Romano, Sclavis, Texier, Le Querrec - Carnet De Routes

Romano, Sclavis, Texier, Le Querrec - Carnet De Routes (1997)

When I first saw this CD in a public library I was a bit sceptical and and didn't know what to expect.
After first listening to "Carnet De Routes" I was totally blown away and couldn't believe how FANTASTIC the journey was they have sent me.
Do yourself a favour and take that trip! You wont regret. I promise: You will NOT find what you might be looking for. ;-)



AMG Review (5/5)
This recording from the West African tours of the Romano/Sclavis/Texier trio in the early '90s is one in a series of three. That this band played in Africa and was documented by photographer Guy LeQuerrec (who suggested the tour to the various African arts councils in the first place, and is credited here with playing "Leica") was remarkable in and of itself. There were many better-known trios and quartets at the time, but the music Romano/Sclavis/Texier made as a result of Africa's inspiration is nothing less than mindbending (and the packaging that comes along with this disk and its partners too). This trio, with Sclavis' soprano saxophone and clarinet on the front line, Texier's lower-than-low contrabasse, and Romano's drumming, which is reminiscent of an even more sophisticated Ginger Baker (Romano plays with the power of a rock drummer with all the sophistication of Max Roach or Elvin Jones), is an almost overwhelming entity on this recording. Elements of not only jazz in all its configurations but funk, French folk music, West African griots, and the melodic influence of the late Johnny Dyani from South Africa all boil down into one intense pot of musical empathy and innovation. These cats are all composers who know the strengths of each their band members. When melody lines come off Sclavis' horn and are tied in separate octaves to Texier's bass playing, creating a new chromatic color to the proceedings, such as on "Bororo Dance" and "Flash Memoire," listeners get to hear music in the process of being created from nothing but the abilities of its makers. This is a trio that owes nothing to Sonny Rollins but perhaps something to Steve Lacy's trio and Pierre Doerge's New Jungle Orchestra. This band swings like a vine and jams like they are on a bandstand in a small club in front of a full audience of other musicians.



Have a nice trip:
http://rapidshare.de/files/25764007/CDR.zip

mp3 @ 256 kbps, no pw

Trilok Gurtu & The Frikyiwa Family - Farakala (2005)

Trilok Gurtu & The Frikyiwa Family - Farakala
Released: November 2005
mp3 ≈ 220 kbs

1. Agne Yano
2. Mil-Jul
3. Dhine Dhadhin
4. Doukhontou
5. Kalpana
6. Swapan
7. Roots No Fruits
8. Soumou
9. Di Blues Indian
10. Farakala



AMG Review:
Trilok Gurtu is best known for his percussion work melding Indian music and jazz. This time he takes on an entirely new challenge, working with West African musicians from the Frikyawa label. On the surface, the two styles don't go together, but in the hands of Gurtu and the others -- kora, electric kora, calabash, and ngoni -- it becomes something of a trance feast with its feet quite firmly in African soil (all the more surprising since Gurtu wrote all but one of the cuts here). Interestingly, Gurtu's presence throughout is largely understated, leaving the spotlight to the others, most especially singer Hadja Kouyate, whose vocal and tonal range is nothing less than stunning. The percussion is often simply atmosphere, as on "Mil-Jul," but that's fine. Gurtu is a past master at knowing what to put in or leave out to enhance a song. Here he proves that imagination and good taste transcend continents


Add some happiness to your life here:

http://rapidshare.de/files/25655724/TGTFFF.zip

no pw

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Trilok Gurtu - Broken Rhythms (2004)

Trilok Gurtu - Broken Rhythms (2004)
mp3 @ 250kbs VBR, including cover and artwork

1 Broken Rhythms (T Gurtu)
2 Kabir (T Gurtu / N Shanker)
3 Nine Horses (T Gurtu)
4 Beyond (T Gurtu / S Farruque)
5 Sohum (T Gurtu)
6 Vignola (T Gurtu)
7 Dubash Lane (T Gurtu)
8 The Way to Banganga (T Gurtu)



With Special Guests:

Gary Moore
Huun Huur Tu
Arke String Quartet


download here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/25569692/TGBR.zip.html


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