Four Orang Hutan lost their habitat in the forest of Kalimantan (Indonesia) and decided to play in a band they named “Wayang Orang Hutan’ in order to sustain their lives in the cyber world. Campaigning for Education, Health, Justice and Ecology, they are heroes indeed, therefore if you want “to save the planet, then save the WOH
The band is virtual and from Bali. Wayang Orang Hutan, led by Igor Tamerlan.
Igor Tamerlan at soundfoundation
Who else but Neil Young could pull off a solo tour where he both recasts his chestnuts and debuts brand new songs without a band, while mixing in arrangements on solo acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, piano and pump organ.
What it sounds like is a guy who can make the weather change between songs.
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After the Gold Rush-You Never Call-Cinnamon Girl (recorded late May 2010)
Let’s see? What can I remember of my friends back in the late sixties and early seventies, and their parents trying to go all Hait and Ashbury on us? No, I can’t think of being offered anything other than a martini. More often were instances where long hair and parental types peered at each other from opposite sides of the doors of perception. Those moments made for some funny encounters.
Yet, back then the counter culture was in fact right in the greatest generation’s face. This clip shows Mike Douglas working too hard–ha, ha!
And here The Byrds visiting Hugh Hefner on Playboy After Dark.
From the youtube goldmine, soulsters Spooky and Sue, (Iwan Groenendijk and Sue Chaloner,) ebulliently lip-synching over a boho-soul workout. They had 4 Dutch top twenty hits and it was over. Holland was where they found success, yet Spooky was from Aruba, Sue from the UK. They broke up their partnership in 1977, leaving some fine party tunes to be rediscovered in our era–when all sorts of dim traces of brief comets can be followed back to their source.
Taxijam presents the amazing Zaki Ibrahim! from taxijam on Vimeo.
“Daylight” by Zaki Ibrahim (myspace). Taxijam puts musicians in taxi cabs in Cape Town and its environs and lets the video camera roll. It’s a very fresh approach because the singular atmosphere is nevertheless opened up to the daily life of a most extraordinary, vibrant city.
Zaki’s site is splendid too, as is her jazzy trip hop. Nice write-up in the Huffington Post…
something's coming (L. Bernstein – S. Sondheim)
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The internet is amazing. take it away if you must, but leave the jazz videos, eh?
Jeanne Lee left the mortal coil at the too young age of 61 in 2000. I object to the Wikipedia’s description, ‘she was one of the foremost exponents of free jazz in the vocal application,’ (but I also don’t like the term free jazz much at all.) I have no idea where the wikipedian got the idea a fuzzy informal term could cover the taut and extremely focused inventiveness Jeanne Lee expressed right from the beginning of her career.
In the early sixties Ms. Lee, Sheila Jordan, Abby Lincoln, and Helen Merrill, (and a little later Betty Carter,) all strove to break through out of the Lady Day-Sassy-Ella-Chris Connor models. They went forth differently and succeeded too. They did free jazz singing from those heavy duty antecedents. But, there’s no cogent answer to the question, ‘what makes Jeanne Lee a free jazz singer?’
She sang freely. Hers was the most ambitious experiment of them all.
Dreams of Kirina | Baaba Maal | Playing For Change from Playing For Change on Vimeo.
While talking over our favored music from last year, Mali’s Tinariwen came up. Their 2009 record, Imidiwan (Companions) made two of our three top lists. In this group, we don’t let discrepancies like this alone. The holdout stated Imidiwan ‘sounded like their other records.’
Sure. I replied, “If Sophia Loren had an identical twin sister, she’d likely be as beautiful as her sister. You wouldn’t say, ‘oh she’s just a repeat of her sister’s beauty.’ ”
To which my muso bud replied, “Oh, I don’t think Sophia Loren is that beautiful.” Jeezum! He offered Jennifer Connelly as exemplar. I offered, again, my analogy. (Tinariwen home)
Here’s my top list of African music from 2009. I could add a bunch too, given reissues and other worthy candidates not listed. It was an extraordinary year because just about every African artist I closely track put out new music last year. Abdullah Ibrahim would top this list if his superb Bombella–my favorite single record of 2009–didn’t already top the improv list.
+Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali
Baaba Maal – Television
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba – I Speak Fula
Culture Music Club – Shime
Extra Golden – Thank You Very Quickly
Fanga – Sira Ba
Ghana Special –Modern Highlife Afro Sounds Ghana Blues
Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen – Inspiration Information 4
Kimi Djabate – Karam
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information
+Orchestre National de Barbès – Alik
+Oumou Sangare – Seya
Salif Keita – La Difference
+Staff Benda Bilili – Tres Fort , Tres Fort
+Tinariwen – Imidiwan:Companions
Tony Allen – Secret Agent
(+Where to start…)
