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recordings
Imaginary
Homeland
"Jump for George"
(JMB 0002)
Where do you find the link between Appalachian string bands and West African talking drums?
Two years living in rural Ghana and hearing African horse-hair fiddles led jazz composer David Rogers to seek out the connections between rural string music and polyrhythmic percussion. The findings can be heard on the new CD, "JUMP FOR GEORGE" by Imaginary Homeland (Jumbie Records, JMB 0002).
The opening track, "Kanawha Girl," begins with Rogers's keening saxophone playing a Kentucky folk song joined by the aquatic pulse of a Ghanaian water drum. The next piece, "Anthem," brings African-style fiddling together with Rogers's own playing on the Ghanaian talking drum. The CD's title track hums with the buzzing spider-webbed gourds of the Ghanaian xylophone.
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Listen to Free Audio Clips:
1) Kanawha Girl (listen)
2) Anthem (listen)
3) Mobius Trip (listen)
4) Jump for George (listen)
5) Travelogue (listen)
6) El Sonero (listen)
7) The World is Not Your Home (listen)
Artists:
David Rogers - composer, saxophones, talking drums
Mark Stone - "African drumset," percussion, gyil (Ghanaian xylophone)
Marlene Rice - violin
Matt Pavolka - bass
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