Afrodisian Orchestra | Mediterraciones

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Jazz, Latin Music

Afrodisian Orchestra | Mediterraciones – [BarCo, 2009]

Afrodisian - Mediterraciones

Few records in 2009 are going to have such an impact on the world of music as the Afrodisian Orchestra’s Mediterraciones. This is a quintessential record that is bursting not only with energy, but also with the ingenuity of melding Spanish song with modern American music. Raul Da Gama – www.Latinjazznet.com “Mediterraciones” is already a must-listen CD in order to understand the Big Band evolution in this country: free and bold, it catches you and gets you hooked. With no doubts, one of the great Big Band CD’s of the last years. Miguel A. Sutil – Enlace funk. **** Afrodisian Orchestra risks and surprises greatly for his innovator voice. Miguel Angel Sánchez Gárate.B-ritmos **** Afrodisian Orchestra mixes. Mixes constantly in unpredictable ways: Last harvest jazz, a touch of Latin music, a spoon of african rhythms, a bit of progressive rock but, mainly, a good flamenco background make the Afrodisian stew. Jorge Moreno.Madridceropretensiones.

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House honors Miles Davis’ – “Kind of Blue”

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African American, Jazz, Miles Davis, Trumpet

Miles Davis

WASHINGTON (AP) – Fifty years after jazz legend Miles Davis recorded “Kind of Blue,” the House voted Tuesday to honor the landmark album’s contribution to the genre.

Davis collaborated on the record with saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who sponsored the measure, said the group “made musical history and changed the artistic landscape of this country and in some ways the world.” The resolution recognizing the album’s 50th anniversary passed on a 409-0 vote.

Columbia Records released the album in August 1959. The original album – only 37 minutes – had a huge impact that extended beyond jazz to other types of music – from rock musicians such as the Allman Brothers and Carlos Santana to minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

Davis, one of the greatest trumpeters in jazz history, died of a stroke in 1991 at age 65. He was renowned for morphing his cool jazz into fusion and experimental sounds that later gave way to jazz funk and hip-hop grooves. Cobb is the only musician from the “Kind of Blue” album who is still alive.

The resolution is H.Res.894.

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