Listen to Checkout Studio Session: Stefon Harris and Blackout

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African American, Concord Jazz, Jazz, Stefon Harris, Vibes, WBGO

Stefon Harris & Blackout

Checkout the interview and hip jazz sounds from the distinctive voices in modern jazz vibraphonist and marimba player Stefon Harris and his group Blackout plays three jams at America’s favorite jazz station WBGO Studios recorded July 17, 2009. Producer and host of the interview is – Josh Jackson.

Stefon Harris and Blackout’s blazin’ new record “Urbanus” is now available on Concord Records.

Source: WBGO/Checkout Studio Session

Fahir Atakoglu | Faces and Places

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Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Keyboards, Piano, World Fusion

Listen up, contemporary jazz and fusion jazz lovers I’ve just discovered and awesome keyboardist from Turkey named Fahir Atakoglu. You’re gonna want to feast your ears on this gem, I believe you’ll love it! Also check out, “Istanbul In Blue” from 2008. Don’t you dig music with an international flavor??

Fahir Atakoglu

Fahir Atakoglu | Faces and Places [Far&Here LLC, 2009]

As a follow up to his hard-hitting fusion offering, 2008’s Istanbul in Blue (a guitar-intensive project that featured the dazzling six-string work of Mike Stern and Wayne Krantz), the accomplished Turkish-born pianist-composer-arranger Fahir Atakoglu casts a wide stylistic net on Faces and Places, deftly incorporating musical elements from Spain, Brazil, the Middle East and New York City into the compelling mix. On board for this dynamic outing are such world-class players as trumpeter Randy Brecker, guitarists Wayne Krantz and Romero Lubambo, Yellowjackets saxophonist Bob Mintzer and the outstanding rhythm tandem of bassist John Patitucci (a longstanding member of the Wayne Shorter Quartet and a composer-band leader in his own right) and the great Cuban drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez. Together, with the addition of some challenging and highly interactive string arrangements, they make a potent statement on what stands as Fahir’s most impressive and ambitious outing to date.

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