SIETE, meaning the number 7, is a remarkable CD, a blend of jazz, world music, interlaced with the influence of Gypsy motifs! It features the team of Willie Royal on violin…
FREE FALL will thrill jazz fans of the flamenco guitar, especially since it contains the finest work of Jesse Cook to date! There is a perfect blend of world music and jazz…
13 Aug
Worldbeat Brazil by Jack Jezzro & David Lyndon Huff
Sunday, 13 August 2000
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WORLDBEAT BRAZIL is one of the most romantic jazz albums to appear on the scene in years, with its emphasis on Brazilian and Latin jazz themes in a world music setting! If …
Listening to one of the most exciting fiddle groups around will be a delight for the jazz audience interested in this group that blends world music with folk and jazz theme…
C Lanzbom has a great talent, and that talent is well-expressed in his new acoustic guitar CD release titled MEDITATIONS. It is world music with a blending of contemporary …
Pachora is one of the various musical projects of this 'hood's own Chris Speed, whose work I've praised in pages past. Pachora are a quartet consisting of reedsperson Speed…
This album is the result of two years of planning by the husband and wife team of Rich and Mimi Manners. The term "vocalise" is not new to jazz and is a technique employed …
FEATHER ON THE WIND is an amazing collection of new age jazz and world music combined, extremely well-crafted musically, and smooth to listen to. For those jazz fans of the…
Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa has put together an outstanding new large-ensemble recording with his 12 selection CD titled PRIETOS. The word, Prietos, translates as,…
An emotional, beautiful and for the most part, festive set of music by this French-Arabic group of brothers. I had the distinct feeling of being in a village or an old s…
A few weeks ago, we reviewed the Hawaiian slack key guitar work of Led Kaapana. Kaapana and Gabby Pahinui (1921-1980) were the absolute masters of this unique and interesti…
03 Jul
Journey With The Sun by Paul Winter & The Earth Band
Monday, 03 July 2000
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Paul Winter needs no introduction to the jazz listeners who have been sampling his imaginative music for decades. A gifted saxophonist, he continuously surprises and deligh…
The main problem I have with some "world music" or "jazz/ethnic/world/etc. fusion" is that it's a bit facile & smug. The end product can leave one with the feeling, "Look a…
22 Jun
Secrets of Love by Donald Walters
Thursday, 22 June 2000
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SECRETS OF LOVE will enchant jazz listeners with its smooth jazz motifs blended into a world music setting. A first rate collection of melodies from composer Donald Walters…
03 Jun
Tangata by Manny Bobenrieth Ensemble
Saturday, 03 June 2000
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TANGATA is that rare treat, a complex blend of Latin music, jazz ballad, and world music, which takes the listener on a pleasant journey of unusual jazz motifs performed in…
02 Jun
Mosaic of Anatolia by Turquoise Turquoise
Friday, 02 June 2000
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If nothing else, Turquoise has an interesting line up. Bandleader, percussionist, and primary composer Atilla Engin is an acclaimed performer, leader, and songwriter who ha…
Pachora is one of the various musical projects of this 'hood's own Chris Speed, whose work I've praised in pages past. Pachora are a quartet consisting of reedsperson Speed…
28 Apr
East/West Highway by Shahin & Sepehr
Friday, 28 April 2000
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I was completely enchanted with the clarity and exotic rhythms found on the CD release, EAST/WEST HIGHWAY. Incredibly fine musicianship abounds in this lovely collection of…
What makes this collection of songs unique is that it marks the appearance of the recorder as a serious playing instrument for jazz innovations, and as such, should prove t…
You are all aware that I'm an old geezer living up in chilly Canada. Then why would my editor send me two CDs of Hawaiian Slack Key guitar music? I don't understand it eith…
19 Apr
Out of the Reeds by Pharaoh's Daughter
Wednesday, 19 April 2000
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The music of Pharaoh's Daughter is many things but it is not jazz, at least not as we usually think of it. Leader, singer, and acoustic guitarist Basya Schechter described …
29 Jan
Boom Bop by Jean-Paul Bourelly
Saturday, 29 January 2000
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The avant garde movement in jazz really ended for all intents and purposes sometime during the mid to late '70s. Sure, people like Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, Joe Maner…
26 Jan
The Isle of Dreaming by Kate Price
Wednesday, 26 January 2000
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THE ISLE OF DREAMING is a wonderfully blended collection of world music and jazz with the voice of Kate Price delivering to the jazz listeners some lovely and exotic jazz v…
26 Jan
Century Seasons: The Space Music of John Serrie by John Serrie
Wednesday, 26 January 2000
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CENTURY SEASONS is a beautifully conceived 2-CD set of music composed by John Serrie. It is a combination of world music blended with smooth jazz blended with new age jazz,…
24 Jan
Spain by Michel Camilo & Tomatito
Monday, 24 January 2000
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SPAIN is an exciting blend of world music with contemporary jazz, and it will find many listeners! Featuring pianist Michel Camilo and flamenco guitarist Tomatito, this is …
22 Jan
Manhuhgetunge by Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
Saturday, 22 January 2000
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Thomas Mapfumo is an innovator in the music of Zimbabwe - where most performers of that nation’s Afro-pop would exclusively do traditional or traditionally-based songs, Map…
NICKEL CREEK by the innovative new group Nickel Creek is an entertaining collection of original world music blended with jazz and folk and bluegrass, with a touch of blues …
A combination of musical motifs involving rock, fusion, jazz, blues, and world music, this CD will attract a varied audience who enjoy fine Spanish music. Gizelle D'Cole ha…
11 Aug
The Other Side-El Otro Lado by Katie Viqueria
Wednesday, 11 August 1999
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Katie Viqueira's The Other Side is an enjoyable collection of Argentine tangos and ballads handled with an eye to jazz. The group's approach could be described as a …
05 Aug
Coloring the Sky by Phil DeStefano & Kevin McLeod
Thursday, 05 August 1999
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DeStefano & McLeod's COLORING THE SKY is a nice listening entry in the world music genre with its folk and jazz motifs. There are 8 original songs on the CD collection. …
01 Aug
Chiquinha Gonzaga by Maria Teresa Madeira and Marcus Viana
Sunday, 01 August 1999
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Maria Teresa Madeira, leading Brazilian pianist, is at her finest performances in the CD collection, CHIQUINHA GONZAGA. Accompanied by the gifted violinst, Marcus Viana, th…
23 Jul
Celtic Christmas Spirit by Caroline Peyton
Friday, 23 July 1999
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This recording is a bit of a departure from our normal jazz fare. Although Caroline Peyton has considerable experience as a jazz vocalist, the content of this Christmas CD …
The four-member group Vasen has been called "Sweden's Primier Acoustic Quartet." I don't quite know who first said that, but whoever it was was on the money -- RE: the impl…
14 Jun
Mali To Memphis by Various Artists
Monday, 14 June 1999
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This isn’t gonna be a crash-course in African-American ethnomusicology - the liner notes to this disc do a fine job outlining the connection betwixt the folk music of Mali …
07 May
Sun, Moon & Stars by Alan Hacker and Tony Coe
Friday, 07 May 1999
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Sun, Moon & Stars is a difficult disc to get a feel for. It is clear from even a cursory listen that Alan Hacker and Tony Coe are talented musicians but the music just does…
Though not jazz in the traditional sense, the improvisational flow and sheer ingenuity of the soloing and phrasing on Galliano's disc is something to hear. The bandoneonist…
10 Apr
Skin On Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology (1958 - 1995) by Mongo Santamaria
Saturday, 10 April 1999
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This 2-CD collection of 34 selections by Grammy winning conga play, Mongo Santamaria, is a remarkable tribute to the performer who gave the jazz world such great music as "…
God, there's too much music in this hear world! You gotta have lotsa time, $$$ & patience to dig through it all, but discs like this one come along & you are Rewarded. Ratk…
Most music fans don't know of Robert Drasnin, but if they're also fans of old/classic television, they've heard his music: Drasnin scored the music for Mission: Impossible,…
SURPRISE will appeal to fans of contemporary jazz who like the influence of world music in their music. Lena Kane and her band, Zaam, give the listener a treasure chest of …
27 Jan
From Dublin To Dakar by Various Artists
Wednesday, 27 January 1999
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The theme here is cross-pollination and the pistil (ha ha) is Celtic music. Of course, that takes in a lot: traditional music from up in Ireland through parts of France and…
15 Jan
Live at El Rey by Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
Friday, 15 January 1999
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LIVE AT EL REY documents the last concert by Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited on a tour in 1995 that ended in Albuquerque, N.M. The concert was also the celebration of…
26 Jun
Luminous Realms by Michael Robinson
Friday, 26 June 1998
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Michael Robinson is a jazz-influenced composer who bases (at least in part) his compositions on the ancient Indian (long) musical form of raga, but the two pieces on this C…
If you enjoy World/Africa music, you will fine this enduring classic a wonderful treat. Yaya Diallo established himself with NANGAPE. There are 5 long and beautiful songs o…
SIORA is world music with deep jazz influences at its best, full of life, full of vigor, and full of sensitivity. This is a 9 song collection that captures the essence of c…