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| MPS around the world - From India to Brasil and back to Europe August is the month of traveling and summer holidays. In connection to that, we will re-issue records with influences from all around the world this month. This week India and Brasil. Check them out: Mauricio Einhorn – Me Jazz harmonica legend Toots Thielemans called his friend harmonicist/composer Mauricio Einhorn "…a vital force in Brazilian music both as a player and a composer." Einhorn's influence flows over into jazz. He has worked with such major figures as Jim Hall, David Sanborn, Paquito D'Rivera, Baden Powell, as well as singers Bobby McFerrin, and Sarah Vaughan; the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann and Bossa Nova legend Jobim have recorded his compositions. Made in Rio in 1979, Me was Mauricio's first album under his own name – and what a recording! Einhorn assembled a group of crack musicians around him, all versed in their native Brazilian music as well as jazz. The ten original compositions testify to Einhorn's stature as a composer. John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan – Karuna Supreme Recorded in 1975, Karuna Supreme is one of the finest examples of the fusion of Indian classical music and jazz. Ali Akbar Khan was a master of the Sarod, that magnificent string instrument with its 3000-year history. Khan was part of an Indian classical music family dynasty that traces its roots back to the 16th century. His father, the great Allaudin Khan, honored him with the title 'Emperor of Music', saying "give the message of the music as far as the sun and moon shine." That is exactly what Ali Akbar did, moving to America and founding a school in California in 1967. Best known for his stellar work on several of Charles Mingus' seminal recordings, alto saxophonist John Handy had already been playing with Khan, appearing together at both the Monterey and Berlin Jazz festivals. Tabla player Zakir Hussain's father was the legendary Alla Rahka, and the player of the drone stringed instrument the tambura, Yogish Sahota, accompanied some of the greatest Indian masters. John Handy, Ali Akbar Khan & Dr. L. Subramaniam – Rainbow Rainbow is more than a sequel to John Handy's and Ali Akbar Khan's first MPS album (see Karuna Supreme for info on Handy & Khan): this 1980 recording unites India's two musical cultures, Khan's North Indian classical music, and acclaimed violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam's South Indian Carnatic music, as well as Handy's Afro-American jazz. Renowned for his virtuoso playing, Dr. L. Subramaniam performed his Fantasy on Vedic Chantswith the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta. Legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin enthused, "Each time I listen to him, I am carried away in wonderment." Subramanian's jazz credentials are also impeccable, having played with the likes of Larry Coryell, Herbie Hancock, and the Crusaders. The music is an exquisite intermingling of East and West. MPS Records New Digital Releases Digital Mastered for iTunes Distribution: Edel:Kultur/ Kontor New Media - Mastered for iTunes - 24-bit-Transfer from original master tapes - produced by Dirk Sommer Release Date: August 12th, 2016 write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |