Chicago Underground Duo | Boca Negra

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African Music, Brailian Music, Chicago Underground Duo, Drums, Jazz

Chicago Underground Duo | Boca Negra – [Thrill Jockey, 2010]

Chicago Underground Duo - Boca Negra

The fifth album from the Chicago Underground Duo — Chad Taylor on drums, vibes, mbira and electronics and Rob Mazurek on coronet and electronics — a hypnotic aural experience from a pair of modern masters who seamlessly craft a world of influences into their own dynamic sound! It’s pretty amazing stuff, with the pair working with sounds from the avant jazz underground of the previous several decades,jazz and world folk music that reaches from Africa to Brazil, and the subtle manipulations of the electronic experimentalists.

Some movements build to a dexterous intensity, with Taylor sometimes playing different instruments simultaneously, but it’s not about the brazen display of skill and craft, the compositions and the improvisations feel natural and vital. Wonderful stuff, we’re very proud of the Chicago underground jazz scene that inspired both players and their title! Titles include “Spy On The Floor“, “Green Ants“, “Left Hand Of Darkness”, “Quantum Eye”, “Vergence”, “Conflicition”, “Roots And Shooting Stars”, “Hermeto” and more. 10 tracks on the CD.

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Hot Club Of Detroit Presents Seventh Annual Detroit Django Reinhardt Festival

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Hot Club of Detroit, Jazz

Features Special Guests Howard Alden and Anat Cohen

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Mack Avenue recording artist Hot Club of Detroit presents their seventh annual Detroit Django Reinhardt Festival, Friday, March 19th through Sunday March 21st. Featuring special guests, guitarist Howard Alden and clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, Hot Club of Detroit is proud to bring this festival in celebration of Reinhardt’s centennial to Detroit and Cleveland; two cities that Reinhardt himself performed in during his one and only American tour.

By honoring the spirit of Reinhardt’s music and combining it with modern jazz, Hot Club of Detroit has become an international sensation, along with the Reinhardt resurgence. “Django Reinhardt is the showerhead from which we all come down,” says guitarist and Hot Club of Detroit bandleader Evan Perri.

Quincy Jones | Gula Matari

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African American, Jazz, Quincy Jones

By now, you’ve probably figured out I love the body of work by the incomparable voice of composer, and arranger Quincy Jones! Remarkably, Jones imprint as musician and producer has impacted artists and music fans alike and continues to do so. If you don’t have it, do consider “Gula Matari” the 1970 classic will indeed make a great addition to your already extensive music collection. —Rob Young | The Urban Fllux

Quincy Jones | Gula Matari – [A&M/Universal (Japan), 1970]

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari

A real step forward for Quincy Jones — a record that really shows the jazzman moving into sophisticated new territory — a sound that’s just right for the CTI generation! The album’s got a vibe that’s a bit similar to Quincy’s Walking In Space album, but it’s a lot deeper too — touched with some of the African elements you might guess from the title — arranged in ways that are often quite spacious, so that the tunes really take some time to find just the right groove!

Backings are large, but show the leaner elements that Jones was bringing to his soundtrack work — and instrumentation includes vibes from Milt Jackson, marimba from Don Elliott, flute from Hubert Laws, soprano sax from Jerome Richardson, trumpet from Freddie Hubbard, trombone from Al Grey, and guitar from Eric Gale. Keyboards figure strongly — played by Herbie Hancock and Bob James — and special features include a bit of guitar and whistling from Toots Thielemans, plus some soulful vocals from Valerie Simpson. “Gula Matari” is an incredible 12 minute tribal groove — and other titles include a killer take on Nat Adderley’s “Hummin“, plus “Walkin” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water“.

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