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Sam Newsome: The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation

Read "The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Sam Newsome's The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation (subtitled “Art of the Soprano, Vol. 2") is--despite the chronology--the fourth solo outing by the alto/tenor-turned-soprano saxophonist. The self-produced Monk Abstractions (2007) and Blue Soliloquy (2009) were highly regarded entries that preceded The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1 (2012). The latter album saw Newsome ...

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The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Echoes From Mt. Kilamanjaro; The Straight Horn Of Africa; Explorations Of An African Horn, Part 1; The Obama Song: The Man From Kenya; Ethiopian Jews; Explorations Of An African Horn: Part 2; The Snake Charmer Of Tangier; Microtonal Nubian Horn: Part 1; Good Golly Miss Mali; African Conundrum; Sounds Of Somalia; When The Drum Speaks; Microtonal Nubian Horn: Part 2; Dark Continent Dialogues; African Nomads; Microtonal Nubian Horn: Part 3; Nightfal On The Owani Desert; The Day In The Life Of A Hunter Gatherer; Microtonal Nubian Horn: Part 4; Highlife.

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Sam Newsome: The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation

Read "The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Sam Newsome played tenor saxophone in trumpeter Terence Blanchard's group back in the early 90s, but he put away the tenor late a few years later and left his soprano saxophone out on the table. The plan was to explore the possibilities of “the straight horn." Then Gerry Teekan, producer and founder of Criss Cross Records, ...


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