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Alex Diaz y Son de la Calle: Merengue Jazz King: Dedicated to Mario Rivera
by Jerry D'Souza
Conguero Alex Diaz marries the heady rhythms of meringue to the harmony and sway of jazz as he pays tribute to Mario Rivera, the “King of Merengue Jazz." Rivera was an exceptional musician who played 24 instruments. Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to the United States, and soon began playing with Tito Puente, Dizzy ...
Vision Festival 2009: Day 2
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 All-Star Collective / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble / Sun Ra Arkestra14th Annual Vision Festival Abrons Arts Center New York, New York June 10, 2009 Chapter Index All-Star Collective Bill ...
J.D. Allen Trio: Shine
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The unfettered joy of listening to J.D. Allen's Shine comes from being reunited with the blues and spiritualism of modern Afro-American saxophone music. This kind of feeling and emotion all but died with John Coltrane. Arguably only a handful of players such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and, perhaps, Dewey Redman kept those flames alive. And ...
Circle of Drums
Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Stepping (Isise); Incantations; Dawn (Idaji); Embracement; Ascension (Igoke); Cosmic
Rhythmic Vibrations.
Babatunde Olatunji: Circle of Drums
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Percussionist Babatunde Olatunji was born in a Yoruba-speaking fishing village in Nigeria in 1927 and succumbed to diabetes in Salinas, California in 2003. Why might Circle of Drums, a previously-unreleased 1993 recording, be of interest? In part because, if the prize for First World Music Record can be definitively awarded (and it probably cannot) a serious ...
Drums of Passion
Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Akiwowo (Ah-Key-Woh-Woh) (Chant to the Trainman);
Oya (Aw-Yah) (Primitive Fire) (Cult Rhythm);
Odun de! Odun De! (Aw Dun Day! Aw Dun Day!) (Happy New Year);
Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Jin-Go-Low-Bah) (Drums of Passion);
Kiyakiya (Kay-Ya-Key-Ya) (Why Do You Run Away?);
Baba Jinde (Baba-Gee-Un-Day) (Flirtation Dance).
