Episode 29: Ep29 Bitesize Edition: Foot-tappin jammin - Peruvian drum legend - vintage analog fusion

Courtney Pine Global Jazz

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week: foot-tappin' goodness from the Greyboy Allstars, Peruvian beats from Alex Acuna and Analog fusion from Wasafiri!
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1 The Greyboy Allstars - Quantico (A Town Called Earth/Knowledge Room Records/Light in the Attic) The Greyboy Allstars—Karl Denson sx Robert Walter keys Elgin Park (aka Mike Andrews gtr Chris Stillwell bs Zak Najor dr One of the longest surviving bands to arise on the fledgling acid jazz and jam scenes in the ‘90s, The Greyboy Allstars stay busy individually, as well. Two of its founding members are on the road this summer with classic rock royalty: Karl Denson is holding down saxophone duties with The Rolling Stones across Europe in what is his seventh year as a touring member of the band, while Robert Walter is currently playing keys with Roger Waters on his “This Is Not A Drill” North American tour.
2 Alex Acuna - Cuncho (Gift LE COQ) Alex Acuna dr Otmaro Ruiz keys Ramón Stagnaro gtr John Peña bs Lorenzo Ferrero sx The incredible journey of Alex Acuña has seen the renowned drummer-percussionist travel from his small rural hometown in Peru to being a first-call session drummer in the country’s capital city, Lima, then touring the United States with mambo king Pérez Prado, gigging in Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and ultimately touring internationally with Weather Report, the premiere fusion band of the mid-1970s. An in-demand Los Angeles session musician for decades, he has appeared on nearly 900 studio records and movie soundtracks while also releasing half a dozen albums under his own name.

3 Wasafiri - G’s Bounce (Klearlight EASTWOOD) Max Gerl bs/comp Kwinton Gray, keys Ethan Ditthardt gtr Marcus Jones dr Nick Rothouse perc Shelley Carrol fl/tnr Matthew Babineaux fl/sx Cole Riddle synth Gerl's an alumni of Berklee College of Music in Boston and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas where Roy Hargove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu went to high school. In order to get the right vibe, Wasafiri recorded the album at Klearlight Studio in Dallas, Texas – a spot known for its assortment of vintage analog ge
ar. It would afford them the opportunity to employ some of the original tools that Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul and Chick Corea used some 50 years prior – all recorded through an Auditronics 501 console that had once resided at the famed Wally Heider Studios in San francisco – the same studio where Herbie Hancock recorded Mwandishi, Head Hunters and Sextant in the early 70's.
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