Niger is trapped between Algeria, Mali, Bukina Faso and other countries in the northern part of Africa. No ocean in sight to quench the thirst. Only the Sahara's endless desert. Front man Yacouba Moumouni & ensemble mix West & North African traditions.
Annual, 3-Day Dance and Drum Festival in Boston MA USA. In 2008, artists included Malang Bayo, Youssouf Koumbassa, Assane Konte, Lamine Toure, Abdoulaye Sylla, Kissema Diabate, Mariama Basse, Babacar M'Baye, Mar Gueye, and others...
"The Ganelin Trio Priority played a staggering set on the penultimate evening of the June, 2007 Vision Festival, a continuous and constantly morphing shock-and-awe campaign in which all national and international demarcations were obliterated."
- Marc Medwin, allaboutjazz.com, August, 2007, USA
" ... improvisational genius of the highest order"
- Tom Sekowski, The Live Music Report, January 2008, USA
Wayne Shorter (alto & soprano saxophones), Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass), Brian Blades (drums). For a super-high-quality, professional video of this stellar performance given by Shorter on his 75th birthday, see: http://tr.im/DHhO
Female Paths to God in Medieval Oriental & Occidental Music: Songs from the early Christian oriental repertoire, sacred songs from rural Sweden, medieval polyphony from the Spanish Codex Las Huelgas.