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Michele Rosewoman: New Yor-uba at Dizzy's Club
Courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center | Posted on January 20, 2017
Where
Dizzy's Club
60th St And Broadway
New York, NY
Map
212-258-9595
When
Fri, March 17, 2017
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Michele Rosewoman
pianoAbout
With trumpeter Alex Norris, alto/soprano saxophonist Roman Filiu, tenor saxophonist Stacy Dillard, trombonist/tuba player Chris Washburne, pianist/vocalist Michele Rosewoman, bassist Gregg August, drummer Robby Ameen, bata player/conga player/vocalist Mauricio Herrera and Nicky Laboy, bata player/conga player Rafael Monteagudo, and lead vocalist Nina Rodriguez"New Yor-Uba is soulful evidence that Rosewoman is onto something significant. The music was energetic, propulsive and especially noteworthy, largely because it did not use either jazz melodies or Cuban rhythms as mere embellishments. Rosewoman's concept fully integrated orchestrated brasses, saxophones, and a jazz back line, with traditional Yoruban chants sung to the heavy rhythmic accompaniment of congas and bata drums, ceremoniously arriving at sumptuous Ellington-like orchestrations..." – DownBeat...