Etkin, Oran / Kelenia
Album: | Kelenia | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Etkin, Oran | Added: | Jun 2009 | |
Label: | Motema Music |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2009-06-21 | Pull Date: | 2009-08-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 9 | Aug 2 | Jul 26 | Jul 19 | Jul 12 | Jul 5 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Feb 10, 2024: | Music Casserole
Brink |
4. | Aug 23, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Nina |
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2. | Oct 25, 2018: | No Cover, No Minimum
Nina |
5. | May 10, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Brink |
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3. | Sep 27, 2016: | A Show Has No Name
Nina |
6. | Dec 28, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Nama |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-06-19
Reviewed 2009-06-19
ORAN ETKIN: Kelenia
Motéma Music, 2009
WORLD-JAZZ – Israeli-American reeds player with a beautiful, often danceable hybrid of Malian music and jazz (the Bambara word “kelenia” means love between people who are different from each other). No cultural tourism here: Etkin has been exploring this music since he was a teen and it breathes in every note. It’s a glorious mashup, full of positive vibes, shining melodies and warm grooves.
* * * * | All tracks good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11
Oran Etkin - clarinets, tenor sax
Balla Kouyate - balafon
Makane Kouyate - calabash, vocals (5,10)
Joe Sanders - bass
Guest Musicians:
Lionel Loueke - guitar (2,4,6)
John Benitez - bass (2,4,6)
Abdoulaye Diabate - vocals (1,3)
Joh Camara - percussion (4,5,10)
1. 3:01 – bright, upbeat ditty: vocal and clarinet slide over bouncy balafon riffs
2. 6:58 – easy walking tempo: bass clarinet solo is expressive and eloquent
3. 5:28 – perky birdlike melody, becomes a happy bounce… passionate vocal
4. 6:22 – relaxed: unusual 9/8 rhythm creates friction, keeps things off-balance
5. 3:58 – sax/vocal call & response, perpetual-motion groove like a work song
6. 7:15 – mysterious melody creeps through a slow walking rhythm
7. 5:18 – oblique but bluesy: full of odd angles and soulful sax slides
8. 4:27 – violin & cello lay a chilly, alien feel on top of lopsided rhythmic circle
9. 3:23 – Duke Ellington gets a whole new rhythm and Africanized texture
10. 4:49 – traditional song: noble intro, relaxed tempo, griot vocal, fast ending
11. 1:23 – stripped down version of #3’s bird theme, just multitracked reeds
[ Fo ] 06/19/09
Motéma Music, 2009
WORLD-JAZZ – Israeli-American reeds player with a beautiful, often danceable hybrid of Malian music and jazz (the Bambara word “kelenia” means love between people who are different from each other). No cultural tourism here: Etkin has been exploring this music since he was a teen and it breathes in every note. It’s a glorious mashup, full of positive vibes, shining melodies and warm grooves.
* * * * | All tracks good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11
Oran Etkin - clarinets, tenor sax
Balla Kouyate - balafon
Makane Kouyate - calabash, vocals (5,10)
Joe Sanders - bass
Guest Musicians:
Lionel Loueke - guitar (2,4,6)
John Benitez - bass (2,4,6)
Abdoulaye Diabate - vocals (1,3)
Joh Camara - percussion (4,5,10)
1. 3:01 – bright, upbeat ditty: vocal and clarinet slide over bouncy balafon riffs
2. 6:58 – easy walking tempo: bass clarinet solo is expressive and eloquent
3. 5:28 – perky birdlike melody, becomes a happy bounce… passionate vocal
4. 6:22 – relaxed: unusual 9/8 rhythm creates friction, keeps things off-balance
5. 3:58 – sax/vocal call & response, perpetual-motion groove like a work song
6. 7:15 – mysterious melody creeps through a slow walking rhythm
7. 5:18 – oblique but bluesy: full of odd angles and soulful sax slides
8. 4:27 – violin & cello lay a chilly, alien feel on top of lopsided rhythmic circle
9. 3:23 – Duke Ellington gets a whole new rhythm and Africanized texture
10. 4:49 – traditional song: noble intro, relaxed tempo, griot vocal, fast ending
11. 1:23 – stripped down version of #3’s bird theme, just multitracked reeds
[ Fo ] 06/19/09
Track Listing
1. | Yekeke | 7. | Brink | |||
2. | Nina | 8. | New Dwelling | |||
3. | Kelenia | 9. | It Don't Mean A Thing | |||
4. | Not A Waltz | 10. | Damonzon | |||
5. | Nama | 11. | Kelenia Remembered | |||
6. | Lacy | . |