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Rufus Cappadocia
Rufus Cappadocia is a Canadian-American cellist best known for his cross-cultural recordings and performances. He has released albums in collaboration with guitarist David Fiuczynski, singer Bethany Yarrow, Stellamara with Sonja Drakulich, multi-instrumentalist Ross Daly and The Paradox Trio with Matt Dariau.
Cappadocia was born[when?] and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. He began playing cello at the age of 3. Cappadocia went on to study classically at McGill University in Montreal, where he spent much of his spare time studying sounds and music from lesser-known musical traditions in the university's ethno-musicology department. He left school, and traveled to the south of France and to Spain, where he played as a street musician. In his travels, be continued to pick up new sounds and ethnic styles, which he blended into his own.
Tranpe
Label: Rufus Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jan Kalbas; Ti Zo Papa Legba; Lan Gran Chimen; Rasin Kore; Pezez Cafe; Sentt An O; Twa Fey, Twa Rasin; O Batala / O Li Ba; Aganman Monte Bwa; Mèsi Bondye.
Sheila Anozier, Rufus Cappadocia: Tranpe
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo una laurea in giornalismo e un decennio da professionista al New York Times, Sheila Anozier ha deciso di voltare pagina e dedicarsi totalmente alla danza, diventando anche coreografa e regista per vari progetti. Nata ad Haiti, dov'è restata fino all'età di sette anni, Sheila Anozier è fortemente legata alla sua cultura d'origine e ...
I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024
by Ludovico Granvassu
Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...
Rufus Cappadocia, Sheila Anozier, Hermeto Pascoal, Søren Skov & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Mondo Jazz #300! To celebrate this milestone, a playlist featuring the global sounds which Mondo Jazz listeners have come to expect. Here's to 300 more episodes!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Tranpe “Lan Gran Chimen" Twa Fey, Twa Rasin (Self-produced) 0:16 Host talks 3:39 ...
Andre Kunz, Dominique Di Piazza, Nicholas D'Amato and Akira Jimbo
by Len Davis
Music from the '90s and 2000s with Andre Kunz from Rejected, David Fiuczynski and Rufus Cappadocia from KIF, Dominique Di Piazza fromPrinces Sita. Also, On Impulse featuring French guitarist Marc Guillermont, Nicholas D'Amato with Wayne Krantz, Peter Erskine-Nguyen Le-Michel Benita from their album E_L_B. From Japan Side Steps and Akira Jimbo, and we finish with a ...
Paradox Trio - The Balkan Side of Downtown NYC
by Ludovico Granvassu
At some point in the '90s Balkan-tinged jazz was all the rage in the downtown scene that gravitated around the Knitting Factory and the Bell Café. Whereas many of the bands that were at the forefront of that movement are gone, a quarter century later, the Paradox Trio and its unique blend of jazz and creative ...
Pyeng Threadgill and Brandon Terzic team for The Blues Sessions residency at Barbes
If the American Blues tradition has been overly saturated by endless retellings of the same songs by the same artists, it is not so much a declaration of a lull in creativity and innovation as much as it is a sign of how powerful the roots are. It is the well spring from which all current ...
David Fiuczynski: Salt, Sweat, Love, Tears
by George Colligan
[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] David Fiuczynski is a very unique guitarist. Many of you know him from his successful band called Screaming Headless Torsos. He's played with Hasidic New Wave, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and pianist Hiromi. I first met David at a rehearsal with drummer ...
