Kora Band, The / Cascades
Album: Cascades   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kora Band, The   Added:Oct 2010
Label:Oa2 Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-10-17 Pull Date: 2010-12-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Dec 19 Dec 5 Nov 21 Oct 31 Oct 24
Airplays: 1 2 3 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 26, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Cascades
4. Nov 30, 2010: At the Cafe Bohemian
Dakang
2. Dec 18, 2010: Music Casserole
Ngoni System
5. Nov 20, 2010: No Cover, No Minimum
Cascades
3. Dec 04, 2010: No Cover, No Minimum
Over-Caffeinated And Under-Fed
6. Nov 20, 2010: Music Casserole
Cascades

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-10-16
THE KORA BAND: Cascades
OA2, 2010

WORLD JAZZ – Entertaining quintet out of Seattle/Portland mixes up original jazz with West African music. The band has a really inviting sound, and kora player/guitarist/vocalist Kane Mathis has chops. Feel-good music, some interesting twists. Vocals in Mandinka language.

Fo’s Picks… jazz: 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 world: 1, 5, 8, 10

1. 6:00 – happy midtempo bounce with vocal, switches beats a couple of times
2. 5:50 – catchy little midtempo groove; beautiful kora lines, lilting piano
3. 2:13 – circular, walking rhythm, kora/trumpet/piano take turns in lead
4. 5:25 – mid-uptempo, great jazzy feel on this one, cool piano & busy kora
5. 4:21 – brisk, spinning kora/piano/calabash trio with vocals, skipping piano
6. 7:22 – chugging train groove w/trumpet; slides into Zimbabwean pop vibe
7. 5:38 – relaxed & warm; guitar takes place of kora, nice piano & trumpet
8. 2:31 – cool kora/bass/calabash trio, striding rhythm; kora really digs in
9. 6:15 – original vocal tune, propulsive groove, blossoms with soaring trumpet
10. 3:25 – brisk afropop from Cameroon, danceable and fun
11. 3:05 – flowing, undulating duet: kora and piano move nicely together
12. 4:56 – a song for Guinean dictator/music lover Amadou Sekou
13. 7:08 – relaxed ditty with guitar, romantic in a goofy way, becomes a party

[ Fo ] 10/16/10

Track Listing
1. Sinyaro   7. Koulandjan
2. Ngoni System   8. Sori
3. Mamadou Bitiki   9. Dakang
4. Over-Caffeinated And Under-Fed   10. Za Ayi Neyi
5. Serifu Sidi   11. Tabara
6. Cascades   12. Amadou Sekou
  13. Tantine