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SNOW OWL THE BLUE ROAD
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INNER CIRCLE MUSIC INCM 060 CD
Ne Togo Ye Sadjouma (6:48)
She Became A Thousand Birds (5:13)
Bach To The Future (6:16)
Goodnight Resurrection (6:42)
Bu(ho) nuelitos (5:01)
Balada para mis Hijas (3:51)
Water Giggles (7:12)
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: [41:03]
Musicians:
Juan Garcia-Herreros: contrabass guitar
Mamadou Diabate: balafon and vocal
Roberto Quintero: percussion
Stoyan Yankubalov: drums and tupan
SuCh: lead vocals
Kandy Guira: vocal
Karim Sanou: vocal
Seydou Diabate: vocal
Djakali Kone: vocal
Abdoulaye Dembele: vocal
Dramane Dembele: vocal
Nikola Stanosevic: keyboards
Bertl Mayer: harmonica
Zhivko Vasilev: kaval
Alejandra Maria: violin
Jonathan Powell: trumpet
Jeremy Powell: saxophone
Peter Keseru: French horn
Gerald Schubert: violin
Frosina Bogdanoska: violin
Iris Krall-Radulian: violin
Pia Szedenik: violin
Laszlo Toma: viola
Simon Prinz: viola
Anna Nagy: cello
Clara Lindenbaum: cello
Vincent Perrotin: contrabass
Composer and bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros, who also goes by his stage name Snow Owl, was born in Bogota, Colombia and now lives in Vienna. He performs on a customized six-string electric contrabass guitar, and is known as one of the finest bass players in the world. On this album he performs seven of his original compositions, assisted by an outstanding group of musicians. This album won three Global Music Awards in 2016: Best World Jazz, Best Album, and Best New Release of 2016. The tune Ne Togo Ye Sadjouma ( My Name Is Snow Owl) is a fast-paced blend of Colombian rhythms and jazz and features Mamadou Diabate performing on the balafon, a wooden xylophone, along with the African Griot Choir from Burkina Faso, and a colorful orchestral background. Bu(ho)nuelitos is a percussion-driven number with a quick Latin rhythm featuring Roberto Qunitero performing on maracas and Stuyan Yankulov playing the Bulgarian tupan, with other musicians providing solos: keyboard, harmonica and kaval, a tradional Bulgarian flute, all matched by Snow Owl on bass guitar. Vocalist SuCh, or Su Charles, is a talented American soul singer with a lovely, soft voice who sings two ballads; Goodnight Resurrection and the haunting She Became A Thousand Birds, accompanied by bass guitar and violin. Balada para mis Hijas is a slow, dreamy tune with a searching melody and is performed by the string ensemble accompanied by bass guitar. Water Giggles is a light, breezy jazz number featuring Snow Owl performing with the orchestra over a background of the sound of children playing.
This album was recorded at Feistritz Castle in Austria and was released in July 2016. There is no booklet, and liner notes are limited to the disc cover. The sound quality is excellent. This album was produced by Juan Garcia-Herreros, and Robert J. Adams was the Executive Producer.
Bruce McCollum