Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from October 6, 2007
Steve Krinsky:
Playlist
from October 6, 2007
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October 6, 2007: Sitting on Top of the World
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| Artist | Track | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big Guitars from Texas |
Guitar Army
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Guitar as world music instrument! |
| Carlos Santana |
La Fuente Del Ritmo
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from "Caravanserai" (1972) |
| Latin Playboys |
Toro
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This is a side project of some of those Los Lobos guys; this is the most melodic number of the album |
| Latin Playboys |
Same Brown Earth
|
The NYTimes said that Latin Playboys (& the Pogues) are mentioned on the net profile of Bill Gates! |
| Mexican Institue of Sound |
Killer Kumbia
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| Los Mirios |
Sonido Amazonico
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from "The Roots of Chicha" (Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru) Barbes, 2007 |
| Los Destellos |
Para Elisa
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more Peruvian cumbias, with a little Beethoven tossed in |
| Las Malas Amistades |
La Prima
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| Cortijo |
Baila y Goza
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El Senor Rafael Cortijo y Su Grupo |
| Los Zafiros |
Oye Nicola
|
Brilliant Cuban do-wop. Tune written by Manuel Galban |
| Los Zafiros |
Cuando Yo La Conoci
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| Cubanismo |
Salsa Pilon
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| Dafnis Prieto |
Ironico Arlequin
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| Nuta Jazz Band |
Instrumental No. 1
|
Amazing Rhumba from Zanzibar |
| Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band |
Mpenzi Usemayo
|
The way music travels, in this case from Africa to the Americas and back again, is amazing: "Zanzibara" has 17 rhumbas on Buda Musique |
| Extra Golden |
Obama
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Tribute to Senator Barack Obama, on "Here Ma Nono" (Thrill Jockey, 2007) |
| Bassekou Kouate & Ngoni ba |
Banani
|
From "Segu Blue" (out/here records, 2007), song features Lobi Traore |
| Boubacar Traore |
Samba
|
From the soundtrack to "I'll Sing for You"-- a trip through Mali through the music of Car Car |
| Boubacar Traore & Ali Farka Toure |
Diarabi
|
The title of the CD-- and the movie-- is in French: "Je Chanterai Pour Toi". You can see some scenes on YouTube |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater |
Red Earth (Massane Cisse}
|
"Red Earth: A Malian Journey" is jazz singer Bridgewater's tribute to Africa; recorded in Bamako and Paris with musicians from three continents. |
| Bassekou Kouate & Ngoni ba |
The River's Tune
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Bassekou plays the West African lute; this is a sweet instrumental from Mali |
| Bembeya Jazz National |
Telephone
|
A 2-CD collection of "hits and rare recordings" from this Guinean band's years on the Syliphone labe (Sterns, 2007) |
| Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate |
Kulanjan
|
Title cut to yet another collaboration between Africa & America |
| Corey Harris |
Back Atcha
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With the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band; from "Mississippi to Mali" |
| Otha Turner & the Afrosippi Allstars |
Shimmy She Wobble
|
Featuring the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band. Otha Turner died a few years ago but another generation is keeping the music going |
| Otha Turner & the Afrosippi Allstars |
From Senegal to Senatobia
|
Title cut. Otha Turner, from north Mississippi, died a while back but a new generation is keeping the music going |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater |
Compared to What
|
Cover of a great 70s jazz hit-- is that an oxymoron?-- from her Mali album |
| Guinga |
Mingus Samba
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"Dialetto Carioca" (EGEA, Edizioni Discographie, 2007) |
| Baden Powell |
Primeiro Amor
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Roberto Baden Powell Aquino is a classical guitarist; his solo album-- "Seresta Brasileira"-- is on Caju Music (1991) |
| Choro Ensemble |
Zanzando em Copacabana
|
Brazilian jazz with help from Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen |
| Mima |
Monir
|
Mima is Yari Caban, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. in 1994, she went to Brazil and her new CD-- simply titled "Mima"-- is a rich mix of Spanish & Portugese, with a great band |
| Siba e a Fuloresta |
Pisando em Praca de Guerra
|
Found on a neat world music compilation: "The Womexizer 07" |
| Juca Chaves |
Take Me Back to Piaui
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From "Brazilian Beats 6". This is so catchy; did I play it before? |
| Nana Vasconcelos |
Anarrie/Rain Dance
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"Rain Dance" is Nana's 1980 album on Antilles, with the Bushdancers, his percussion ensemble |
| Nana Vasconcelos |
Push Dance
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More Nana |
| Raul Seixas |
Mosca No Soba
|
From a Soul Jazz collection of 19 tunes: "Brazil 70: After Topicalia" with Tom Ze, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and lots more |
| Choro Ensemble |
Brazleirinho
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Thanks to Nicola Stemmer, who engineered this album, for loaning me the CD; check out Choro Ensemble at Zinc Bar in NYC on Thursday nights |
| Hazmat Modine |
Yesterday Morning
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Local group on fine world music sampler: "Womeximizer 07" |
| Steve Earle |
City of Immigrants
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With Forro in the Dark; from "Washington Square Serenade". Let's welcome our new neighbor to NYC. |
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