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Goran Kajfes: X/Y
by Chris May
Goran KajfešX/YHeadspin Recordings2011 Best known for his work with the timewarp friendly Swedish band Oddjob, Croatian-born trumpeter Goran Kajfeš has released two solo albums during the last decade--on each of which he too has had one foot planted in retro ground and the other in more modern ...
Dub Colossus: Addis Through The Looking Glass
by Chris May
Dub ColossusAddis Through The Looking GlassReal World2011 Modern Ethiopian recordings were largely unknown abroad until 1997, when France's Buda Musique label launched its Ethiopiques CD series. The reason had nothing to do with the music, which was wondrous and varied and splendidly distinctive, and everything to do ...
Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers
by Jerry D'Souza
The past 25 years have been a time of transition for The Either/Orchestra. Members have come and gone and come back again. Their music has imbibed several styles and genres and grown all the richer. One of the sagest moves they made was the long, and fruitful, collaboration with Ethiopian music and with musicians that included ...
Africa: 50 Years of Music - 50 Years of Independence
by Chris May
Various ArtistsAfrica: 50 Years of Music: 50 Years of IndependenceSterns2010 “In my country alone, there are 80 ethnic groups and 200 dialects," says the Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango in an interview in the booklet enclosed with this box set. “So it's hard to talk about Cameroonian music ...
Arthur Verocai: March 15, 2009
by Chris May
Arthur VerocaiMarch 15, 2009Mochilla2010 A commercial flop on original release, and forgotten but for a cult following prepared to pay top dollar for used copies, Brazilian songwriter Arthur Verocai's self-produced debut, Arthur Verocai (Continental Records, 1972), was rereleased on the Ubiquity label in 2003. By then, the disc ...
Mulatu Astatke: February 1, 2009
by Chris May
Mulatu AstatkeFebruary 1, 2009Mochilla2010 For the first 40 years of his professional life, composer and vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, remained practically unknown outside his own country. That changed in 2005, when his atmosphere-laden recordings were featured extensively on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch-directed movie ...
Michele Giuliani: Widespread Roots
by Achille Brunazzi
Pianist Michele Giuliani--born in Baritone--is one of the emerging talents of the Italian jazz scene. After years of constant experimentation--from progressive rock music to funk and jazz--the 34 year-old completed Roots (Zeitgeist, 2009), the sum total of all his musical experiences, named for the diversity of influences and cultures featured in Giuliani's music. Giuliani ...
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