Legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd and Malian kora musician Mamadou Diabate exquisitely blend West African textures with jazz in the first live North American performance of MALIcool. Performing original compositions, traditional Malian folk songs and jazz standards, (including a cover of Thelonious Monk Jackie-ing, Rudd and Diabate display their virtuosic abilities in a repertoire of uplifting songs that fuse swinging melodies with playful improvisations colored by African rhythms. Joined by Barry Altschul (drums), Lassana Diabate (balafone), Jay Clayton (vocals), Henry Schroy (bass), Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis (guitar) and Fode Bangoura (djembe, percussion). Rudd's dexterous trombone and Diabate's versatile kora are a fresh combination of unusual beauty and poignant tenderness... a real fusion and not just a superficial merger. "It cuts across so many borders that you don't have to be a fan of jazz or world music to appreciate it."
-Steven Israel, Times Herald Record

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Photograph: Verna Gillis  ¶ 10:42 AM