This was an amazing show!
Monvelyno and artist from Haiti, and Kod ak Po Project which combines jazz and the rhythms of voodoo, performed live at for our “In all Languages” show.
Monvelyno on Guitar, Vocals and Compositions
Harold Jean Pierre – Sax
Alegba – Bass
Dominique Gagne – Flute Keys,
Michael Vitali – drums
Filmed by Michael Anton
Here’s some video clips from Dave Eggar, Tom Perozzi, and Chuck Palmers performance on the show last week. Full Audio of the show to come!
2-04 Dave Eggar Quartet Jam 1 part 4 (birdcage)
Cello Virtuoso Dave Eggar will be returning for a live performance and interview on Febuary 6 from 6pm-9pm. Here is an excerpt from his last performance at the station. We’re are very happy for him, because recently his album, Kingston Morning, has been nominated for a Grammy Award.
This live performance featured:
Tom Perozi – Bass
Andrew Nemer – Tap Dancer
Chuck Palmer – Drums
Dave Eggar – Cello
Every Sunday from 7-9pm and 6-8am we play Indian Raga on the radio at 89.9 FM-NY and stream it at www.wkcr.org. The first Sunday night of the month we call “Ragas Live” and feature live performances that we record at recent concerts or, even better, the maestros come and play live in the studio. Footage of that to come!
Todays playlist was
Artist: Ragunath Seth Album: Bansuri on India Archive Music
Artist: Debashish Bhattacharya Album: Calcutta Slide Guitar on Riverboat Records
Artist: Kishori Amonkar Album:Shuddh Kalyan -Suha on Navras
The Mandingo Ambassadors are a beloved Brooklyn/Guniean African Jazz band led by guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate. I was thrilled to have the chance to record them live for WKCR and they were happy enough with the sound that it became their first album. It was later rated as one of the top albums of the year by Afropop.org. If you like the sound they have a weekly engagement at one of New York’s best places to hear music, Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
There are three Griots in the band. Both guitarists and the young singer Ismael Kouyate who is also known for his work in the musical “Fela!”
Here’s what Guitar Player Magazine had to say about the band: “If you step into a New York club where the Mandingo Ambassadors (Ambassedeurs du Manding) are playing, and close your eyes, you go back in time, and across the Atlantic to Guinea, West Africa, in the 1960s. In the flush of Guinea’s independence from France, visionary African dictator Sekou Touré used music to forge a national identity. He funded bands from all over the country, selecting the most talented players through rigorous competitions, and “nationalizing” top bands in state-supported nightclubs in the capital, Conkakry. Although the Mandingo Ambassadors consist of four Guineans and four Americans (most of whom have studied music in Guinea), the sound is, as founder and lead guitarist Mamady Kouyaté proudly proclaims, “100-percent Manding” with mellifluous, Latin-tinged rhythms and vocal melodies, and fleet, stinging electric guitar lines drawn from Guinea’s centuries-old traditions of Manding music.”
The line-up is
Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate – Guitar, bandleader
Mamady Kourouma-Guitar
Nicholas “Snek” Cudahy-Bass
Andy Algire-Drums
Sylvain Leroux-Alto Sax,Flute,Fula Flute
Oran Etkin-Tenor Sax, Clarinet
John Coltrane’s classic quartet was made up Jimmy Garrison on bass, Elvin Jones on Drums, and McCoy Tyner on piano. The synergy of these great musicians resulted in a focused, spiritual, often ecstatic, sound that has influenced almost everyone who has ever taken a serious listen. Independently of his mentor, John Coltrane, Tyner has recorded over 50 albums (one I love is Sama Layuca) and has remained on top of his game as a live performer.
I sat down with McCoy at the Blue Note Jazz club in June and asked him about his early beginnings and, of course, about recording A Love Supreme.
I try to serve the music in many ways and work as a musician, producer, educator, DJ and a radio host.
On guitar I perform everything from Hendrix to Bach and am deeply influenced by my studies and travels in India, West Africa and Brazil.
For more info please check out http://www.davidellenbogen.com
|
David Ellenbogen
