Manu Katché -][- MANU – [ECM Records, 2012] –

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Composer, Drummer, ECM Records, Jim Watson, Manu Katche, Nils Pettter Molvaer, Tore Brunborg

Manu Katche, MANU

Manu Katché -][- MANU –Mp3– [ECM Records, 2012] –

Eponymously-titled album from Manu Katché. On his fourth ECM disc, Manus unique drumming sets the scene and direction, with compositions and arrangements radiating outward from its rhythm-patterns. His strongly propulsive yet relaxed groove is unlike any other drummers, and it lifts up the soloists. Personnel in the ever-changing Katché band currently includes Norwegians Nils Pettter Molvaer and Tore Brunborg, first heard together on ECM in the band Masqualero in the 1980s: they still play most attractively together.

British keyboardist Jim Watson also makes a strong showing with minimalistically-insistent as well as lyrical piano and thick, swirling organ. Recorded March 2012 in the South of France, and issued on the eve of a major European tour. -[Editorial Review | Amazon]-

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Flux Music [Jazz] Essentials … features music by [Harris, Evans, Adderley, Katché & Brown]

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Cannonball Adderley, Jazz, Manu Katche, Maurice Brown, Orrin Evans, Stefon Harris

Flux Music Essentials

Greeting’s jazz enthusiasts, I’m back with five more invigorating selections featuring Orrin Evans, Stefon Harris, Cannonball Adderley, Manu Katché, and Maurice Brown from the sea of infinite treasures in music to expand the provocative and youthful voices as we encounter them on this wonderful musical exodus of tantalizing yet satisfying blend of original jazz that’s shaken and stirred to perfection from the shelves of “Flux Music Essentials.”

Stefon Harris - The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note, 2003)

Stefon Harris -\\- The Grand Unification Theory – [Blue Note Records, 2003]

Stefon Harris pulls off a stunning record for Blue Note Records here with his musical epic “The Grand Unification Theory”, a theme-based album observing the cycle of life (both physical and metaphysical). This music is easily accessible on every track, and would have to be viewed as an interaction between freedom and structure. Every selection on this album will one day be viewed as a classic.

Personnel: Stefon Harris (vibraphone, marimba, percussion and voice), Xavier Davis (piano), Tarus Mateen (bass and vocals), Terreon Gully (drums), Kahlil Kwame Bell (African percussion, concert bass drum), Anne Drummond (flute and alto flute), Douglas Purviance (bass trombone), Steve Turre (trombone and shells), Derrick Gardner (trumpet and flugelhorn), Tim Warfield (tenor sax), Mark Vinci (clarinet) and Myles Weinstein (tympani). —Amazon.com

Manu Katche -|- Third Round

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Drums, European Jazz, Jazz, Manu Katche

Manu Katche - Third Round

Manu Katche -|- Third Round – [ECM Records, 2010]

Third ECM album by French-African drummer Manu Katché, following the best selling ‘Neighbourhood‘ and ‘Playground‘. ‘Third Round‘ features a completely revised ensemble line-up, but is faithful to a group concept that The Guardian described as “beautifully mutated grooves and jazzy themes”, with all participants elevated by the physical presence of Katché’s beats and drum patterns.

Once again, all music is written by Manu, and his insinuating melodies testify to parallel lives in pop and jazz. The album was recorded in the South of France with producer Manfred Eicher.