New Music From World Jazz on Calabash Music

Savath & Savalas

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Savath & Savalas has found a home at a label that fully supports Herren's direction and places him in the company of many notable musicians of our time (Tom Waits, Daniel Lanois, Nick Cave, etc)

Randy Weston

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Native of Brooklyn, New York, where the culture of jazz is most deeply set in people's minds, Randy Weston passes on a musical variety both through his Jamaican origins and through the African cultural inheritance shared between jazz and Caribbean music.

Another Fine Day

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

If things had gone according to plan, you wouldn't have the chance to hear the new record by Another Fine Day. "AFD was intended to be a one-off," says Tom Green, the one man in this one-man band.

Femi Kuti

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Femi Kuti: like father, like son. The undisputed inheritor of the genius of Nigerian Afro-beat superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is his 37 year old son, Femi. Femi's version of Afro-beat is the most exci

Vieux Farka Toure

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Since his infancy, Bouriema “Vieux Farka” Touré has been enamored with the music of his father, Ali Farka Touré. He grew up both in Mali’s capital city, Bamako, and in his father’s home-town of Niafu

ZAMAN 8

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Suryaghati takes us through side streets, bazaars, samba processions, Jamaican dub sound-systems, and electronic beat battles – an incredible groove journey

Neva Ozgen

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

As the daughter of highly respected Turkish classical musician Ihsan ֺgen, Neva ֺgen was born in Ankara in 1977 and grew up in Istanbul surrounded by Turkish classical music and jazz. Perhaps as a

Ray Barretto

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

While Ray Barretto's congas have graced more recording sessions than virtually any other conguero of his time, he has also led some refreshingly progressive Latin jazz bands over the decades. His rec

Moacyr Luz

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500

Moacyr Luz is considered as one of the most prominent composers of his generation. He has over 130 songs recorded by artists such as Maria Bethania, Gilberto Gil, Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, among others.

Manu Dibango

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:50 -0500