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Tag: world jazz

Album reviews

Ricardo Peixoto’s Remarkably Expressive Brazilian guitar

Angel Romero August 5, 2019 No Comments Brazilian musicRicardo Peixotoworld jazz

Ricardo Peixoto – Scary Beautiful (Ricardo Peixoto, 2019) Brazilian guitarist and composer Ricardo Peixoto collaborates with American and Brazilian jazz and classical musicians Scary Beautiful.…

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The Idiosyncratic Vocals of Moken

Angel Romero August 2, 2019 No Comments AfropopCameroonian musicMokenworld jazz

Moken – Missing Chapters (Moodswing Records, 2019) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Moken delivers a genre-defying album where virtuosic jazz meets Afro-roots, American folk, lively Afropop and blues.…

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Superb Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band

TJ Nelson July 26, 2019 No Comments Chick CoreaFlamencoflamenco jazzworld fusionworld jazz

Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band – Antidote (Concord Jazz, 2019) Every once in a while you come across a recording that completely stuns…

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Saxophone and Ud Intersections

Angel Romero May 11, 2019 No Comments Atlas Maiorworld jazz

Atlas Maior – Riptide (Atlas Maior, 2019) American world jazz ensemble Atlas Maior presents a set of saxophone-dominated musical pieces inspired by Middle Eastern modes,…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Anouar Brahem

Angel Romero February 14, 2019 No Comments Anouar BrahemArabic musicJazzudworld jazz

Anouar Brahem was born in 1957 in Halfawine in the Medina of Tunis. Encouraged by his father, an engraver and printer, and music lover as…

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Dotschy Reinhardt’s Jazz and Sinti Heritage

Angel Romero February 7, 2019 No Comments Dotschy ReinhardtGypsy jazzworld jazz

Dotschy Reinhardt – Chaplin’s Secret (Galileo Music GMC079, 2018) Chaplin’s Secret is the new album by German jazz singer and book author Dotschy Reinhardt. As…

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Artist Profiles: Javier Paxariño

Angel Romero January 25, 2019 1 Comment Javier PaxariñoSpainworld fusionworld jazzworld music

Saxophonist, flutist and composer Javier Paxariño is considered one of the greatest representatives of world music in Spain. His music is characterized by mixing aspects…

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Artist Profiles: Alekos K. Vretos

Angel Romero June 21, 2018 1 Comment Alekos K. VretosGreeceGreek musicworld jazz

Alekos K. Vretos was born in Athens in 1976. In 1978 his family moved to Argos were he grew up. His father was in love…

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The Wild Brass of Downtown New York City

Angel Romero June 20, 2018 No Comments brass bandHungry March BandJazzworld jazz

Hungry March Band – Running Through with the Sadness (Imaginator Records, 2018) Hungry March Band has the format of a classic American marching band with…

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Extraordinarily Expressive Contemporary Maqams

Angel Romero October 4, 2017 No Comments Anouar BrahemArabic musicDave HollandDjango BatesJack DeJohnetteJazzworld jazz

Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams (ECM Records, 2017) Blue Maqams brings together Anouar Brahem, one of the great masters of the oud, and three of…

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