Newly remastered and now widely available, David Bromberg Quartet’s Live New York City 1982 captures Bromberg and a red hot acoustic band playing and singing a typically eclectic mix of Appalachian music, Blues, Western Swing and Gospel.
Intimo realises Brazilian mandolin virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda’s long-time dream to record an album that would capture the intimacy of his mandolin, generally heard only in hotel rooms and at home.
Charukeshi is the name of a beautiful CD on Hindustani Classical Music played by Australian Tabla player Sam Evans and Debasis Chakroborty, a fine player of the Indian Classical Guitar - a modified archtop guitar played with a slide.
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
On Song For Chico, Arturo O’Farrill celebrates his father’s spirit through the title track, a modern piece that shows that Afro-Latin Jazz is a tree with deep roots that keeps spreading its branches in new directions.
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Lucky Oceans
Thursday 28 August 2008
Oye Afra is the posthumous release of a set of live recordings by Cuban-born, Paris-based pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and his band, including excellent violinist Ruben Chaviano and flutist Bobby Rangell.
Friday 29 August 2008
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
Rosa Passos’ new CD Romance showcases her sublimely subtle and expressive voice with a small Brazilian jazz band on a selection of 12 beautifully arranged Bossa Nova ballads.
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