Aout 2019

The kora music of Toumani Diabaté performed on solo classical guitar.

Jarabi (Passion)

Vincent Peirani & Ulf Wakenius - Tradizionale Svedese - live in Lampi

Ariel - Jamie Saft / John Zorn

The Gnostic Trio (John Zorn) — Prelude 1. The Middle Pillar

Message In A Bottle : Ulf Wakenius

Vincent Peirani et Emile Parisien Duo - Egyptian Fantasy

Vincent Peirani et Emile Parisier Duo - Song of Medina

Ulf Wakenius - Momento Magico

Ulf Wakenius - Song For Japan

Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V (Lost Hero - Tears for Esbjorn) [Live]

Iiro Rantala, Ulf Wakenius & Lars Danielsson - Tears for Esbjorn

Asaf Avidan  - Her Lies (In A Box II)

John Zorn - Kivah

Asaf Avidan - In A Box II - Bang Bang

Parisian Gypsy Guitars

First Song

Taken from the album "Matchowé"
Seminal Manding-Jazz session from the leading saxophonist of Guinea’s golden age. 
Recorded in 1991 and unavailable on vinyl until now, “Matchowé” is one of the most important “Afro Jazz” sessions recorded - the culmination of a lifetime’s work investigating the intersection between the American jazz tradition and the traditional rhythms of Guinea. 

Drawing influences from Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and blending them with the rhythms of the Soussou and Bagas ethnic groups of Guinea, Momo 'Wandel' Soumah (1926-2003) created a timeless sound over a 5-decade career that still resonates today. 
Starting out playing the banjo in regional orchestras before moving to Conakry and teaching himself to play the clarinet in 1951, he came to the fore as part of the successful band Keletigui et ses Tambourins in the 60s - part of President Sekou Touré’s mission to revalorize traditional Guinean music by blending it with (similarly-communist) Cuban rhythms for the state-run Syliphone record label. With the beginning of the second Guinean Republic in 1985, Momo brought his life-long love of jazz to the traditional rhythms he had spent so much time researching. 

Matchowé is not the first time this musical mixture had been attempted by Momo – he played and important part in the seminal 1976 “Musiques sans Paroles” album on Syliphone, Guinea’s state-funded record label – but it is perhaps his defining statement.

Matchowé

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Afro blue - Momo Wandel Soumah

Artist: John Zorn
Song: The Hidden Book
Album: The Concealed
Label: Tzadik Records
Year: 2012

Personnel: 

oey Baron: Drums 
Trevor Dunn: Bass 
Mark Feldman: Violin 
Erik Friedlander: Cello 
John Medeski: Piano 
Kenny Wollesen: Vibes 

John Zorn - The Hidden Book

Composed by Ulf Wakenius
Performed by myself on flute (alto and tenor), loop station and live electronics

Breakfast in Baghdad

Asaf Avidan - Subconscious Overly / Familiar Blues

My favorite version of Your Anchor by Asaf Avidan. Couldn't find it on soundcloud, so i made my own tribute to it. 

Asaf Avidan - Your Anchor Acoustic from the Box

Carey Bell was born in Macon, Mississippi in 1936. As a child, Bell was intrigued by the music of Louis Jordan. Bell wanted a saxophone in order to be like his hero Jordan; however, Bell's family could not afford a saxophone so he had to settle for the harmonica, colloquially known as a "Mississippi saxophone." Soon Bell was attracted by the blues harmonica greats: DeFord Bailey, Big Walter Horton, Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs, and Sonny Boy Williamson I and II. Bell taught himself to play. By the time he was eight, he was quite proficient on the instrument. When he was thirteen, Bell joined his pianist godfather Lovie Lee's blues band.

In September 1956, Lovie Lee convinced Bell to go with him to Chicago. Not long after arriving, Bell went to the Club Zanzibar, where Little Walter was appearing. Bell met Walter and later learned some harp playing from him and his main Chicago teacher, Big Walter Horton.To help further his chances of employment as a musician, Bell learned how to play the electric bass (from Hound Dog Taylor).

In 1969, Delmark Records in Chicago released Bell's debut LP, Carey Bell's Blues Harp. Bell played with Muddy Waters in late 1970 and 1971 and later with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars. In 1972, Bell teamed up with Big Walter in the studio and released Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell for Alligator Records. A year later Bell released a solo project entitled Last Night for ABC Bluesway. Bell continued to play with Dixon as well as with his own groups, and in 1978, Bell was featured on the Grammy-nominated album Living Chicago Blues on Alligator. Also, in the 1970s, Bell appeared on two Bob Riedy Blues Band recordings.
 
During the 1980s Bell continued to record for various labels and to tour. In 1990, Bell teamed up with fellow harpists Junior Wells, James Cotton and Billy Branch to record Harp Attack!. A modern Blues classic, Harp Attack! became one of Alligator Records's best selling albums.


Carey Bell- Hard Working Woman (CPC Edit)

Aout 2019

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