don't wear the grooves of records out these days. Let's, for old times sake, choose a recording to be our favorite companion to mark a season. The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke is just such a recording. Just as ...
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