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Don Ellis big band have an own way of its spoof and humor. While Ellis's explorations with elements of form and content in jazz were undeniably innovative, his delivery of these innovations has caused many to dismiss him as pretentious or gimmicky. He use…

The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground is strikingly inconsistent with the adjacent Ellis Orchestra releases. However, the recording foreshadows Ellis's commercialized approach to selections appearing on several of his later recordings. This track prove…

The following three music documents I'll remind to the great jazz big band master Don Ellis who gave the history an outstanding note. He diet - much to young - 1978 in the age of 44. Don Ellis is probably best remembered for his work as a big band jazz l…

When I listening to music from South Africa I learned about a group called Makwerhu. Listen to this merrily music which switch yourself in a good mood.

Beside Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Michel Petrucciani and Oscar Peterson, Randy Weston is one my favorite jazz piano player and composer. After contributing six decades of musical direction and genius, Randy Weston remain…

Mongolian throat singing is unique on the world. This overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, or harmonic singing, is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates the resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the lungs, past the…

The dialog between Zappa and the Devil - listen it! It was the blackest night There was no moon in sight You know the stars ain't shinin' 'Cause the sky's too tight I heard the scarey wind I seen some ugly trees There was a werewolf honkin' 'Long the aid…

Nearly every body knows the song Pata Pata which is a original folk song from South Africa, Miriam Makeba*s (†10.11.2008) version Pata Pata is the most famous one. Here I post an other version from the group Manu Dibango. Manu Dibango, born Emmanuel Diban…

Elvis Crespo is born on 30th of July 1971), and is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Winner. Crespo who sings Merengue music was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley.

Who does not know Carlos Santana? He is one of the most known guitar player and an all round musician, playing many kinds of music, like Afro-Jazz (with Babatunde Olatunji), but known as best with his group Santana. Carlos Augusto Santana Alves was born 2…

Chucho Valdés (*9th of October 1941), born Jesús Dionisio Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was born in Quivicán, Cuba. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist…

"Take Five" is a classic jazz piece first recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album Time Out. This version is sampled by Tito Puente, "The King of Latin Music". He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositio…

"Chan Chan" is a son composition by Cuban bandleader Compay Segundo, revolving around two central characters, 'Juanica' and 'Chan Chan'. The song was one of Compay's last compositions and was written in 1987. "Chan Chan" was recorded by Segundo himself va…

Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (*7th of April 1917 in Havana, Cuba – †1st of February, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 h…

David Byrne (*14th of May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician and artist perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991.

Sierra Maestra are a Cuban band started in 1976. They sought to revive 1920's classic son, which came from the mountain range on the east of Cuba, after which the band was named.

I like to introduce a Malian well known folk musician I immediately got liked into his music style. Habib Koité (b. 1958 in Mali) is an internationally-known Malian musician who sings and plays the guitar. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-group of…

I'm posting this song for my respectful memory of the great South African Lady Miriam Makeba, who died today in the age of 76 years. A word from the famous Indian film producer Anant Singh: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Miriam Makeba. She was…