Tag: Trombone
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South Africa’s Asher Gamedze leads new ten-piece for single on International Anthem – ‘Find Each Other’ trails album together with The Black Lungs

Cape Town based Asher Gamedze has shared new lead single Find Each Other – a polyrhythmic jazz reflection recorded with new 10-piece ensemble The Black Lungs – and is the first track from forthcoming album Constitution out 30th August on International Anthem. The drummer and composer is a cultural worker in South Africa and devotes…
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Swiss three-piece Ali Dada fuse experimentalist jams and beat-laden collages on new album ‘SUM’ for likeminded DIY label YNFND
These Swiss experimentalists adopt Dadaist themes and a range of influences – from surf rock to ambient jazz – on new album SUM for Baltic label YNFND. The second single is named after Silvia Federici and her feminist and left leaning thinking provides the context and concept around the latest fuzzy head-nodder Federici. While awaiting the…
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D’agua Negra are led by a trio of vocalists from Brazil’s Amazonian city Manaus and their electronic soul-jazz is a must hear on new EP for Amplifica Records
D’agua Negra release their debut this month and their electronic soul-jazz EP is a must-listen – “a tale of resilience”. The band are led by a trio of vocalists from the Amazonian city Manaus – with the band named after the black river running through it – and all are shining bright on Erógena, it’s…
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Balimaya Project’s stirring new single is out today – taken from forthcoming album ‘Wolo So’ – the London collective fuse West-African rhythms and the capital’s renowned jazz-wise vibes
With a kora and a balon right at the fore of new single Balimaya, this emerging colective from London combine driving polyrhythms, horns on fire and contemporary jazz – meet the 16-piece supergroup, Balimaya Project. Their virtuosic kora stylings on this dynamic meeting of traditional Mandé music and culture are led by composer, arranger and…
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Finnish soul man Ernie Hawks drops debut album with his Soul Investigators
The Helsinki based trombonist, flute and tuba player will deliver his brand of exhilarating psych funk on his first LP later this month. Early listens indicate the skill and dexterity of the front man alongside his band. Title track Scorpio Man displays their hardness and Street of Tears shows their ambience and mood shifting. Expect Cymande flavored instrumentals,…