ANOUSHKA SHANKAR - TRACES OF YOU
Grammy®-nominated
sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar's seventh album, Traces of You,
marks a significant step along her pathway as a musician and woman. Having lost
her legendary father, Ravi Shankar, during the recording process, it was
inevitable that her loss became the central focus of the song writing. However,
the record also juxtaposes her loss with the joy of raising her young son,
Zubin.Shankar
enlisted the help of multi-award-winning musician Nitin Sawhney to produce her
music, which exists in an undefinable space between genres, always with the
Indian music Anoushka loves so dearly at its roots. Traces of You features
Anoushka's half-sister Norah Jones as the sole vocalist on several songs and
showcases Anoushka's ever increasing versatility and lyricism on the sitar. Anoushka
will be embarking on a US tour kicking off Nov 7 in Birmingham, AL. ~ giantstep.net
U-NAM / NIVO DEUX - C'EST LE FUNK
U-Nam is
back with a new original single that will really get you dancing! With his
latest single, U-Nam is teaming up to help introduce the smooth jazz group NiVO
DEUX. NiVO DEUX recently made their debut with "Love's No Distance"
(a fusion of smooth jazz and 80s electro) and they have had rave reviews. The
single recently did quite well in the Smooth Jazz charts this past summer. As
part of this new collaboration, however, U-Nam and NiVO DEUX are shifting gears
to bring on the "Funk".
The
song, driven by funky guitars "à la Nile Rodgers," features an
energetic horn section reminiscent of EWF, Kool & The Gang and even Miami
Sound Machine. Up and Coming Smooth Jazz Saxophonist Shannon Kennedy adds her
voice with her soulful and sexy tenor sax playing throughout the song, while
U-Nam is doing his thing - mixing very funky riffs and intricate jazz licks. "C'est
Le Funk" has a little it of something for Funk fans and Smooth Jazz fans
alike. It's even got the touch that will appeal to those currently digging the
funk revival spearheaded by artists such as Daft Punk and Bruno Mars.~ www.unamusic.com
| www.nivodeux.com
CHARLES WATERS QUARTET - CHROMA COLOSSUS 13 VISIONS OF THE CITY
A really
great set from reedman Charles Waters – and one that returns to one of our
favorite jazz sub-styles of the postwar years – the "city portrait",
a musical picture of New York – served up here in a batch of music that's as
vivid as the city itself! The title's a reference to Waters' attempt to match
the harmonic sequences of the city – something he does quite well in the
album's tones and pulses – a journey begun in post-911 New York, but which
takes a much warmer feel towards the end. Waters plays tenor and clarinet – and
the quartet features Chris McIntyre on trombone, George Rush on bass, and
Andrew Barker on drums. Titles include "City Limits", "Central
Park", "Port Authority Buss Ride Blues", "Broadway
Truce", "Brooklyn Bridge", "Rush Hour", and
"Times Square Black Out". (Includes MP3 download with bonus digital
track.) ~ Dusty Groove.
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