Buyu Ambroise
Jazz is all about the artist tricking the music into doing something it could never do within its own limited arithmetic; in jazz the mathematics of music are thrown out and simultaneously memorialized. Brooklyn saxophonist Buyu Ambroise accomplishes this musical double think as he brings the Afro-Beat and Caribbean influences from his Haitian origin, mixes in old-fashioned American Jazz, and keeps it all fresh and ready to face young audiences, a serious challenge these days for anything besides pop and indie rock.
[Read on at Knocks From The Underground]
Speaking of Afro-Beat: If you live in NYC, anywhere near, or are planning a trip, make plans to go see Fela! An Afro-Beat Musical on Broadway. It is a fantastic show, and the music of Fela Kuti still gets people’s feet moving, asses shaking, and blood cells boiling. There is nothing like this show anywhere in theatre today. It’s simply a MUST SEE. Here’s the real Fela having a dance party (listen to the square British documentarians get their knickers in a tizzy about a little rain):
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