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Kevin Diehl

Kevin Diehl is a musician/composer whose work centers on extending traditional folk forms to modern contexts. He has immersed himself modern compositions rooted in folk forms, yoruba cultural music, american jazz, Afro Cuban spiritual and secular forms, and abstract forms.

He was profoundly influenced by diverse innovators: from 80's New York loft scene's Air & Sam Rivers, to electronica's Brian Eno and the Orb, to avant garde modern composers Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Karlheinz Stockausen, and minimalist Morton Feldman, to traditional Afro Cuban folk performers Papo Angarica and Alfredo Coyoute Videax.

Kevin Leads and ensemble which realizes all of these influences

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Article: Play This!

Onilu: Estuary Stew

Read "Onilu: Estuary Stew" reviewed by Carl Medsker


The trio Onilu (which means drummers in the Yoruba language) utilizes a dizzying array of percussion instruments. Shekere, mbira, congas, batá drums, cajóns, alfaia, clave, clay drums, tympani, various idiophones, guagua, tongue drum, vibraphone, marimba and both electro-acoustic and standard drum kits are employed. Although used sparingly, a piano is also embraced as a valid member. ...

Album

Justice

Label: High Two Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: What; Ain't Nothin' Real BUT Love; Aztec; Justice; Clouds; Dedicated; Round 2000; Lucky One (Where U is, Is Where U At).

Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake: Justice

Read "Justice" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Il sottotitolo dell'album parla di The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake ad opera della somma di due gruppi gemelli. In realtà questo prezioso lavoro contiene ben di più: una visione cameristica della musica da parte del grande sassofonista, fresco ottantenne, con i colori di quell'approccio al mondo dei suoni, ma attraverso una visione al tempo stesso ...

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Moon Rust Red Streets

Label: High Two Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Moon Rust Red Streets; Lumbering Giant; RIP; Derecho (Storm of Change); Breath Sounds; Hymn for Ashé.

Album

Bombogenic - featuring Oliver Lake

Label: High Two Recordings
Released: 2016
Track listing: Tin Palace; Coolin' It; Bombogenic; The Culprit; Gnossienne; Streamin'; Cyclogenic; Love Like Sisters; Floatin'.

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Article: Album Review

Sonic Liberation 8 with Classical Revolution Trio & Oliver Lake: Bombogenic

Read "Bombogenic" reviewed by Dave Wayne


There are a few artists out there who are successfully merging authentic traditional Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms with 21st Century jazz in a way that refers to, but doesn't sound like, typical Latin jazz: Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra and Kip Hanrahan's various groups immediately come to mind. Taking their cues equally from the early 70s ...

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Jetway Confidential

Label: High Two Recordings
Released: 2012


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