There’s music for big bands from Brazil’s Bixiga70, from Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo, as well as New York-based Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar and his Rivers of Sound, along with a Macedonian brass band, and a Danish jazz group’s collaboration with an orchestra. Listen to Afrobeat-informed brass-heavy space-funk from Brazil’s Bixiga70, whose name is a nod to Fela Kuti’s Africa '70. Then, there’s Ethio-jazz leaning brass from the quintet Langendorf United—led by Swedish composer & saxophonist Lina Langendorf—made of players from Sweden and Norway, in music from 2023’s Yeahno Yowouw Land. Hear the New York-based 7-piece band Anbessa Orchestra, who combine Ethiopian influences: loping grooves, the distinct scales, and funk, with buoyant brass lines, moody organ, crisp guitars, and solid percussion. Listen to Iraqi-American trumpeter, santurist, vocalist, and composer, as he combines Middle Eastern and American jazz in music for his 16-piece Rivers of Sound Orchestra. There’s also music by Danish quintet Girls In Airports collaborating with the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra from their latest record, Leap. Then, listen to the sounds of the Macedonian brass band, Kocani Orkestar, complete with wicked accordion solo. Rounding out the show is a meeting of classical Indian music and Western jazz, with underpinnings of both spiritual jazz and trance ritual music. It’s the New York Collective Brooklyn Raga Massive in collaboration with drummer Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra. - Caryn Havlik Program #4846, Big Bands (First aired 2/12/2024) ARTIST: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Feat. Fatoumata DiawaraWORK: Ne Te Fache Pas [1:00]RECORDING: Cotonou ClubSOURCE: STRUT 077INFO: strut-records.com | polyrythmo.com OR strut.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Langendorf UnitedWORK: Selam New [6:08]RECORDING: Yeahno Yowouw LandSOURCE: Black Sweat RecordsINFO: https://singasongfighter.bandcamp.com/album/yeahno-yowouw-land ARTIST: Bixiga70WORK: Malungu (feat. Simone Sou) [5:07]RECORDING: VaporSOURCE: GlitterbeatINFO: https://bixiga70.bandcamp.com/album/vapor ARTIST: Girls in Airports x Aarhus Jazz OrchestraWORK: Myanmar [6:24]RECORDING: LeapSOURCE: Kaja RecordsINFO: girlsinairports.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Kocani OrchestarWORK: L’Orient est Rouge [6:07]RECORDING: L’Orient est RougeSOURCE: Crammed DiscsINFO: www.crammed.be ARTIST: Anbessa OrchestraWORK: Lions [4:52]RECORDING: EPSOURCE/INFO: https://anbessaorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/ep ARTIST: Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound OrchestraWORK: March [6:00]RECORDING: The Other ShoreSOURCE: Outnote RecordsINFO: amirelsaffartworivers.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive WORK: Africa 21 [7:00]RECORDING: Ragmala - A Garland of RagasSOURCE/INFO: brooklynragamassive.org/brm-adamrudolph ARTIST: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Feat. Fatoumata DiawaraWORK: Ne Te Fache Pas [1:00]RECORDING: Cotonou ClubSOURCE: STRUT 077INFO: strut-records.com | polyrythmo.com OR strut.bandcamp.com
There’s music for big bands from Brazil’s Bixiga70, from Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo, as well as New York-based Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar and his Rivers of Sound, along with a Macedonian brass band, and a Danish jazz group’s collaboration with an orchestra.
Listen to Afrobeat-informed brass-heavy space-funk from Brazil’s Bixiga70, whose name is a nod to Fela Kuti’s Africa '70. Then, there’s Ethio-jazz leaning brass from the quintet Langendorf United—led by Swedish composer & saxophonist Lina Langendorf—made of players from Sweden and Norway, in music from 2023’s Yeahno Yowouw Land. Hear the New York-based 7-piece band Anbessa Orchestra, who combine Ethiopian influences: loping grooves, the distinct scales, and funk, with buoyant brass lines, moody organ, crisp guitars, and solid percussion.
Listen to Iraqi-American trumpeter, santurist, vocalist, and composer, as he combines Middle Eastern and American jazz in music for his 16-piece Rivers of Sound Orchestra. There’s also music by Danish quintet Girls In Airports collaborating with the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra from their latest record, Leap. Then, listen to the sounds of the Macedonian brass band, Kocani Orkestar, complete with wicked accordion solo.
Rounding out the show is a meeting of classical Indian music and Western jazz, with underpinnings of both spiritual jazz and trance ritual music. It’s the New York Collective Brooklyn Raga Massive in collaboration with drummer Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4846, Big Bands (First aired 2/12/2024)
ARTIST: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Feat. Fatoumata DiawaraWORK: Ne Te Fache Pas [1:00]RECORDING: Cotonou ClubSOURCE: STRUT 077INFO: strut-records.com | polyrythmo.com OR strut.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Langendorf UnitedWORK: Selam New [6:08]RECORDING: Yeahno Yowouw LandSOURCE: Black Sweat RecordsINFO: https://singasongfighter.bandcamp.com/album/yeahno-yowouw-land
ARTIST: Bixiga70WORK: Malungu (feat. Simone Sou) [5:07]RECORDING: VaporSOURCE: GlitterbeatINFO: https://bixiga70.bandcamp.com/album/vapor
ARTIST: Girls in Airports x Aarhus Jazz OrchestraWORK: Myanmar [6:24]RECORDING: LeapSOURCE: Kaja RecordsINFO: girlsinairports.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Kocani OrchestarWORK: L’Orient est Rouge [6:07]RECORDING: L’Orient est RougeSOURCE: Crammed DiscsINFO: www.crammed.be
ARTIST: Anbessa OrchestraWORK: Lions [4:52]RECORDING: EPSOURCE/INFO: https://anbessaorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/ep
ARTIST: Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound OrchestraWORK: March [6:00]RECORDING: The Other ShoreSOURCE: Outnote RecordsINFO: amirelsaffartworivers.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive WORK: Africa 21 [7:00]RECORDING: Ragmala - A Garland of RagasSOURCE/INFO: brooklynragamassive.org/brm-adamrudolph
ARTIST: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Feat. Fatoumata DiawaraWORK: Ne Te Fache Pas [1:00]RECORDING: Cotonou ClubSOURCE: STRUT 077INFO: strut-records.com | polyrythmo.com OR strut.bandcamp.com