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Check out the jazz from Denmark.
The best from all over the world that is, because they've got wider ears than any 'top 40' playlist you're going to get within these shores.....
In the time I've written this they've blown a fresh Don Cherry piece, Henry Threadgill, their own wonderful Dr. Big Band, and now Olivia Sellverio and Pietro Leveratt demonstrate the evolution of a great jazz group featuring that female Brazilian vocalization we fell in love with years ago. The piece is called "Assummata Di Lu Corpu Di La Tunnara".
Now they're 'Back to the Basics'---as I call it--, with Monk's "Epistrophy", and Yusef is on deck, featured in a cut with Stephane Belmondo, entitled " Apres le Jeu" , which is French for "After the Game".
Now when was the last time you heard Yusef Lateef on your radio station??? And in a cut that is not one of the usual selections? What I'm listening to was recorded in 2007!
Yusef Lateef
Just a couple of clicks and I'm 'outa here'. Immediately I become at one with a universal vibe. Good music, centering and grounding me, connecting me to like minded Hearts around the globe with a similar appreciation. A chance to experience that One Vibration that permeates All....manifesting in another Holy Trinity.....Love, Rhythm, Creative Genius, giving birth to High Art. Notes rising, falling, synchronistically stimulating your Heart's intelligence until all you can do is holler "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! " Then again, it can be so illusive, fused with Cosmic melodies and harmonies, that only a few can 'get it', hear it, and follow the beat. Beauty~ All represented in the Divinely Inspired Music....Jazz.
On the right side of the page, Click on the speaker icon that reads DR Jazz;
Click 'Ja' (yes) to Download their player.
Here is the DR Jazz Playlist address:
This is the listing for all their stations - HipHop, World Beat, R & B, Classical, etc.:
I was lucky enough to see Yusef Lateef performing live in my city. What a fantastic concert. I heard some beautiful sounds that i will never forget.
Yusef Lateef is a Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, educator and philosopher who has been a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. He is universally acknowledged as one of the great living masters and innovators in the African American tradition of autophysiopsychic music — that which comes from one’s spiritual, physical and emotional self.
As a virtuoso on a broad spectrum of reed instruments — tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, argol, sarewa, and taiwan koto — Yusef Lateef has introduced delightful new sounds and blends of tone colors to audiences all over the world.
It is hard to describe in words the feelings you experiment in such a great concert, plus I’m not an expert of Jazz music so I won’t go into technical details, but let me say one thing: Yuseef Lateef’s music is different from the others in having a huge spiritual component. Also, the influences of African and Mid-Oriental music are evident, but I think his aim is to create a unified, universal musical language rather than simply giving a touch of “exotic” to his performance, as other artist do.
Note: Being a big 90’s hip hop fan (probably the only one in the audience!), it was easy to notice that his sounds were clearly a big inspiration for the producers I love most. Besides being a jazz legend, he even sounds more “hip hop” than your average hip hop producer! I’m sure that if you look in the private collection of RZA or Pete Rock, you’ll find more than one vinyl by Yuseef Lateef.
The Gentle Giant
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