Dan Weiss's Starebaby and Abdullah Ibrahim
Soweto Kinch with Dan Weiss and Starebaby from the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Plus the great South African pianist and bandleader Abdullah Ibrahim talks to Alyn Shipton about his new album The Balance released this month, and Al Ryan has the latest from BBC Introducing.
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Dan Weiss Starebaby
Annica
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Dan Weiss Starebaby
Veiled
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Dan Weiss Starebaby
Episode 8 Sequel
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Abdullah Ibrahim
The Balance
- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 1.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Skippy
- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 8.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Song for Sathima
- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 6.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Jabula
- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 3.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
ZB2
- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 7.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Manenberg Revisited
- Water from an Ancient Well.
- Black Hawk Records.
- 3.
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Major Ruse
Berlin
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Northern Monkey Brass Band
Monkey Blood
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Kinkajous
Loke
PLAYLIST
Artist Soweto Kinch
Title The Healing
Composer Kinch
Album The Legend of Mike Smith
Label Soweto Kinch Recordings
Number SKP003 CD 2 Track 39
Duration 54’’
Performers: Soweto Kinch, as, rhodes, prog; Shabaka Hutchings, ts; Karl Rasheed-Abel, b; Graham Godfrey, d. 2015
Clips:
Artist Dan Weiss / Starebaby
Title Episode 8 Sequel (excerpt)
Composer Dan Weiss
Album BBC live recording @ Cheltenham Jazz 2019
Duration 0:20
Performers Dan Weiss drums
Craig Taborn piano / synthesizers
Matt Mitchell piano / synthesizers
Ben Monder guitar
Trevor Dunn bass
Note credits also available on the band’s album
A Puncher’s Chance
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Manenberg Revisited
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album Water from an Ancient Well
Label Black Hawk Records
Number BKH 50207 CD track 3 (excerpt)
Duration 0:52
Performers Charles Davis baritone sax
Ricky Ford tenor sax
Abdullah Ibrahim piano
Ben Riley drums
David Williams bass
Carlos Ward flute
Artist Kinkajous
Title Loke
Duration 0:38
Dan Weiss’ Starebaby performs at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2019
Artist Dan Weiss / Starebaby
Title Annica
Composer Dan Weiss
Album BBC live recording @ Cheltenham Jazz 2019
Duration 18:30
Performers Dan Weiss (drums)
Craig Taborn (piano / synthesizers)
Matt Mitchell (piano / synthesizers)
Ben Monder (guitar)
Trevor Dunn (bass)
Note credits also available on the band’s album
A Puncher’s Chance
Artist Dan Weiss / Starebaby
Title Veiled
Composer Dan Weiss
Album BBC live recording @ Cheltenham Jazz 2019
Duration 16:02
Performers Dan Weiss (drums)
Craig Taborn (piano / synthesizers)
Matt Mitchell (piano / synthesizers)
Ben Monder (guitar)
Trevor Dunn (bass)
Note credits also available on the band’s album A Puncher’s Chance
Title Episode 8 Sequel
Composer Dan Weiss
Album BBC live recording @ Cheltenham Jazz 2019
Duration 14:33
Performers Dan Weiss drums
Craig Taborn piano / synthesizers
Matt Mitchell piano / synthesizers
Ben Monder guitar
Trevor Dunn bass
Note credits also available on the band’s album A Puncher’s Chance
Alyn Shipton interviews South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title The Balance
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album The Balance
Label Gearbox Records
Number GB 1554 CD track 1
Duration 1:06 (excerpt)
Performers Abdullah
Ibrahim piano
Noah Jackson double bass
Will Terrill drums
Cleave Guyton Jr. flute
Lance Bryant tenor
saxophone
Andrae Murchison trombone
Marshall McDonald baritone saxophone
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Skippy
Composer Thelonious Monk / arr. Abdullah Ibrahim
Album The Balance
Label Gearbox Records
Number GB 1554 CD track 8
Duration 2:46 (excerpt)
Performers Abdullah
Ibrahim piano
Noah Jackson double
bass
Will Terrill drums
Cleave Guyton Jr. piccolo
Lance Bryant tenor
saxophone
Andrae Murchison trombone
Marshall McDonald baritone saxophone
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Song for Sathima
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album The Balance
Label Gearbox Records
Number GB 1554 CD track 6
Duration 1:36 (excerpt)
Performers Abdullah
Ibrahim piano
Noah Jackson double
bass
Will Terrill drums
Cleave Guyton Jr. alto saxophone
Lance Bryant tenor
saxophone
Andrae Murchison trombone
Marshall McDonald baritone saxophone
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Jabula
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album The Balance
Label Gearbox Records
Number GB 1554 CD track 3
Duration 3:43
Performers Abdullah
Ibrahim piano
Noah Jackson cello
Alec Dankworth double
bass
Will Terrill drums
Cleave Guyton Jr. alto saxophone
Lance Bryant tenor
saxophone
Andrae Murchison trombone
Marshall McDonald baritone saxophone
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title ZB2
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album The Balance
Label Gearbox Records
Number GB 1554 CD track 3
Duration 2:04
Performers Abdullah
Ibrahim piano
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Manenberg Revisited
Composer Abdullah Ibrahim
Album Water from an Ancient Well
Label Black Hawk Records
Number BKH 50207 CD track 3 (excerpt)
Duration 2:14
Performers Charles Davis baritone sax
Ricky Ford tenor sax
Abdullah Ibrahim piano
Ben Riley drums
David Williams bass
Carlos Ward flute
Al Ryan Presents some of the latest tracks uploaded to BBC Introducing
Artist Major Ruse
Title Berlin
Duration 3’05
Artist Northern Monkey Brass Band
Title Monkey Blood
Duration 5’03
Artist Kinkajous
Title Loke
Duration 4:00
Broadcast
- Mon 17 Jun 201923:00BBC Radio 3
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