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Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz Welcome All to "Go Calypsonian" (Piranah)
Vintage calypso — the beloved Caribbean sounds of the early 20th-century — is alive and well and thriving in Berlin. The seventeen-member strong, multinational, wildly effusive, charmingly quirky Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz packs the city’s bars and stages with swaying beats, hot horns, bold lyrics, and a bevy of dapper, rakish suits and bathing-beauty ...
The Garifuna Collective To Release "Ayó" (Stonetree / Cumbancha)
It has been six years since Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective released Wátina, an album that received unanimous acclaim and elevated the international profile of the music and culture of Central America’s Afro-Amerindian Garifuna community. On the cusp of tremendous fame, Palacio passed away suddenly at the age of 47 not long after Wátina was ...
Concord Original jazz Classics Remasters: Monk, Evans, Adderley, Montgomery, Baker and More
Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on July 23, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, several bonus tracks on nearly each disc (some previously unreleased) and new liner notes providing historical context to the original material, the series celebrates the 60th anniversary of Riverside Records, ...
Fusion Groovin’
by Chris M. Slawecki
Analog Players Society Hurricane Season in Brooklyn Studio Brooklyn 2012 Hurricane Season in Brooklyn marks the debut of the Analog Players Society (APS), an extension of the lifelong pursuit of the groove by the percussionist, engineer and producer known as Amon, who first discovered Turkish, West African and Middle Eastern music ...
The Wrong Object Returns with "After the Exhibition" (MoonJune)
Belgian prog heavyweights The Wrong Object make a spectacular return to center stage, with a studio album of brilliant original compositions — and monumental significance! After a five-year absence, After The Exhibition showcases a variety of fresh, powerful material, masterfully delivered by a capable, cohesive new lineup. With their aesthetics still rooted in an array of ...
David Chesky Releases "Jazz in the New Harmonic" (Chesky Records)
David Chesky’s Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky Records) puts the acclaimed pianist and composer’s own personal twist on bridging the disparate worlds of jazz and classical. The music has its roots in Third Stream, the hybrid term coined in 1957 by Gunther Schuller to identify a new emerging musical sensibility that was essentially a confluence ...
Easy Star Records Releases Cas Haley's "La Si Dah"
When Cas Haley set out to make the follow-up to his successful 2010 release Connection, one thing drove him in the writing and planning for the sessions. “I kept thinking,” says the Paris, TX-based singer/songwriter, “if I died tomorrow, and my kids had only one musical statement through which to know me, what would I want ...
Whaling Ciy Sound Releases "Lineage" by Dave Liebman and Michael Stephans
Since he began to seriously pursue a career as a jazz artist back in the 1960s, Dave Liebman has been on a transformative journey towards becoming a true original in the genre. After assuming sideman slots with the likes of Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, and Chick Corea, to name but a few, he has certainly earned ...
Grupo Cha Cha Releases "This is the Life"
Sometimes, the Latin music scene can feel like a man’s world. This hasn’t stymied Grupo Cha Cha, led by classically trained, jazz-loving flute and saxophonist Lise Gilly. Uniting a diverse crew from all different musical backgrounds, Gilly and her group have defined their own sound by celebrating their own, wide-ranging approach to Latin roots and jazz. ...
Oana Catalina Chitu Releases "Divine" (Asphalt Tango)
Some artists evoke the past, not simply to engage in nostalgia or vintage exoticism, but to engage with great creativity and find new ways to explore neglected forms. Oana Cătălina Chiţu, a singer born in Romania and based in Berlin, has done just that, by digging into the sultry yet virtuosic repertoire of Romania’s pioneering answer ...
