Results for "Dan Bennett"

Dan Bennett

Ugqozi

Label: Eastlawn Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: You Ain’t Gonna Know Me ‘Cos; Ithemba; Part Of A Whole; Lwandle’s Lullaby; Water No Get Enemy; Pata Pata; Jabulani Easter Joy.

The Paxton / Spangler Septet: Ugqozi

by Chris May
June 17, 2022

Ugqozi is a celebration of modern, urban African music, especially that from South Africa, with which co-leaders trombonist John “Tbone" Paxton and percussionist RJ Spangler have been in love for decades. It is also an affirmation of the vibrant Detroit scene of which the multi-generational Paxton / Spangler Septet is a part. Actually, ...

Andy Adamson Quartet: A Cry For Peace

by Geannine Reid
October 24, 2016

Fans of the Crusaders, Weather Report and other fusion acts of the 1970's and 1980's will certainly enjoy the sound of Andy Adamson and his quartet. His writing and keyboard work has heart and soul, and the group is a solid unit of excellent players. The quartet features Adamson's original compositions. The line-up on his latest ...

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 2: January 8, 2011

by Gordon Marshall
January 13, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika Slick and heavy electric forays characterize the work of veteran guitarist Vernon Reid. However far into space he goes, his instrument is always under control; usually, his music is ...

NOMO: Ghost Rock

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 14, 2009

The initial sound heard on the opening “Brainwave" offers a first insight into the music of NOMO--the sound of composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Elliot Bergman “playing" an actual brainwave monitor. It's an important clue: NOMO finds music where other people find noise. Ghost Rock is not an easy listen. It is inventive, challenging, and ...

World-ly, and Otherworldly, Beats From the Inside Out

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 11, 2009

Leonardo E. M. Cioglia Contos Quizamba Music 2008 The following words probably do Brazilian bassist, composer and bandleader Leonardo E. M. Cioglia no favors, because it lays the weighty burden of expectation upon him and his group of young musicians. But no other words say precisely this: Contos showcases an ...