| Etkin, Oran / Kelenia |
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| Album: | Kelenia | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Etkin, Oran | Added: | Jun 2009 | |
| Label: | Motema Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-06-21 | Pull Date: | 2009-08-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 9 | Aug 2 | Jul 26 | Jul 19 | Jul 12 | Jul 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 25, 2018: | No Cover, No Minimum Nina | 4. | May 10, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Brink | |
| 2. | Sep 27, 2016: | A Show Has No Name Nina | 5. | Dec 28, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Nama | |
| 3. | Aug 23, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Nina | 6. | Feb 24, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Nina |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-06-19 | ||
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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 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Yekeke | 6. | Lacy | |||
| 2. | Nina | 7. | Brink | |||
| 3. | Kelenia | 8. | New Dwelling | |||
| 4. | Not A Waltz | 9. | It Don't Mean A Thing | |||
| 5. | Nama | 10. | Damonzon | |||
| 11. | Kelenia Remembered | |||||