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Bienvenue dans la 3ème émission de cette saison 2023, on vous re-transporte encore une fois dans la chaleur d'une nuit d'été autour d'une bande de musiciens particulièrement habités, invoquant les fantômes de Marvin Gaye et de Fela Kuti... Anthony Joseph est le poète que vous allez entendre non pas chanter mais déclamer, dans un anglais un peu créolisé mais néanmoins très élégant, sur fond de funk frénétique et presque voodoo qu'il fait groover sur l'indispensable steel-drum des Caraïbes, manié par le batteur Rod Youngs (batterie). Son sextet sur mesure, vigoureux, inventif et respectueux de son héritage, comporte aussi Andrew John (basse), le frenchie Thibaut Remy (guitare), et les impressionnants Jason Yarde (saxophone alto) et Colin Webster (saxophone ténor) aux solos délirants comme vous l'entendrez vers la 30ème minute. Bref ouvrez les oreilles et attablez-vous au comptoir de radio-active pour écouter, d'abord, une courte interview d'Anthony dans laquelle il évoque son histoire d'immigration à Londres, et sa construction personnelle autour de la littérature et des auteurs qui ont suivi le même chemin que lui, pour s'orienter dans cette nouvelle babylone... Puis nous entendrons Mikhaele Elfassy narrer une traduction d'une des chansons les plus emblématiques d'Anthony, "Calling England Home"; et enfin pour se réchauffer de cette fin d'hiver et de sa morosité ambiante, c'est cadeau, votre émission podcast "sous la plage spécial Jazz à Porquerolles va vous offrir aujourd'hui une bonne demi-heure d'un enregistrement de concert - il vous sera absolument impossible de ne pas danser, on préfère vous prévenir si jamais vous êtes au volant.. bienvenue de nouveau à Jazz à Porquerolles, et bienvenue aujourd'hui dans un jazz funky et endiablé qui jamais ne laisse sa conscience politique apprivoiser. Bonne écoute et RDV le mois prochain pour de nouvelles surprises en podcast et sur Radioactive 100FM. Tracklisting: Portico Quartet "Youth" Anthony Joseph "Calling England Home" Anthony Joseph Sextet Live @ Jazz à Porquerolles 2022
In this episode we talk about Elaine Mitchener's many projects, improvisation, music education, Jeanne Lee and much more. Elaine Mitchener is an experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer, whose work encompasses improvisation, contemporary music theatre and performance art. Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Elaine studied voice at Trinity College of Music, London and currently studies with Jacqueline Bremar. She has performed at numerous UK and European festivals, venues and galleries including Aldeburgh Music, London Contemporary Music Festival (LCMF), 56th Venice Biennale, Wysing Arts, Café Oto (London), Bluecoat (Liverpool), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), Purcell Room (Southbank Centre, London), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, ULTIMA Festival (Oslo), OCCUPY (St John’s Smith Square), SPILL Festival (Ipswich), La Monnaie (Brussels), Block Universe (London), White Cube (London), Whitechapel Gallery (London), Weserburg MOMA (Bremen), Wellcome Collection (London), and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London). She has worked and performed in a wide variety of contexts with an array of leading musicians, composers, directors and visual artists including Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa), Mark Padmore, The Otolith Group, Deborah Warner, Christian Marclay, Apartment House, Steve Beresford, Pat Thomas, Irvine Arditti, Sonia Boyce, London Sinfonietta, John Butcher,Tansy Davies, George. E. Lewis, Attila Csihar, Rolf Hind, Dam Van Huynh, Lore Lixenberg, George Lewis, Alexander Hawkins, Sam Belinfante, Phil Minton, Evan Parker, Alasdair Roberts, Lucy Bailey, David Toop, Netia Jones, Matt Wright, and Jason Yarde. Elaine is co-founder of the experimental jazz quartet the Hawkins/Mitchener Quartet and a regular vocalist with the ensemble Apartment House. She created the role of Hannah/Voice singing with tenor Mark Padmore, in the opera CAVE, by composer Tansy Davies with libretto by Nick Drake, co-commissioned by the London Sinfonietta / Royal Opera House and directed by Lucy Bailey which premiered in June 2018. Her production company Elaine Mitchener Projects has researched, developed, produced and toured or staged a number of projects including Industrialising Intimacy (with choreographer Dam Van Huynh, David Toop, George Lewis); The Nude Voice (with Dam Van Huynh) commissioned for the Wellcome Collection London’s THIS IS A VOICE exhibition; ‘I back… I neck… I face… I chest’ commissioned by Sonia Boyce for her installation We Move In Her Way at London’s ICA; Of Leonardo da Vinci (with Dam Van Huynh, David Toop, Barry Lewis) for Oslo’s ULTIMA Festival; the three hour durational performance [NAMES] premiered at Ipswich’s SPILL Festival; a presentation of John Cage’s SongBooks for London’s Poetry In The City Festival; Vocal Classics of the Black Avantgarde for LCMF; and SWEET TOOTH in partnership with Bluecoat Liverpool, Stuart Hall Foundation and the International Slavery Museum. Premiered in Nov 2017, SWEET TOOTH has been described as ‘a vital black British addition to those seminal creative statements of resistance and defiance from the African Diaspora’, and was subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now programme (Dec 2017). Elaine has participated in residencies and symposiums including Aldeburgh Music (to develop SWEET TOOTH) and Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Venice (where she developed Of Leonardo Da Vinci supported by Muziektheater Transparant) and New Resonances organised by Theatrum Mundi. For more information about Elaine Mitchener please visit: http://www.elainemitchener.com/ © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020
..Pubblicato dalla Ogun, storica etichetta nata dalla diaspora jazzistica sudafricana in Europa, il nuovo album del batterista sudafricano (a cui nel 2017 abbiamo dedicato tutto un ciclo di Jazz Anthology), alla testa dei suoi Five Blokes: con Jason Yarde e Shabaka Hutchings ai sassofoni, Alexander Hawkins al piano e John Edwards al contrabbasso, Moholo guida una musica piena di slancio, pathos, lirismo, spontaneità, fra splendidi temi e libertà improvvisativa.
..Pubblicato dalla Ogun, storica etichetta nata dalla diaspora jazzistica sudafricana in Europa, il nuovo album del batterista sudafricano (a cui nel 2017 abbiamo dedicato tutto un ciclo di Jazz Anthology), alla testa dei suoi Five Blokes: con Jason Yarde e Shabaka Hutchings ai sassofoni, Alexander Hawkins al piano e John Edwards al contrabbasso, Moholo guida una musica piena di slancio, pathos, lirismo, spontaneità, fra splendidi temi e libertà improvvisativa.
..Pubblicato dalla Ogun, storica etichetta nata dalla diaspora jazzistica sudafricana in Europa, il nuovo album del batterista sudafricano (a cui nel 2017 abbiamo dedicato tutto un ciclo di Jazz Anthology), alla testa dei suoi Five Blokes: con Jason Yarde e Shabaka Hutchings ai sassofoni, Alexander Hawkins al piano e John Edwards al contrabbasso, Moholo guida una musica piena di slancio, pathos, lirismo, spontaneità, fra splendidi temi e libertà improvvisativa.
a cura di Alessandro Achilli. Musiche di Annette Peacock, Gilgamesh, Mezz Gacano & Self Standing Ovation Boskàuz Ensemble, Mike Westbrook & Lou Gare, Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Five Blokes, Dave Gisler Trio, Igor’ Stravinskij, Art Zoyd (seconda parte)
a cura di Alessandro Achilli. Musiche di Annette Peacock, Gilgamesh, Mezz Gacano & Self Standing Ovation Boskàuz Ensemble, Mike Westbrook & Lou Gare, Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Five Blokes, Dave Gisler Trio, Igor’ Stravinskij, Art Zoyd (seconda parte)
Singer-songwriter and composer Laura Mvula meets jazz musicians Jason Yarde and Laura Jurd, and music broadcaster journalist Kevin Le Gendre, to discuss her musical inspiration, the visionary American jazz musician Miles Davis. 'He has always been and will always remain one of the greatest inspirations of my musical life. To me he was and is an icon, a pioneer, the unique innovator. He never held himself back - maybe that's what first attracted me to him and his sound'. Picking up on these opening remarks, and in the company of three contributors with contrasting perspectives on the man and his music, Mvula and her guests consider the impact and legacy of Miles Davis, a unique musician who repeatedly reinvented himself musically, and single-handedly shape-shifted the language of jazz, for nearly half a century. With glimpses of music from Miles Davis's vast discography, the programme paints a unique and personal portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest musical creators and iconclasts. Laura Mvula is one of the most exciting music talents to emerge in Britain in recent years. Growing up in Birmingham's Kings Heath to parents from Jamaica and St Kitts, Mvula cut her musical teeth singing in and directing local church and gospel choirs, and performing with soul group Judyshouse, before going on to Birmingham Conservatoire to study composition with, among others, composer Joe Cutler. After working as a music supply teacher in Birmingham schools, she sent demo recordings of her songs to record labels; the result has been spectacular international success that ranges from touring the world with her band, to composing for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Laura Mvula cites Miles Davis as one of her greatest influences - first urged by her father to watch documentaries about him, then given albums by a relative, her initial puzzlement grew into unbounded admiration for a black musician who refused utterly to be bounded by musical style or social position. His appetite for musical innovation and experiment, his dismissal of the idea of musical mistakes, his vision for successful creative collaboration - all of these characteristics and more combined to create a template for the sort of musician Laura Mvula has aspired to become. In this documentary feature, Laura sounds out her thoughts in the company of three guests, all of whom are equally great admirers of Miles Davis, but who approach him from different perspectives. Mvula's guests are: Kevin Le Gendre is a journalist and broadcaster with a special interest in black music. Deputy editor of Echoes, he contributes to a wide range of publications that include Jazzwise, MusicWeek, Vibrations and The Independent On Sunday and also appears as a commentator and critic on radio programmes such as BBC Radio 3's Jazz On 3 and BBC Radio 4's Front Row. Laura Jurd is a British award-winning trumpet player, composer and bandleader and BBC New Generation Jazz Artist for 2015-2017. Highly active throughout the UK scene, Laura has developed a formidable reputation as one of the most creative young musicians to emerge from the UK in recent years. In 2015 Laura received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for 'Instrumentalist of the Year' and in the past has been shortlisted for a BASCA British Composer Award, received the Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition and the Worshipful Company of Musician's Young Jazz Musician of the Year award. Her band Dinosaur is one of the most vital and creative new ensembles in the UK today, and in September 2016, the band's debut album 'Together, As One' was released on Edition Records. Jason Yarde is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, and musical director who writes music across various styles including jazz, classical, hip-hop, fusion, free improvisation, broken beats, R&B, reggae, soul, song writing and for a variety of media: his BBC Proms compositional debut 'Rhythm and Other Fascinations' won the first ever BASCA award for 'Contemporary Jazz Composition' in 2010. Yarde began playing alto and soprano saxophones with the Jazz Warriors while a teenager, and went on to MD this landmark orchestra. He is a longtime sideman of Louis Moholo, and has appeared in the big bands of Sam Rivers, Hermeto Pascoal, McCoy Tyner, Manu Dibango, Roy Ayers, and Andrew Hill. Producer: Lyndon Jones for Music Department, BBC Wales.
Ayanna is an English folk and soul singer, songwriter and cellist who has been nominated for a 2012 MOBO Award. A performer of extraordinary versatility, her live shows are intimate journeys that chronicle her experience as a woman in the 21st century. In 2011 Ayanna released ‘Truthfully' – an EP produced by 4hero's Marc Mac and 2013 will see the release of a full album of original work produced by Adem. She has worked with a plethora of UK and international artists including Kronos Quartet, Dutch trumpeter Diederik Rijpstra, Chinese folk artist Xiao Juen, Australian Indigenous musical force Black Arm Band, UK saxophonists Courtney Pine and Jason Yarde, guitarist Nitin Sawhney and singer-songwriters Gwyneth Herbert, Nick Mulvey and Boo Hewerdine. In 2011 she performed in Jazz Voice, the London Jazz Festival's opening night gala, alongside Michelle Dockerty, Gregory Porter, Ian Shaw, Lucinda Belle, Shingai Shoniwa and the London Jazz Festival Orchestra conducted by Guy Barker. She has also played opposite sensational Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca, Jack DeJohnette and Sibongile Khumalo's project Intercontinental and the legendary South African trumpeter and activist Hugh Masekela. A recipient of many awards and prizes, Ayanna is the first non-American to win the legendary Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and is one of only a handful of people to win with an original composition. This year, she received a Musicians Benevolent Fund Special Commendation Award, is a PRSF Women Make Music Award and is also a featured composer on the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub scheme 2012-13.
"Sensational yet subtle. A singer to die for who creates an urgent need for superlatives yet to be invented." Meet Julie Dexter, a world renowned, award winning, British vocalist considered by many to be one of the most influential female vocalists of our generation. She has shared the spotlight with a host of cutting edge artists, including Mint Condition, Jill Scott, Bilal, Omar, Loose Ends, Rachelle Ferrell, Ledisi, Eric Roberson and Raheem DeVaughn to name a few. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, this classically trained artist composes and arranges her own music. Influenced by legends such as Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, and Bob Marley, as well as popular icons Omar and Sade, Julie takes classic soul to the heart of Artistry Fans and critics across the globe have followed her journey through the circles of Jazz, Soul, Broken-Beat, Bossa-Nova, Reggae and Afro-Beat. Her dynamic voice was first heard in 1994 on "The Jamaican Beat" Vol I with Jazz Jamaica. Soon after she was invited by Jazz legend Courtney Pine OBE to join him on tour as lead vocalist for his ensemble. She later became a member of J-Life, a European Jazz quintet formed by Gary Crosby and led by Jason Yarde. They toured several continents as Ambassadors for the British Council winning numerous international a wards and released their debut on Dune Records in 1997.
The Unknown Quantity Radio Show...Pt 1. "Jazzreloaded is a space dedicated to AfroPean jazz in all its forms; Nu Jazz, Soul, Swing, Spoken word, Blues, Bebop, Hip Hop, Leftfield, Broken Beat, Fusion, Post Bop…and styles yet to be imagined! Celebrating jazz legends in their lifetime; from the roots to the fruits. All music and content retains the copyright of the respective artist, unless indicated. Produced @ Merlin Studios, London" 1. RICO - This Day Album: Man From Wareika (CD) Island Records / Mango (1977) 2. JAZZRELOADED - Unresolved [ZE3 Mix] Album: Get Out. (CD) Jazzreloaded (2006) 3. THE E.J.M PROJECT/ DANELLE HARVEY - Coming on strong Album: Unknown. (MP3) Break Loose Records 4. JOSEPH MALIK - Silent Fools Album: Aquarius Songs (CD) Compost Records (2004) 5. COURTNEY PINE – Deuteronomy Album: Europa (CD) Creative People (2011) 6. FANIA ALL-STARS – Smoke Album: Latin Jazz Fusion (CD) Charly (1988) 7. ROBERT MITCHELL & OMAR PUENTE - Mambo Influenciada Album: Bridges (CD) F-ire (2006) 8. ARCHIE SHEPP - Attica Blues Album: Attica Blues (CD) Impulse (1972) 9. BEN SIDRAN – About Love Album: Capitol Rare, Funky Notes From The West Coast V/A (CD) Capitol (1994) 10. BOBBI HUMPHREY – Black and Blues Album: Black and Blues . Blue Note label (1973) 11. BREAK REFORM – Waiting EP: Maida Vale Session (CD) Abstract Blue Recordings 12. ANDREW MCCORMACK & JASON YARDE – Something’s Coming Album: My Duo (MP3) JoY aNd EaRs (2009) 13. LARRY BARTLEY – Along This Way. Album: Along this way. (MP3) Bartley (2003)
Born and raised in Birmingham, England, this classically trained artist composes and arranges her own music. Influenced by legends such as Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, and Bob Marley, as well as popular icons Omar and Sade, Julie takes classic soul to the heart of Artistry. Fans and critics across the globe have followed her journey through the circles of Jazz, Broken-Beat, Bossa-Nova, Reggae, Afro-Beat and Soul. Her dynamic voice was first heard in 1994 on "The Jamaican Beat" Vol 1 with Jazz Jamaica then later in 1997 on Dune Records' release of J-Life, a European Jazz quintet formed by Gary Crosby and led by Jason Yarde. She later toured several continents with Jazz legend Courtney Pine as the lead vocalist for his ensemble. It was in 1999 that Julie took a leap of faith and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She launched her own label, Ketch A Vibe Records and in 2000 released the critically acclaimed EP Peace of Mind, followed by Dexterity (2002), and Conscious (2005). Moon Bossa, a collaboration with Khari Simmons was released in 2007 and her single "Ketch A Vibe" was featured in national radio ads for Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama. From Jazz to World Music, Soul and beyond, Julie Dexter is one of an elite few whose talent can transcend genres. She makes it all work on her own terms, as an audaciously independent artist with an undeniable connection to her audience. Julie has shared the spotlight with artists Mint Condition, Jill Scott, Bilal, Omar, Loose Ends, Rachelle Ferrell, Ledisi, Eric Roberson and Raheem DeVaughn to name a few, Julie not only holds her own with them but has been praised and respected by them too. Her latest anticipated project with Chicago's own Producer/DJ Steve "Miggedy" Maestro is entitled 'New Again." For more info: http://www.indiereviewcd.com https://twitter.com/IndieRevue https://www.instagram.com/indie.review --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indie-review/support
Born and raised in Birmingham, England, this classically trained artist composes and arranges her own music. Influenced by legends such as Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, and Bob Marley, as well as popular icons Omar and Sade, Julie takes classic soul to the heart of Artistry. Fans and critics across the globe have followed her journey through the circles of Jazz, Broken-Beat, Bossa-Nova, Reggae, Afro-Beat and Soul. Her dynamic voice was first heard in 1994 on "The Jamaican Beat" Vol 1 with Jazz Jamaica then later in 1997 on Dune Records' release of J-Life, a European Jazz quintet formed by Gary Crosby and led by Jason Yarde. She later toured several continents with Jazz legend Courtney Pine as the lead vocalist for his ensemble. It was in 1999 that Julie took a leap of faith and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She launched her own label, Ketch A Vibe Records and in 2000 released the critically acclaimed EP Peace of Mind, followed by Dexterity (2002), and Conscious (2005). Moon Bossa, a collaboration with Khari Simmons was released in 2007 and her single "Ketch A Vibe" was featured in national radio ads for Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama. From Jazz to World Music, Soul and beyond, Julie Dexter is one of an elite few whose talent can transcend genres. She makes it all work on her own terms, as an audaciously independent artist with an undeniable connection to her audience. Julie has shared the spotlight with artists Mint Condition, Jill Scott, Bilal, Omar, Loose Ends, Rachelle Ferrell, Ledisi, Eric Roberson and Raheem DeVaughn to name a few, Julie not only holds her own with them but has been praised and respected by them too. Her latest anticipated project with Chicago's own Producer/DJ Steve "Miggedy" Maestro is entitled 'New Again."