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August 6th, 2010Uncategorized
Bow riot
Performing artist, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, early 1950s-1996; moved with family to Los Angeles, calcium 1950; played in West Coast nothingness and blues bands, 1950-53; signed to Federal label, 1953; released experimental instrumental bingle “Space Jam,” 1953; released bingle “Gangster of Love,” later covered by Steve Miller, 1957; toured with Little Richard, late 1950s; toured Britain with vocalist Larry Williams, mid-1960s; signed with Fantasy label, 1972; recorded with Frank Zappa on Zappa’s One size Fits All LP, 1975; signed with DJM label, 1976; series of successful funk albums, 1976-80; signed with Bellmark label, 1994.
Two other facet of Watson’s style seemed to point the way to the incipient blame movement: lengthy spoken interlude in such recording as the 1978 “Gangster of Love” remake, and a group of song that dealt frankly with poverty. Watson’s music was indeed sampled in the 1990s by such star as ice Cube and snoop doggie Dogg. But Watson’s activity were curtailed in the 1980s, although a series of summertime appearances in France led to his becoming known there as the “Godfather of Funk.” “I got caught up with the wrong people doing the wrong things,” he was quoted as saying by the New York Times.
The 1990s brought a creative resurgence for Watson with the release of the album bowknot riot in 1994. which was nominated for a Grammy in 1995. In March of 1996 he was honored with a pioneer awarding from the rhythm & blues Foundation, and his playing calling appeared fully reinvigorated. However, he was stricken with a heart attack while playing at a blues nine near capital of Japanese Archipelago He died in Yokohama, Japan on May 17, 1996.
Tracks:
01. greyback G. Is Back
02. bowknot Wow
03. Never to Late
04. My Funk
05. It issue 2
06. Time Change
07. Doing wrong Woman
08. What’s up With You
09. hook Me Up
10. I Don’t Think So
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July 24th, 2009Uncategorized
Manu Dibango's Soul Makossa is an important record not just because it has a most dancable african jazz groove but because it is the first record that club DJs truly made into a hit record.
Originally from Cameroon, Manu Dibango was interested in music at an early age and eventually moved to France to study at Jules Ferry College in St. Calais and ended up in Paris later on. It is in Paris that he frequented Jazz clubs and built a reputation as an excellent musician.
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July 20th, 2009UncategorizedPatrick BEBEY was born in 1964.
He studied classical music in the Paris Conservatoire.
He studied jazz, Brazilian music and African music by himself.
He created his band in 1983.
He started playing as a professional musician in 1986.
He has toured or played on records for different artists such as : Mory KANTE, CharlElie COUTURE, Francis BEBEY, Wasis DIOP, Lokua KANZA, Sam TSHABALALA, Geoffrey ORYEMA, Francis Lalanne, Pajaro CANZANI, Papa WEMBA, Miriam MAKEBA, ROE, Coco MBASSI, LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, Minino GARAY, Roy AYERS, John WILLIAMS and John ETHERIDGE As musical director he has produced two albums for Papa WEMBA : "Molokaï" (Realworld Records 1998) and a live CD/DVD "New Morning" (Synchronies Music 2006).
As part of the production “Africa at the Opera” he performed a tune for Pygmy flute and choir - and presented it together with Laydsmith Black Mambazo in the sold out Philharmony in Cologne. He also composed the music for two family musicals and a tune called "Timba" for pygmy flute and orchestra, which he performed in the Philharmony in Stuttgart together with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker orchestra. During the last two years, he performed with his band in Italy, Switzerland, Germany (Munich Africa weeks festival), France and at the Womad Festival in Las Palmas.
Patrick Bebey plays African rooted music mixed with jazzy seeds.
He is accompanied by excellent musicians: on drums Luiz Augusto Cavani and bass: Marc Bertaux. Both have joined him for numerous concerts all over the years.
PATRICK BEBEY / News Patrick Bebey created some magic moments for some 2300 visitors at Junge Garde in Dresden in June 2002 when he performed his one note flute together with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sam Tshabalala, Coco Mbassi and Gcina Mhlophe. A few days afterwards he had the pleasure to jam with musicians like Phil Colins and Peter Gabriel at Peter Gabriel..s wedding party where he was invited.
He ended the concert season last year with a concert at Mozartsaal in Stuttgart where he performed his own compositions together with the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
