Vocals: Marie-Paule Franke
Piano: Erik Vermeulen
Electric bass: Jouni Isoherranen

Picking A Flower (Gilbert Isbin) Mix1

Soundway present a very limited vinyl-only re-issue of an obscure LP by the enigmatic Nigerian artist Easy Kabaka Brown. The LP was originally released and recorded by Philips / Phonogram in 1976 and only sold in very small numbers. Musically it's a intriguing mix of mostly Nigerian highlife with a bit of afro-jazz sung in the language of Kalabari from the Delta region of Southern Nigeria.  From the bouncy good times of Belema to the deeper extended afro workout of Agboho this unique album stands out from thousands of others of it's time with a sound of its own that draws on many influences, with Congolese and latin touches to jazz trumpet and psychedelic organ lines.

Easy Kabaka Brown (Opotopo was his nickname) was a versatile and eccentric musician who recorded two full length albums (this is the first) and only a couple of 45s. We at Soundway have deemed this record way too sweet  to be forgotten, only to gradually ebb away and disappear with time. It's a record that will give you a golden, warm feeling. Your toes will tap, your face should smile and it certainly deserves to be heard by far more than only the few hundred people who bought it nearly 40 years ago. Strictly limited to 1000 x 180g vinyl copies and released in a rigid paste-on sleeve, these will not last long so don't sleep!

Pre-order

Easy Kabaka Brown - Belema

Adagio

This track is from the album Tales from a Lonely Room and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mariepaulefrankeandherdreamband

Music and vocals: Marie-Paule Franke
Piano: Erik Vermeulen
Bass: Jouni Isoherranen 

Ein Brief

Statistically Mozart (2023)
by Ilan Small (b. 1988)

* World Premiere Recording *
| The Israeli Contemporary Music Project

Ilan Small: Statistically Mozart | Hagai Yodan, piano

It Ain't Necessarily So - a popular song from the English-language opera Porgy and Bess composed in 1934 by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. 
Arrangement by Tamir Miler.
Keren Friedman & The Jazzraelites is a unique jazz ensemble where top Israeli Jazz players group together to give new and fresh interpretation to Jewish authentic music and Jazz standards.
In this Video Keren Friedman & The Jazzraelites is collaborating with the Haifa Big Band. For Booking please call: +972-52-3879642

It Ain't Necessarily So - Keren Friedman & the Jazzraelites with the Haifa Big Band

Vocal:     Keren Avrashi
Strings:  Vienna Sound LIbrary
Lyrics:   Ehud Dor

Programming: Yishai Knoll
Mix:                   Noam Gingold
Recording:       Yuval Segal In Bardo's Studios


Yishai Knoll suggests this composition as a new personal experience to integrate his loves for popular and classical music, with a “tendency” for Romantic harmonies and jazz.

Penelope

Derekh - Road

Vocal Anna Spitz
Piano Adi Rennert
Flute  Udi Wahrsager

In The Park

Flute solo from an arrangement of the tune "Pure Imagination" (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) as played with the former "Humusia" band at Shablul Jazz club, Tel-Aviv.

Pure Imagination - Jazz Flute Solo

Words and Music and Vocal by Pauline Frechette
Arranged by David Campbell

FOLLOW MY HEART

Studied Composition at Tel Aviv University and Prof. Abel Ehrlich. An Israeli composer in the classical modern music. "About a year ago, I turned to my love for Jazz and more of popular music. One can tell that my music language is somewhat heard in my modern compositions and the songs ones. I believe, that it is mainly the harmony-ears, that probably are un-slaved yet to a genre. I hope never will. More details about the performers, lyrics, etc, may be found in my YouTube Channel "yishaimusica" or https://www.youtube.com/c/YishaiKnollComposer/videos
https://www.instagram.com/yishaimusica/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5D1VVmnGmp9UVxi1JAg3yE?si=05_u2mNqSJyg3PvAaqHg7g

Penelope

Yishai Knoll

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