"German harpist and experimental musician. He specializes in the Celtic harp, which he began playing in 1973. A musician devoted to exploring all musical cultures, Oppermann has collaborated with folk musicians from around the world, particularly musicians from Africa and Asia. Rudiger Oppermann might be best described as a free-style and experimental folk musician, who draws on both ancient and modern musics and musical traditions, to create a melting pot of musical cultures that cannot be ascribed to any one folk tradition. - discogs"
Amazing. Conductor – Gunther Schuller , Alto – Eric Dolphy, Trombone - John LaPorta Charles Greenlee Jimmy Knepper Slide Hampton & Eddie Bert, Bari Sax – Danny Bank, Bass – Charles Mingus, Cello – Charles McCracken, Drums – Dannie Richmond, Flute – Robert DiDomenica, Oboe – Harry Schulman, Percussion – George Scott and Sticks Evans, Piano – Sir Roland Hanna, Tenor – Bill Barron, Trumpet – Clark Terry Hobart Dotson Marcus Belgrave Richard Williams. At this time, Schuller had made a name for himself as an active part of the Third Stream movement, in which jazz and classical elements were mixed. Unlike in many of Mingus' other compositions, Half-Mast Inhibition includes classical elements reminiscent of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. In the view of producer Leonard Feather, this composition shows _more than any other Mingus title (until that time) the great genius of man as bandleader, author and composer_.
"Sisters Wanda, Jeanette, and Pamela. The Emotions are an American soul/R&B vocal group from Chicago. The group started out in gospel music, calling themselves the Hutchinson Sunbeams but transitioned into R&B and disco music. The Emotions were named by VH1 as one of the 18 most influential girl groups of all time - wiki "
Aichi comes from eastern Algeria -- a region called Aures in the mountains of the Atlas range. She is a Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir. Aïchi went to study psychology in Paris in the 1970s. While teaching sociology, she started to perform in 1985, singing traditional songs of her childhood (lullabies, love songs), accompanied by traditional instruments (gasbâ , bendir), Her first album was released in 1990. - wiki Sidi Slimane is a small city in the northwestern centre of Morocco. The economy is mainly focused on agriculture. Its population is mostly of rural migrants. The society is still plagued with major problems such as illiteracy, unemployment and slums. Sidi Slimane is mostly renowned for its quality citrus products. It has three high schools, a public library, a downtown called _filaj_ (village in French) and a local stadium.
Esperanza Spalding recites the poem, which is original "To Prisoners." The NYTimes & NPR Music Critics poll names this the best jazz album of 2019. She is the Associate Program Director of Creative Development at the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and the founder of Pyroclastic Records
"Hit my radar thanks to John Bechard, ITMOTO listener and a producer. Brings fantastic musicians to stage -- often at the Swedenbourg Chapel in Harvard Square. Find out about what's coming up -- it seems FB is the best place -- look for Journeys in Sound. Or send an email to [email protected] Ask to be put on the mailing list"
Emmanuel N'Djoké (Manu) Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020) was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, while his mother was a Duala. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa". He died from COVID-19 on 24 March 2020
"Richard Merle Buckley (1906-1960) -- entertainer, con man, nudist, friend of Bird and Mingus, hero to Kesey and Jonathan Winters -- was a sort of cross between an impeccable English aristocrat, an acid-rapping Neal Cassidy and a scat-singing Louis Armstrong. America never knew what to make of him. Read full article from his hometown Stockton newspaper by clicking the link. "
Puccio Roelens was born on September 15, 1919 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a composer, known for Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Yankee (1966) and Piccolo slam (1978). He died on July 30, 1985 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He's also got songs on this album titled Sally, Dorothy, Lillian, Ketty, Judy….apparently an album celebrating chance encounters(?) or…? Video links you dancer in sync with the music.
Vocalist: Lorraine Cusson, Bass – Charles Mingus, Percussion – Max Roach,, Piano – Sir Roland Hanna, Tenor – Booker Ervin, Piano - Paul Bley. Cusson is a mystery. It seems her appearance on the Mingus 'Pre-Bird' session (as Lorraine Cousins) remains her only recorded trace!
"French singer and songwriter (1952-2023) born in Chamalires. According to Diego Olivas of FoudSound.com >> Revered among European music circles but largely little-known outside of his native France, Jean-Louis Murat work hovered in rarefied territory, where every new album and new experiment shifted the extent of just what one could do with the French ballad or pop song. Unflinchingly prolific, nearly every year, from his 1982 solo debut to 2021 La Vraie Vie De Buck John, every year we were greeted with a release, reassuring us Jean-Louis was still probing for something new. See link for a music documentary that expands on Murat...."
I can find little information about this group -- it appears they may be Swedish. I love their interpretation of this piece, part of the Mystery Sonatas...completed around 1676 and mostly unknown until their publication in 1905. The 15 Mysteries of the Rosary, practiced in the so-called “Rosary processions” since the 13th century. Followers walked around a cycle of fifteen paintings and sculptures that were placed at specific points of a church or another building. In this tradition, at every point a series of prayers was to be recited and related to the beads on the rosary. One of my earliest papers in music school was about this works...the paper, and my memory of what I wrote, is lost in time.
"This is from her first album which would become influential in the folk community. It is most famous for two widely covered folk standards, _Universal Soldier_ and _Cod'ine_, as well as _Now That the Buffalo's Gone_, a lament about the continued confiscation of Indian lands, as evidenced by the building of the Kinzua Dam. This cut, is considered one of the earliest anti-drug songs. Sainte-Marie wrote the piece after becoming addicted to codeine which she had been given for a bronchial infection. She thought the injections and prescriptions were antibiotics and vitamins, but after a few weeks, she began to show signs of withdrawal between doses.[1] Sainte-Marie contends that the original doctor did not advise her about the drug and believes that he intended to get her and other girls dependent so he could exploit them -wiki"
The form is inspired by blessings in Scottish Gaelic, particularly from a beautiful collection of charms and incantations called Carmina Gadelica. The list of these “lost words” included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail.It is offered both in hope and light, and in grief for the losses yet to come.
The members of the group -- Carl-Magnus Trygg, Alexander Fuchs, and Henrik Bay Hansen -- are all playing slide whistles. It's taken from a live performance at Kulturskolan Lund (Skåne) at KulturnattenI. I can find little information about this group -- it appears they may be Swedish.
