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SWR New Meeting 2016: Sound Portraits from Contemporary Africa

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Details

Composer
LENNON LOUEKE MCCARTNEY
Artist
Shepherd, Loueke, Mvubu, Cooper, Sweetman
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
Sep 08, 2017
Catalog #
JAH-468
UPC
730099046855

About

To help artists develop exciting projects that are difficult to realize under existing conditions is the goal of the SWR NEWJazzMeeting. This legendary sound laboratory for jazz of the SWR was founded in 1966 by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and takes place every year. The idea: musicians who always wanted to perform with one another but who, for a variety of reasons, have so far not been able to do so, develop a concert programme in the broadcaster’s studios that the SWR then presents in several concerts in its transmission area. In the course of its fifty-year history, the SWR NEWJazz Meeting has in this way served as a driving force for new trends in jazz. “I see a particular value in exploring the music of my South African homeland and making it fit for the future.” Kyle Shepherd, born in 1987, is the most innovative and important pianist of the contemporary South African jazz scene. His sound boldly makes reference to the roots of township jazz and the Goema Beat of his hometown of Cape Town. Nevertheless, he refuses to be put into a pigeonhole; his horizon extends far beyond his beloved Cape Jazz. “It’s cool to choose the African thing in conceptual questions. But just as cool to choose something else.” Kyle Shepherd, the most innovative and important pianist of the contemporary South African jazz scene, is the curator of the 2016 SWR NEWJazz Meeting. At his wish, four young jazz musicians from South Africa and the Benin-born guitarist and singer Lionel Loueke (who since 2001 has been living in the United States) met in November 2016 at the SWR’s Baden-Baden radio studios. The musicians named their project “Sound Portraits From Contemporary Africa”. The African improvisers experimented for five days and developed a concert programme that they then presented on a tour in the SWR broadcasting area.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Wassoulou 09:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    Wassoulou
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  3. 2 Reinvention/Johannesburg 20:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Reinvention/Johannesburg
    Duration
    20:35
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  4. 3 Loueke 11:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Loueke
    Duration
    11:07
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Jonno Sweetman
  5. 4 Farafina 13:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    Farafina
    Duration
    13:44
    Composer
    Lionel Loueke
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Jonno Sweetman
  6. 5 Ouidah 14:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ouidah
    Duration
    14:44
    Composer
    Lionel Loueke
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Jonno Sweetman
  7. 6 A Long Way From Home 08:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    A Long Way From Home
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 Marikana Cannot Be Forgotten 03:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Marikana Cannot Be Forgotten
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd
  10. 2 Salaam (Peace on Earth) 10:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Salaam (Peace on Earth)
    Duration
    10:11
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  11. 3 Flying Without Leaving The Ground 12:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Flying Without Leaving The Ground
    Duration
    12:07
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  12. 4 Blackbird 03:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Blackbird
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    John Lennon, Paul McCartney
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke
  13. 5 Guri Kamma 09:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Guri Kamma
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Lionel Loueke
  14. 6 ICU, Part I 11:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    ICU, Part I
    Duration
    11:22
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  15. 7 ICU, Part II 05:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    ICU, Part II
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Jonno Sweetman
  16. 8 Tin Min 03:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tin Min
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Lionel Loueke
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke
  17. 9 Xamissa 11:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    Xamissa
    Duration
    11:35
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke, Jonno Sweetman
  18. 10 Oumou 06:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    Oumou
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Kyle Shepherd
    Performer
    Lionel Loueke, Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Jonno Sweetman