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Luiz Bonfa - Jacaranda (Ranwood, 1973)
Master Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa teams with arranger Eumir Deodato to produce this early 1970’s monster of jazz fusion, with his fluid, melodic playing expanded upon (but not overwhelmed by) an all star cast of musicians including Stanley Clarke on bass, Airto Moreira and Ray Barretto on percussion and congas, Idris Mohammed on drums, and John Tropea on electric guitar.
The hyperkinetic Apache Talk with its skittering percussive backdrop leads into the title track with a prowling bass line that settles into a loping groove through forests of imagination; Gentle Rain has a cinematic, soundtrack feel that builds up in tempo as piano and further solos come into play. You Or Not To Be has a breezy Brazilian flavour with horns and strings; it leads into the “flamenco meets TV show theme” hybrid of Strange Message.
The central motif of Don Quixote is gentle and reflective, with some furious fretwork by Bonfa midsection; Song Thoughts is soft and delicate, with the strings seemingly hardly touched, creating a “barely there” atmosphere of faint beauty. Danse V blends a folk or classically based structure with an insistent bass riff and a groove that builds up with piano and string flourishes and blazing electric guitar licks, beco
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by Michele Kennedy
Published February 17, 2025
Seeing Myself on the Concert Stage, and Being That Example for Others
I can recall two moments of true revelation as a working artist.
The first took place on a chilly January evening in 2018. I went to see some dear friends sing with the Exigence Vocal Ensemble in their debut at Carnegie Hall. The concert featured the phenomenal Sphinx Virtuosi, comprised entirely of young professional artists of color.
Sitting in the audience before the show, I knew — as a lifelong performing artist, and as a Black and biracial woman — that this performance would move me deeply. Even so, I was not fully prepared for what happened next.
After the concert’s opening announcement, the house grew quiet, and the side door opened for the Sphinx players to walk out on stage. They began to emerge with their instruments, one by one in elegant attire, Black and Brown and Latin American players of the highest caliber. Their radiance began to fill the stage, until each musician reached their place, turned to face the audience, and then took a bow all together as a complete orchestra.
Witnessing that stage full of musicians of color took my breath away completely.
I had never seen anything like it in my entire life. It was, and still is, par
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