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Joe Locke: Love Is A Pendulum
by Troy Collins
Since the late '80s vibraphonist Joe Locke, an artist who defies categorization, has performed and recorded with a diverse array of musicians, including Eddie Henderson, Cecil Taylor, and The Beastie Boys. Love Is A Pendulum, his fourth release on the Harlem-based Motema label, features some of Locke's most compelling music to date, the centerpiece of which ...
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band: Bathtub Gin
by Dan Bilawsky
Roberta Donnay is a Jazz Age preservationist, guardian of Depression-era sounds, and extender of traditions, but her music isn't covered with cobwebs or dated in any way. On Bathtub Gin, this singer-composer puts a new coat of paint on the songs of the '20s and '30s, contributes originals sympathetic to the sounds of those times, and ...
Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol. 2: The River Rolls On
by James Nadal
Versatile pianist Monty Alexander has been around long enough, and played through a myriad of styles and ensemble configurations, in a constant quest to get it right. Since his foray back to his Jamaican roots in “Jamento" (1978 Pablo Records) there has been numerous reggae influenced recordings highlighted by his covering the Bob Marley catalog in ...
Awa Sangho: Ala Ta
by James Nadal
The ancient West African culture that spans across the sands of the Sahara has created a rich and vibrant musical legacy which continues to yield stimulating artists. Vocalist Awa Sangho hails from Mali, was raised in musically rich Bamako, and began her singing and composing career in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast. There she honed her ...
SpokFrevo Orquestra: Ninho de Vespa
by Jack Bowers
To begin, a couple of small but important details: first, saxophonist Spok (given name: Inaldo Cavalcante de Albuquerque) is the leader of this remarkable seventeen-piece “orquestra." Second, Frevo isn't Spok's co-leader but a form of Brazilian swing / dance music whose wellspring is the area in and around Recife, Pernambuco. Is it jazz? Most definitely, as ...
Transcendence
By Jaimeo Brown
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mean World; Somebody's Knocking; Patience; You Can't Hide; Be Free; Power of God; I Know I've been Changed; I Said; Baby Meish; Accra; You Needn't Mind Me Dying; This World Ain't My Home.
When Words Fail
By David Weiss
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Intrepid Hub; When Words Fail; MJ; Wayward; White Magic; Loss; Lullaby For A
Lonely Child; Passage Into Eternity.
The Offense Of The Drum
By Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Cuarto De Colores; They Came; On The Corner Of Malecon And Bourbon; Mercado
En Domingo; Gnosienne 3 (Tientos); The Mad Hatter; The Offense Of The Drum; Alma
Vacia; Iko Iko.
Four Directions
By Marc Cary
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Todi Blues; Waltz Betty Waltz; He Who Hops Around; Open Baby; Tanktified; Boom; Ready or Not; Spectrum; Indigenous; Outside My Window.
The Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Introduction; Sunday Stomp at Congo Square; Last Train To Paris;
Caribbean Tinge; Flower By the Dry River; Cofradias; Mambo Vivo; Two To
Tango; The Source In Between.
