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Friday, September 21, 2007

The next Riffs

RIFFIN RUNDOWN FOR WEEK 24/9, NEWSTALK 93FM, 8.35PM

STREAMING AT WWW.NEWSTALK.COM.JM

MON: “ A soul transferred into sound”, is how Elisabeth Kontomanou has been described. Of Greek and African origin, and born in France, Miss Kontomanou interprets classic songs on her album “Midnight Sun”.Singer Allan Harris pays tribute to Nat King Cole, and sounds a lot like the “king”.


TUES: There’s more to Venezuela than Hugo Chavez. For instance, Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo, who relys less on his Latin side, but embraces music wholly.

WED: Bassist, Morrie Louden’s “Timepiece”, is a brilliant blend of compositions, arrangements and musicianship. Pianist David Hazeltine leads a sparkling “straight ahead” style with Eric Alexander and Joe Locke.

THURS: The Turtle Island Quartet, of violin, baritone violin, viola and cello pay tribute to John Coltrane’s “ A Love Supreme”..


FRID: Riffin with the evolution of the groove, with remixes of Miles Davis, featuring rapper Nas and Carlos Santana. The groove also evolves to Guadelope , with musician Jacques- Schwartz- Bart, and rapper Talib Kweli’s “Eardrum”.

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