Kurt Elling - " Nature Boy "

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Kurt Elling and the Laurence Hobgood Trio, featuring Ernie Watts, Live in Umbria Jazz Winter, Orvieto Italy, Jan. 4th,2010.Posted by "MarioMaccaferriRules".

"One of the few male jazz singers from around the baby boom generation, Kurt Elling is an anomaly simply by profession. Given the depth and broad vision of his recordings and performance style, Elling is in a league of his own. Planning a career in the academic world, he discovered jazz and took to it naturally. Deeply influenced by singer and poet Mark Murphy, Elling began to develop his idiosyncratic scat style in the smaller clubs of  Chicago (primarily at the Green Mill, sharing the stage with legends Von Freeman and Ed Peterson) and then throughout the Midwest. An Elling show can contain ranting beat poetry, dramatic and poignant readings of Rilke, and hard-swinging scat. After sending a demo to Blue Note, Elling signed to the label and issued Close Your Eyes in 1995. He began to get attention from the jazz press, not only for his talent and original style, but also for his choice in sidemen, which included Laurence Hobgood and Paul Wertico for a time."..... ( Thom Jurek, Rovi )

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Shafqat Ali Khan in Toronto, 2009 - " Raag Darbari"

Darbari , Part 1      Darbari, Part 2



Darbari, Part 3         Darbari, Part 4         Posted by "ParamjitHans"

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Garikayi's M'biras - Marenje song with different tunings

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Mavembe tuning - 02:58 , Nhemamusasa tuning - 03:48 , low Mahororo tuning - 04:37, Nyabango tuning - 05:15, high Mahororo - 06:20.

Garikayi is a Zimbabwean mbira maker, a woodcarver, carpenter and metal worker. He is also a highly inventive and creative player of the mbira, the traditional "thumb piano" of the Shona people. Playing both acoustic and electrified mbira--using a pick-up--Garikayi takes the traditions of the past and evolves them through his own life experience. He is a unique composer, a dreamer of music who sings sweetly in the voices of his ancestors. 

The compositions of Garikayi are heard weekly in the village near Harare where he lives and plays the mbira dances for the community. These mbiras last through the night, dance parties of traditional music for the youth. Fables and stories of timeless truth are celebrated through the mbira, played so their wisdom is easily absorbed by the next generation. Garikayi's compositions keep these principles alive and relevant for people today. In 2003, he released his international debut recording, Maidei (Limitless Sky). It is a powerful presentation of this highly spiritual music's universal appeal.

Uploaded by Michal Shapiro July 2010 .

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