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Africa Latina

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2009
Track listing: Caraballeda; Serendepity; Gaita; Peru Lando; Afro East; Yemen; Africa Latina; Long Term; Venezuelan Rhapsody.

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Leo Blanco: Africa Latina

Read "Africa Latina" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


The ubiquitous expression that is “world music" is becoming less relevant as musicians across the globe speak a common language that embraces varied cultures and people. Pianist, composer, and arranger Leo Blanco emphatically proves the point on Africa Latina, a mesmerizing recording that explores the unique connection between African and Venezuelan music. Whereas ...

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Songbook

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2008
Track listing: Priest Lake; Found It; Laid Up; Checkmate; One For J Mac; In A Certain Way; The Shadowboxer; Hoop-Ti-Du; Will There Ever Be Employment For The Exonerated People.

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Homework

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2008
Track listing: Clouds - intro; Homework; Peacock; Return Voyage; Trinkle Tinkle; Rucutucupla - Interlude; Clouds; The Last Gasp; No U Don't; Sim Shalom/Prayer for Peace; Rucutucupla; Exhale; Solo Live.

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Jason Palmer: Songbook

Read "Songbook" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Trumpeter and composer Jason Palmer cares intensely about jazz and his place within its musical world. He's working hard to find his own voice, and represents one of the young players who has gone through the mentoring process, in this case, with saxophonist Greg Osby. Songbook's pieces are all written by Palmer, and ...

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Richie Barshay: Homework

Read "Homework" reviewed by Elliott Simon


There is a bit more than a hint of Indian drumming in “Clouds - intro," the somewhat airy invitational cut on Homework, from percussionist Richie Barshay. It doesn't prepare for the sonic onslaught that follows. From the sound of this offering, Barshay has been studying Indian percussive forms and instruments that are the foundation to this ...

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Junjo

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Peacocks; Loro; Humpty Dumpty; Mompouana; Perazuan; Junjo; Cantora de Yala; Two Bad; Perazela.

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Melao

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2006
Track listing: John Ramsey; Sopresa; Arere; Parasuayo; Galaxy; Chela; Obayoko (Intro); Obayoko; Law Years; Parallel Worlds.

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Francisco Mela: Melao

Read "Melao" reviewed by Russ Musto


Cuban-born, New York-based drummer Francisco Mela's debut as leader introduces an important new creative talent to the international jazz scene. As its title implies--literally, melao is the Spanish word for the dark syrup concocted from cane sugar; figuratively, it describes any potent mixture of varied ingredients--the disc is a musical mélange of Mela compositions with a ...


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