take us with you!now that the south african world cup events are over, we can move on without the much annoying vuvuzelas and make amends in the name of quality african sounds via this carefully curated spotify playlist. for this instance of the colectivo plays series, we weren’t satisfied with just including the already known big names of [...]
Tag: jazz
the jazz loft project = people, sounds, images!
the jazz loft project was conceived by photographer w. eugene smith during the late 50′s and early 60′s in new york. during this timeframe, smith collected approximately 4,000 hours of reel-to-reel tape recordings, and took nearly 40,000 photos, in his lower manhattan loft apartment. some of the main artists passing thru smith’s loft included roy [...]
newport jazz festival = legendary!
it’s been 55 years since the inception of the newport jazz festival by jazz impresario george wein. this year, like every other, jazz and music fans alike have gathered at the fort adams state park in newport, rhode island to witness performances by up-and-coming acts such as esperanza spalding or vijay iyer, as well as [...]
mulatu astatke & the heliocentrics = ethiopian jazz-funk-whatever!
______________ somebody should have warned us about ethiopian jazz making a comeback! now it’s too late and mr. mulatu has paired up with UK based collective “the heliocentrics” to deliver a funked up collaboration in the form of 14 track album titled “inspiration information” on strut records. to accompany the album’s release, mulatu & the [...]
ecm rarum series = mas raro que rarum!
ecm stands for edition of contemporary music, and it’s a label based out of munich, germany. their back catalogue spans as far back as 1969 with the release of free at last by pianist mal waldron, and even though it’s mostly known for releasing jazz recordings, it has also released music from the likes of [...]
