Podcasts about ethnic heritage ensemble

Episode #272 - April salads bring May flowersPlaylist: BADBADNOTGOOD, V.C.R - Found A Light (Beale Street)Gabb., featuring ahao - Grow UpSheldon Agwu, featuring Ylenia Tilli - Meditation Ribbon DanceFloFilz, featuring Leif Maine, Jackson Mathod - TransmutatorElaquent - If Not Now, When?howiewonder, Dani Desh - bennieHyldon & Adrian Younge - Um Lugar LegalAwon, featuring J Brom, Skippy Black - Hot ClubWTCHDCTR - nights without u (i cry so hard)Nujabes - KumomiJazz Liberatorz, featuring Declaime - Music makes the world go roundKamaal Williams - EOH (Live in Tokyo)Damu The Fudgemunk - Suppy for Demand Intro (Instrumental)Kahil El'Zabar, featuring Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Dwight Trible, David Ornette Cherry - Degi - DegiHerbie Hancock - Fat MamaBentley - Good PizzaFunky DL - Love Sunshine (Instrumental)Theo Croker, D'leau - we still wanna danceCinephonic - VapeursMarco Polo - Jour d'avrilOkonski - Wind Or VertigoTakuya Kuroda - Hung Up On My Baby

Marie Kruttli, Julia Hulsmann, Mia Knop Jacobsen, Keith Jarrett, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Tarbaby, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Jenny Scheinman, Calgareal, Kristian Alexandrov and Montuno WestPlaylist: Marie Kruttli Trio, featuring Lukas Traxel and Gautier Garrigue - Conversation With My Old SelfJulia Hulsmann - They Stumble, They WalkMia Knop Jacobsen - Under WaterKeith Jarrett, featuring Gary Peacock and Paul Motian - Everything I LoveKeith Jarrett, featuring Gary Peacock and Paul Motian - Someday My Prince Will ComeBranford Marsalis Quartet, featuring Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis & Justin Faulkner - Spiral DanceTarbaby, featuring Orrin Evans, Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits - Dee DeeKahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - OrnetteJenny Scheinman, featuring Bill Frisell and Carmen Staaf - Ornette Goes HomeCalgaréal - Il Lago AccantoKristian Alexandrov - MamasitaMontuno West - Luna NuevaMontuno West - Viento (Tormenta)

10e émission de la 58e session...Cette semaine, jazz spirituel et world jazz! En musique: Randy Weston sur l'album Tanjah  (Polydor, 1973); Kahil El' Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Open Me A Higher Consciousness Of Sound And Spirit  (Spiritmuse, 2024); Alice Coltrane sur l'album The Carnegie Hall Concert  (Impulse!, 2024, enr. 1971); Amaro Freitas sur l'album Y'Y  (Psychic Hotline, 2024); Reggie Quinerly sur l'album The Thousandth Scholar  (Redefinition Music, 2024)...

1. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music (feat. Venna) / Afro-Cubanism - Live from Malibu (Brownswood) 2. Toco - Guajiru - Outro Lugar (Schema) 3. Lucas Arruda - The Mountain - Ominira (Favorite) 4. Alina Bzhezhinska, Tony Kofi - Breathe - Anima (BBE) 5. QOW Trio - Along Came John - The Hold Up (Ubuntu) 6. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & Kahil El'Zabar - Compared To What - Open me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) 7. Francesca Ajmar Quintet - Luz do Mar - Luz do Mar (artist release) 8. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble - Out of Steam - Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) 9. Alliance - Maiden Voyage - Alliance (Shifting Paradigm) 10. Amy Gadiaga - Paloma Negra - All Black Everything (jazzre:freshed) 11. Reggie Quinerly - She That Steps in Bull's Blood - The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition) 12. Nat Birchall - New World - New World (Ancient Archive of Sound) 13. James Brandon Lewis Quartet (Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor) - Swerve - Transfiguration (Intakt) 14. Florian Arbenz, Yumi Ito, Percy Pursglove, Ivo Neame, Szymon Mika, Jim Hart - Charles' River - Conversation #11 & #12: ON! (Hammer) 15. New Jazz Underground (feat. Axel Tosca, Gina D'Soto) - Fulani in Love - Harlem to Havana: Afro-Cuban Modernism Vol.1 (artist release) 16. Diego Rivera - Q-Vo - With Just a Word (Posi-tone) 17. Sylvie Rose Quintet - Sunshine Still Off - Sunshine Still Off (artist release) 18. Mark Barclay Lipson - Nigerian Love Call - Launch Control (artist release)

In onda Gigi Longo. Musiche: Mike Reed, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, NDiPA X Flex Machina, Marla Hansen, Hochzeitskapelle + Tenniscoats, Lumpeks, Max Eastley and David Toop, Markus Stockhausen Luca Formentini, Matthew Halsall, This Celestial Engine.

Here's an episode mostly dedicated to the proposition that piano jazz has a very beautiful future, if we have to judge by what emerging pianists like Micah Thomas, Nitai Hershkovits [pictured], Dexter Goldberg, Joona Toivanen or Fergus McCreadie are putting on record. Before and after this piano segment, thrilling new albums. The playlist also features Koma Saxo; Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; Geri Allen, Kurt Rosenwinkel; Mire III; and Simon Wilsson. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18247879/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Viridiana"). Happy listening!

Sound Travels 36 Playlist 1. Okonski - Biblio - Trio Session Demos (Colemine) 2. Samurai Magazine - Meiyo - Honra, Glória - Bushido: O caminho do guerreiro (Portajazz/Carimbo) 3. Esad Halilovic (Dusha Connection) - Gnossienne 4: Outside - Outside: A Jazz Tribute To Erik Satie (self-released) 4. Julian Davis Reid - Candid (Counsel from Companions), September 2021 - Candid EP (self-released) 5. Takumi Moriya Black Nation - Night Dream - single (Jazz Room) 6. Dario Piccioni - The Wizard's Castle - Hortus Del Rio (Filibusta Jazz) 7. Diego Gaeta - Fearlessly feat. Jimetta Rose - Fearlessly Accessing The Divine Spirit Of Freedom From Here On Out (Preference) 8. Orchestre de Jazz de Bretagne - Red Clay (live) - Ready For (More) Freddie: Live (self-released) 9. Dan Quigley - St. Ann Hustle - Morgan (self-released) 10. Irina Pavlovic - Arriba, Arriba - The Soulful Heritage (A.MA) 11. Amaro Freitas - Encantados - Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) 12. Jasper Høiby - Earthness - Three Elements: Earthness (Edition) 13. Yuhan Su - Hi-Tech Pros and Cons - Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside) 14. Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y - London Towne - A New Beat (Cellar Music) 15. Marcel Bonfim - Casa Forte/Zanzibar - Farewell/Despedida (Shifting Paradigm) 16. Kuba Cichocki - Quirks - Flowing Circles (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) 17. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & Kahil El'Zabar - Compared to What - Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)

Africana to Americana and beyond in the final installment of our retrospective of some of the most memorable tunes we got to hear during the first half of the year. The playlist features Bill Laurance, Michael League; Artemis; Ben van Gelder; Ballaké Sissoko [pictured], Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien; Gangbé Brass Band, Kala Jula, Fama Diabaté; Magic Malik; Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; and Stephen Ulrich. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/17612249/Mondo-Jazz (from "Round House" onward).  Happy listening!

In a typically varied set, Def Jim splices gnarly nuggets from old stalwarts of the avant-garde with new releases from the likes of Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Julian Lage, virtuosic guitar in both electric blues and finger-picked trio/duo settings and sundry sparkling album tracks bursting out of relative obscurity before closing out with some classic John Coltrane.

This week we focus on three fascinating releases which celebrate the genius and legacy of Don Cherry, after starting with a tribute to Led Zeppelin, Emma Rawicz's new project, one of the best piano trios I've heard in a long time, lead by a drummer, and new music by Michael Formanek. The playlist features Francesco Bearzatti; Emma Rawicz; Vinnie Sperrazza, Ethan Iverson, Michael Formanek; Peter Broetzmann, Majid Bekkas, Hamid Drake [pictured]; Kahil El'Zabar, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Dwight Trible, David Ornette Cherry; Jamie Breiwick; and Ken Vandermark. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/17298446/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Guinea"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Luciano Rossetti.

Fareed Haque is a modern guitar virtuoso. Steeped in classical and jazz traditions, his unique command of the guitar and different musical styles inspire his musical ventures with tradition and fearless innovation.Since 2011, Haque has returned to his first loves, jazz guitar and classical guitar. He has been busy performing and recording with his trio featuring legendary B3 virtuoso Tony Monaco, his own trio and jazz quartet, as well as his larger world music group the Flat Earth Ensemble.Recent releases include the critically acclaimed Out of Nowhere featuring drummer Billy Hart and bassist George Mraz, The Flat Earth Ensemble's latest release Trance Hypothesis, and The Tony Monaco/Fareed Haque release Furry Slippers that reached the top 10 in Jazz Radio Airplay.IN addition, Fareed has performed at the Chicago, Detroit, and Java Jazz festivals and was featured as part of the Made in Chicago Series performing with his numerous groups at Millenium Park's Pritzker Pavillion in Chicago. He also performed and arranged numerous classical programs as 2013 artist-in-residence for The Chicago Latin Music Festival, was featured on WBEZ, as well as WFMT's Fiesta! radio programs, and has recorded his arrangement of Piazzolla's 5 Tango Sensations, El Alevin by Eduardo Angulo Leo Brouwer's Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet with the critically acclaimed Kaia String Quartet. Haque continues to tour and record extensively along with documenting his unique teaching methods in a series of best selling interactive video courses through TrueFire.IN 2016, Haque was invited to perform at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival Tribute to Wes Montgomery along with Peter Bernstein, Bobby Broom, Henry Johnson, Will Mathews, Russell Malone, Pat Martino, and Dave Stryker. He was also a visiting scholar at Western Michigan University. Recent projects include artistic directorship of numerous jazz festivals, performances with Tony Monaco, Paquito D'Rivera, Vijay Iyer, pundit Vikku Vinacrayam, long-anticipated reunion concerts with Garaj Mahal, concerts in India, a return to Java Jazz, and concerts and teaching in China. In 2017, Mr. Haque released The Bridge with virtuoso Chilean bassist Christian Galvez and renowned Indian percussionist Selva Ganesh. Haque has also rekindled his duo with Goran Ivanovic. Performances include Canadian Guitar Festival, Winters Jazz Fest NYC, Lotus Music Fest, and many others. Upcoming tours in China and Europe are slated for 2018. Haque has joined drum legend Billy Cobham as a member of his Crosswinds Ensemble featuring Haque on guitars, Randy Brecker on Trumpet, and Paul Hansen on sax and bassoon. Extensive touring and recording are slated for 2019. Haque's most recent release NEW LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND STRING QUARTET was picked by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as one of the top releases of 2018. In addition, the release was chosen as Downbeat Magazine Editor's Pick in 2018. 2019 portends to be a busy year, as Haque has retired from 30 years at Northern Illinois University to accommodate extended tours with Cobham, Goran Ivanovic, and his own groups. Highlights to include The Montreux Jazz Festival with Cobham, and appearances with his own groups at The Bluenote Beijing, Louisville, and Minneapolis Guitar Festivals among others. New recordings with his own group and with Goran Ivanovic are scheduled for 2019, under the legendary Delmark Label.Born in 1963 to a Pakistani father and Chilean mother, Fareed's extensive travels and especially long stays in Spain, France, Iran, Pakistan, and Chile exposed Haque to different kinds of music from a very early age. While this natural eclecticism has become a hallmark of Haque's music, it was repeated visits to Von Freeman's Chicago jam sessions that gave Haque a grounding in the Chicago blues and jazz traditions. The 1981 recipient of North Texas State University's Jazz Guitar Scholarship, Haque spent a year studying with renowned jazz guitarist and pedagogue Jack Peterson. Fareed's growing interest in the classical guitar led him to transfer to Northwestern University, where he completed his studies in classical guitar under David Buch, John Holmquist, and Anne Waller.Soon after his transfer to NU, Haque came to the attention of multi-instrumentalist Howard Levy and joined his latin-fusion group Chevere. Thru Levy, Haque was introduced to Paquito D'Rivera and began a long and fruitful relationship with the Cuban NEA Jazz Master. Numerous world tours and recordings including Manhattan Burn, Celebration, Havana Cafe, Tico Tico, Live at the MCG were to follow. Especially notable is the classic and award winning Reunion featuring Haque along with Arturo Sandoval, Danilo Perez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Mark Walker, and David Fink.Thru D'Rivera, Haque was brought to the attention of Sting, who had just begun his record label Pangaea. Sting invited Haque to join the label and he released 2 critically acclaimed recordings, Voices Rising and Manresa. Haque toured briefly with Sting, including notable appearances at The Montreux Jazz Festival, as well as NBC's Michelob Presents Sunday Night with David Sanborn, but his own career demands led Haque in other directions.Haque has been featured on WTTW's ArtBeat and Chicago Tonight, Ben Sidran's New Visions, Michelob Presents Sunday Night with David Sanborn on NBC, his own Lonesome Pines special for PBS, and on BET cable jazz channel. Fareed has twice been selected as Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in Downbeat Magazine. In 1989, Haque also joined the faculty at Northern Illinois University as professor of jazz and classical guitar. He continues to teach at NIU to this day.After a short stint at Warner Bros. recording Majestad (unreleased and featuring John Patitucci, Michael Landau, Russel Ferrante, Grazinha, Lenny Castro, and Carlos Vega!), Bruce Lundvall signed Haque to the legendary Bluenote Records. While at Bluenote, Haque recorded three albums as a leader: Sacred Addiction, Opaque, and Déjà vu. Haque toured and recorded extensively with other artists, including tours and 3 CDs with Javon Jackson: A Look within, For One Who Knows, and Good People. In addition, sideman credits include tours and recordings with Joe Henderson, Herbie Mann, Bob James, Richie Cole, Joey Calderazzo, Kahil El Zabar and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and numerous Bluenote recordings for producer/arranger Bob Belden alongside Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Paul Motian, and many others. Numerous classical recitals, as well as appearances with the Vermeer Quartet and many symphonies across the US and abroad, added to an incredible diversity of performances during this period.Thru Belden, Haque was invited to join forces with Joe Zawinul as part of his Zawinul Syndicate. The group proved to be one of Joe's best and most eclectic. Included were percussionist and vocalist Arto Tuncboyacian, drummer Paco Sery, bassist Mathew Garrison, along with Haque on Guitar and Electric Guitar. A year of extensive touring brought Haque closer to his Jazz/Rock roots.In 2001, Haque's interest in jam bands and the jam scene led him to co-found the jam super-group Garaj Mahal featuring Kai Eckhardt, Eric Levy, and Alan Hertz. This began 10 years of extensive touring across the US, performing in excess of 200 shows per year. Haque also joined George Brooks' group Summit, featuring Zakir Hussain and Steve Smith. Haque was voted ‘Most Valuable Player' at the 2002 High Sierra Music Festival. Haque and Garaj Mahal released 3 Live CDs as well as 5 studio CDs: Mondo Garaj, Blueberry Cave, w00t, More Mr. Nice Guy, and Discovery, which featured Haque's debut of the Moog Guitar.In 2004, Fareed premiered his Lahara Double Concerto for Sitar/Guitar and Tabla with The Chicago Sinfonietta at Symphony Center in Chicago, under the baton of maestro Paul Freeman, featuring tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain, to whom the work is dedicated.In 2006, Fareed was commissioned to compose a classical guitar concerto for the Fulcrum Point Ensemble. His Gamelan Concertowas premiered in May of '06 at The Harris theatre in Millenium Park.In 2007, Garaj Mahal won an Independent Music Award.In 2009 Haque was voted ‘Best World Guitarist' by Guitar Player Magazine's Readers' poll. His acclaimed 2009 release Flat Planetwas twice #1 on the World Jazz Radio charts.After 10 years of over 2000 dates with Garaj Mahal, Haque's interest in electronic music and the Moog Guitar spurred him to leave Garaj Mahal and form Fareed Haque's MathGames, featuring bassist Alex Austin and drummer Greg Fundis.Notable events during this time include Haque performing and assistant directing the first Jazz Festival en la Patagonia in Frutillar, Chile under his mentor and friend Paquito D'Rivera, and appearances with his own groups at Java Jazz, The Chicago Jazz Festival, The Twents Guitar Festival, The Indy Jazz Fest, Coleman Hawkins Jazz Fest, Jazz in June, The Lafayette and South Bend Jazz Festivals, Sophia Jazz Fest, Bulgaria and many others around the world. Haque also performed at both the Aranjuez and Villa-Lobos guitar concertos (in one concert!) with The Chicago Philharmonic, under the baton of Lucia Matos at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; Jemeel Moondoc; Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet; Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee; John Coltrane; Pepe de Algeciras; Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey; Lole y Manuel; Noura & Kamel Hamadi; Zap Mama; Joselito Acedo;  Dudu Pukwana; Les  frères Déjean; much more... Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast: via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.   In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Conference of the Birds playlists will be updated live, in real-time, on the pop-up player on the WRFI website (for those listening live via WRFI's live-stream), and on Spinitron at the Conference of the Birds page. This will offset any lapses in back-announcing https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/12330568/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/12330568/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/ We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's posting  online. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com

Also this week we're giving a nod of respect to the passing of José Padilla (DJ) - Padilla was behind the celebrated Café del Mar musical compilation series. He had a wide range of musical tastes, including pastoral groups such as the Penguin Café Orchestra, maverick singer songwriters like John Martyn, flamenco, bossa nova and dub – This week Essential voice is Manu Dibango - the founding father of modern Congolese music, whose band, African Jazz, spearheaded a musical revolution in Africa. The Budos Band - Snake Hawk SunPalace, Rude Movements - Moodymann Remix Made Kuti - Free Your Mind Roy Ayres - The Third Eye Bobbi Humphrey - Please Set Me At Ease Tim Maia - No camino do bem DJ Jigüe, Alva - Dengele (Makuta Club) Alfa Mist - Keep On - 4K Mahogany Session Maze, Frankie Beverly - Twilight (feat. Frankie Beverly) East Coast Love Affair – Don't Be Afraid Takuya Kuroda - Rising Son Essential Voice Manu Dibango, Cuarteto Patria - Quizas, Quizas, Quizas Manu Dibango - Dakar Streets Manu Dibango - New Bell Babatunde Lea - The Creator Has A Master Plan Toshio Matsuura Group – Andalusia, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Kahil El'Zabar, Ernest Dawkins, Joseph Bowie - All Blues Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercey Barrio Jazz Gang - Linda Cançao LCSM (Likwid Continual Space Motion) - More Brilliant Centre STR4TA - Aspects Vels Trio - The Wad

This week: Johnathan Blake w. Chris Potter & Linda Oh; ; Soledad Bravo; Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; The Dopolarians; Irreversible Entanglements; Roberto Roena; Ballaké Sissoko; Adja Soumano; Suzanna Owiyo; Grupo Manguaré w. Omara Portuondo; Ogoyo Nengo & the Dodo Women's Group; Bako Dagnon; Bembeya Jazz National; Sexteto Habanero; James Joyce reads from Finnegan's Wake; Henri Bowane;  much more...  Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe. PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Playlist via Spinitron:  https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/10300731/Conference-of-the-Birds Archived PLAYLISTS: via WRFI: https://www.wrfi.org/localprograms/conferenceofthebirds/ via blogspot: http:confbirds.blogspot.com Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks Contact: confbirds@gmail.com

The second Best of 2019 show with tunes that have been sounding good this year and will no doubt be sounding good in the future too. Quality all the way. With Anderson Paak, Quantic, Little Simz. Jazz from Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & Blue Lab Beats. Deep dancefloor tracks from Saronde remixed by Jimpster and Somethin Sanctified. Soul from Lynda Dawn, Pieces Of A Man and Laville. Drum & Bass from Dogger feat Liam Bailey and Brookes Brothers. Broken Beat from Sivey and WheelUp. Plus plenty more musical treats.

3e émission de la 43e session... Cette semaine, afrojazz, world jazz et jazz moderne! En musique: Phil Stroud ; Kuzich ; Horatio Luna sur l'album compilation Sunny Side Up  (Brownswood, 2019); The Souljazz Orchestra sur l'album Chaos Theories  (Do Right Music, 2019); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Be Known/Ancient/Future/Music (Spiritmuse, 2019); John Medeski's Mad Skillet sur l'album Mad Skillet  (Indirecto, 2018); Ben Goldberg sur l'album Good Day For Cloud Fishing  (Pyroclastic, 2019); Trigger sur l'album Pull (Shhpuma, 2019)... En compte-rendu John Medeski's Mad Skillet @ Palais Montcalm, 18 septembre 2019...

3e émission de la 43e session... Cette semaine, afrojazz, world jazz et jazz moderne! En musique: Phil Stroud ; Kuzich ; Horatio Luna sur l'album compilation Sunny Side Up  (Brownswood, 2019); The Souljazz Orchestra sur l'album Chaos Theories  (Do Right Music, 2019); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Be Known/Ancient/Future/Music (Spiritmuse, 2019); John Medeski's Mad Skillet sur l'album Mad Skillet  (Indirecto, 2018); Ben Goldberg sur l'album Good Day For Cloud Fishing  (Pyroclastic, 2019); Trigger sur l'album Pull (Shhpuma, 2019)... En compte-rendu John Medeski's Mad Skillet @ Palais Montcalm, 18 septembre 2019...

The show starts with a first play of new music from Rhi’s forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts…enjoy! Plus a tribute to Phillippe Zdar (RIP) with tunes he was involved with from La Funk Mob, Cassius, MC Solaar and Menelik. A great tune from Roisin Murphy produced by Parrot. A Jazzy Hip Hop track from Louis VI. Jazz Beats from Kamal Williams and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Kathleen Dowdey, dir. "John Lewis: Get in the Way." http://www.pbs.org/show/john-lewis-get-in-the-way/ 2. Margaret Avery, "Shug," in Color Purple--2/14/2014. Music: Zion Trinity's "Opening Prayer for Esu Legba," Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's "Black is Back," Marcus Shelby's "I Am a Man from Soul of the Movement."      

Edward P. Jones is a New York Times bestselling author and has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World. His first novel The Known World is about the ownership of slaves by a black master in the antebellum South. Reviewers lauded Jones for the novel's epic grandeur, vernacular, and lyrical prose, fully realized characters, and lively dialogue. Comparing Jones favorably with William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. After winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Jones told Publisher's Weekly : "I want to write about the things which helped us to survive: the love, grace, intelligence, and strength for us as a people." Jones also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short-listed for the National Book Award. The stories recapture the life Jones knew growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, especially the rich vernacular of his mother and her associates. "I remember black people's poetic language," His second story collection, All Aunt Hagar's Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.                                                      2. From the Archives: Rhodessa Jones talks about her work: "SHE:The Rhodessa Jones Story," which opened at Brava in SF, March 28-April 7, 2013. Music: Sweet Honey in the Rock; Teri Simmons; Thao & the Get Down Stay Down; Ethnic Heritage Ensemble           

5e de la 26e session... Cette semaine des nouveautés de choix avec le retour de Marie-Eve Boulanger et ses découvertes québécoises...Aussi, jazz d'Europe à la ECM et free-jazz d'ici et retour sur le concert du Ethnic Heritage Ensemble du 1er février 2014 @ Casa del Popolo... En musique: Orrin Evans sur l'album "...It was Beauty" (Criss Cross, 2013); Bellflower sur l'album The Lotus Factor (Indépendant, 2013); Louis & The Royal Pickles sur l'album Premier EP (Indépendant, 2013); Tord Gustavsen Quartet sur l'album Extended Circle (ECM, 2014); Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet sur l'album Circuitous (Driff, 2013); Danielle Palardy Roger sur l'album Le Caillou (Ambiances Magnétiques, 2013); Jean Derome, Malcolm Golstein & Rainer Wiens sur l'album 6 Improvisations (Ambiances Magnétiques, 2013)...

5e de la 26e session... Cette semaine des nouveautés de choix avec le retour de Marie-Eve Boulanger et ses découvertes québécoises...Aussi, jazz d'Europe à la ECM et free-jazz d'ici et retour sur le concert du Ethnic Heritage Ensemble du 1er février 2014 @ Casa del Popolo... En musique: Orrin Evans sur l'album "...It was Beauty" (Criss Cross, 2013); Bellflower sur l'album The Lotus Factor (Indépendant, 2013); Louis & The Royal Pickles sur l'album Premier EP (Indépendant, 2013); Tord Gustavsen Quartet sur l'album Extended Circle (ECM, 2014); Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet sur l'album Circuitous (Driff, 2013); Danielle Palardy Roger sur l'album Le Caillou (Ambiances Magnétiques, 2013); Jean Derome, Malcolm Golstein & Rainer Wiens sur l'album 6 Improvisations (Ambiances Magnétiques, 2013)...

4e émission de la 26e session... Cette semaine on fait dans l'ethno-jazz avec un metissage musical de choix. Au menu, une nouveauté de chez Pi Recordings et de la vieille musique... En musique: Willie Bobo sur l'album Bobo's Beat (Roulette, 1964); Amir ElSaffar sur l'album Alchemy (Pi Recordings, 2013); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Mama's House Live (Katalyst, 2009); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Impressions (Red Record, 1982); Don Cherry sur l'album Live in Stockholm (Caprice, 2013, enr. 1968)...

4e émission de la 26e session... Cette semaine on fait dans l'ethno-jazz avec un metissage musical de choix. Au menu, une nouveauté de chez Pi Recordings et de la vieille musique... En musique: Willie Bobo sur l'album Bobo's Beat (Roulette, 1964); Amir ElSaffar sur l'album Alchemy (Pi Recordings, 2013); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Mama's House Live (Katalyst, 2009); Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sur l'album Impressions (Red Record, 1982); Don Cherry sur l'album Live in Stockholm (Caprice, 2013, enr. 1968)...

Kahil El'Zabar est un de ces musiciens touche a tout qui vous envoute dès qu'il se met à jouer, chanter, ou meme danser, tellement il vit la musique qui est en lui. Kahil El'Zabar est à la fois batteur, percussioniste, chanteur, compositeur, arrangeur, chef d'orchestre... Il a joué avec, entre autres, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Elton John... et fondé le Ethnic Heritage Ensemble.

Kahil El'Zabar est un de ces musiciens touche a tout qui vous envoute dès qu'il se met à jouer, chanter, ou meme danser, tellement il vit la musique qui est en lui. Kahil El'Zabar est à la fois batteur, percussioniste, chanteur, compositeur, arrangeur, chef d'orchestre... Il a joué avec, entre autres, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Elton John... et fondé le Ethnic Heritage Ensemble.

Meitz, Roy Ayers, Naked Music, Dillinja, P'taah, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Funk Como Le Gusta, Tim Maia, Tortured Soul, Moses Mayes, Kaskade, BRS, Georg Levin and more....

Meitz, Roy Ayers, Naked Music, Dillinja, P'taah, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Funk Como Le Gusta, Tim Maia, Tortured Soul, Moses Mayes, Kaskade, BRS, Georg Levin and more....