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taneen sufi music ensemble
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Taneen Sufi Music Ensemble creates authentic, original world music that blends western and middle eastern instruments, arabic chants and lyrics from ancient and modern Sufi poets that have been translated into English.
Formed in 1996 under the guidance of Muslim Sufi Masters Shah Nazar Seyed Ali Kianfar and Seyeda Nahid Angha, founders of the International Association of Sufism, we reside in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, U.S.A.
Sufiism is the mystical heart of Islam. As seekers on the Sufi path, our music springs from the heart of prayer, inner practice, and spiritual discipline and is a celebration of heart's longing to feel connected to the source of mystery behind this reality and the source of peace within us all. We sing as an offering and a service intended to increase tranquility in the world.
With an authentic fusion of Middle Eastern and Western influences, we create new, original melodies; yet our music is deeply rooted in the Sufi tradition in its intention and inspiration. We primarily sing the love poetry of the great masters (such as Jalaleddin Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud) in English translation, making the profound message of love which the Sufis profess very accessible to all audiences ...
Formed in 1996 under the guidance of Muslim Sufi Masters Shah Nazar Seyed Ali Kianfar and Seyeda Nahid Angha, founders of the International Association of Sufism, we reside in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, U.S.A.
Sufiism is the mystical heart of Islam. As seekers on the Sufi path, our music springs from the heart of prayer, inner practice, and spiritual discipline and is a celebration of heart's longing to feel connected to the source of mystery behind this reality and the source of peace within us all. We sing as an offering and a service intended to increase tranquility in the world.
With an authentic fusion of Middle Eastern and Western influences, we create new, original melodies; yet our music is deeply rooted in the Sufi tradition in its intention and inspiration. We primarily sing the love poetry of the great masters (such as Jalaleddin Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud) in English translation, making the profound message of love which the Sufis profess very accessible to all audiences ...
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Taneen Sufi Music Ensemble creates authentic, original world music that blends western and middle eastern instruments, arabic chants and lyrics from ancient and modern Sufi poets that have been translated into English.
Formed in 1996 under the guidance of Muslim Sufi Masters Shah Nazar Seyed Ali Kianfar and Seyeda Nahid Angha, founders of the International Association of Sufism, we reside in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, U.S.A.
Sufiism is the mystical heart of Islam. As seekers on the Sufi path, our music springs from the heart of prayer, inner practice, and spiritual discipline and is a celebration of heart's longing to feel connected to the source of mystery behind this reality and the source of peace within us all. We sing as an offering and a service intended to increase tranquility in the world.
With an authentic fusion of Middle Eastern and Western influences, we create new, original melodies; yet our music is deeply rooted in the Sufi tradition in its intention and inspiration. We primarily sing the love poetry of the great masters (such as Jalaleddin Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud) in English translation, making the profound message of love which the Sufis profess very accessible to all audiences ...
Formed in 1996 under the guidance of Muslim Sufi Masters Shah Nazar Seyed Ali Kianfar and Seyeda Nahid Angha, founders of the International Association of Sufism, we reside in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, U.S.A.
Sufiism is the mystical heart of Islam. As seekers on the Sufi path, our music springs from the heart of prayer, inner practice, and spiritual discipline and is a celebration of heart's longing to feel connected to the source of mystery behind this reality and the source of peace within us all. We sing as an offering and a service intended to increase tranquility in the world.
With an authentic fusion of Middle Eastern and Western influences, we create new, original melodies; yet our music is deeply rooted in the Sufi tradition in its intention and inspiration. We primarily sing the love poetry of the great masters (such as Jalaleddin Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud) in English translation, making the profound message of love which the Sufis profess very accessible to all audiences ...
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2. bonga kwenda
Bonga Kwenda is considered a superstar throughout Europa and Africa, though he is still somewhat unknown in the United States. He has recorded 17 albums in a 28-year career, and has been the subject of at least four compilations and countless re-issues. He is also the subject of a biography, "Dendém de Aucar", and several films and videos.
Bonga's life is inextricably linked to N'Gola's struggle for freedom from colonial domination and the continuing struggle for a stable, comfortable, post-colonial existance. In this regard, his career bears a striking parallel to that of Thomas Mapfumo from Zimbabwe.
Bonga Kwenda was born Barceló de Carvalho in Dandé, N'Gola, in 1942. He first came to prominence as an athlete initially as a world-class 400 meter champion who set a record he held for ten years, and later as a star on the great Benfica (Lisbőa) fűtbol team of the 1960s.
Portugal was then ruled by the repressive right-wing Salazar government. Like the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Espana, it was a Nazi-allied government which managed to remain in power in Western Europa well into the 1970s without much fanfare in the United States.
N'Golans were restricted in every manner possible, including travel. They were also generally denied Portuguese citizenship. Bonga's status as star athlete allowed him freedom of movement, which he used to carry messages between exiled freedom fighters and compatriots still in N'Gola. As the movement for independence heated up, Bonga was forced into exile himself, first in Rotterdam, then in Paris. It was in Rotterdam in 1972 that he recorded his first record, "Angola '72", and adapted the name Bonga Kwenda ...
The first release of new Bonga Kwenda material in the US since 1991.
A multi-leveled lyricist and social critic with a "scratchy, soulful voice." Music includes rhythms from the Congo, Kilapanga, Cabo Verde, Brasil and (the Portuguese) Sodade.
Bonga's life is inextricably linked to N'Gola's struggle for freedom from colonial domination and the continuing struggle for a stable, comfortable, post-colonial existance. In this regard, his career bears a striking parallel to that of Thomas Mapfumo from Zimbabwe.
Bonga Kwenda was born Barceló de Carvalho in Dandé, N'Gola, in 1942. He first came to prominence as an athlete initially as a world-class 400 meter champion who set a record he held for ten years, and later as a star on the great Benfica (Lisbőa) fűtbol team of the 1960s.
Portugal was then ruled by the repressive right-wing Salazar government. Like the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Espana, it was a Nazi-allied government which managed to remain in power in Western Europa well into the 1970s without much fanfare in the United States.
N'Golans were restricted in every manner possible, including travel. They were also generally denied Portuguese citizenship. Bonga's status as star athlete allowed him freedom of movement, which he used to carry messages between exiled freedom fighters and compatriots still in N'Gola. As the movement for independence heated up, Bonga was forced into exile himself, first in Rotterdam, then in Paris. It was in Rotterdam in 1972 that he recorded his first record, "Angola '72", and adapted the name Bonga Kwenda ...
The first release of new Bonga Kwenda material in the US since 1991.
A multi-leveled lyricist and social critic with a "scratchy, soulful voice." Music includes rhythms from the Congo, Kilapanga, Cabo Verde, Brasil and (the Portuguese) Sodade.
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Caribbean Blues best describes the music of Jungular Grooves percussive Anglophone Caribbean music that is sharpened by stinging Blues guitar, honking sax, and Doo-Wop style vocals. The seamless and completely natural blending of these elements has the effect of making Jungular Grooves seem at once exotically international yet soothingly familiar.
Jungular Grooves centers upon the seductively warm, dusky, Bluesy baritone vocals, tasty Blues-tinged guitar and evocative songwriting of auteur Reggie Benn. He is teamed with the screaming, searing, soaring, artful saxophone playing of the right Reverend Robert James Haven to front a stunningly original synthesizer-free musical offering which also features Steve Parks on bass and supporting vocals; Ralph Gibbs on drums and supporting vocals; Michael Corbett on congas, percussion and drums; and Holly Elder on steel drums.
Jungular Grooves music is an outgrowth of Reggie Benn's West Indian musical upbringing and his musical explorations while playing and recording with artists such as the late African Palm Wine Music progenitor, Souleman Rougie, and New Orleans Tropical big band Cool Breeze.
As is the fashion in their native Barbados, Benn's entire family played and sang Calypsos on holidays, which planted the musical seeds in young Reggie. He was also infused with Gospel music in church and American Doo-Wop on the street corners of Boston, where his family eventually settled.
A wonderful new release from the critically acclaimed Jungular Grooves.
Anglophone Caribbean music with blues guitar, sax, and doo-wop style vocals. Centered upon the baritone vocals, guitar work and songwriting of Reggie Benn.
Jungular Grooves centers upon the seductively warm, dusky, Bluesy baritone vocals, tasty Blues-tinged guitar and evocative songwriting of auteur Reggie Benn. He is teamed with the screaming, searing, soaring, artful saxophone playing of the right Reverend Robert James Haven to front a stunningly original synthesizer-free musical offering which also features Steve Parks on bass and supporting vocals; Ralph Gibbs on drums and supporting vocals; Michael Corbett on congas, percussion and drums; and Holly Elder on steel drums.
Jungular Grooves music is an outgrowth of Reggie Benn's West Indian musical upbringing and his musical explorations while playing and recording with artists such as the late African Palm Wine Music progenitor, Souleman Rougie, and New Orleans Tropical big band Cool Breeze.
As is the fashion in their native Barbados, Benn's entire family played and sang Calypsos on holidays, which planted the musical seeds in young Reggie. He was also infused with Gospel music in church and American Doo-Wop on the street corners of Boston, where his family eventually settled.
A wonderful new release from the critically acclaimed Jungular Grooves.
Anglophone Caribbean music with blues guitar, sax, and doo-wop style vocals. Centered upon the baritone vocals, guitar work and songwriting of Reggie Benn.
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Peter Buffett is a well established musician, composer and producer. Buffett began his career in the early 1980's in San Francisco where he recorded artists and was hired by ad agencies to write commercials and music logos for the newly created MTV. During that success in San Francisco, Peter signed a recording deal with Narada Records in Milwaukee and moved his studio, Independent Sound, there. After recording 4 albums for Narada; The Waiting, One by One, Yonnondio, and Lost Frontier, Peter signed with Epic and then Hollywood Records to release 500 Nations and Spirit Dance respectively. His latest Emmy award winning CD entitled, Ojibwe was released in 2002 on his own label, Bisonhead Records, along with Songs from an Eastside Attic.
After scoring the Fire Dance scene in the Oscar winning film Dances With Wolves and playing at the film's 1991 L.A. premiere, famed composer John Barry brought Peter to Abbey Road studios in London to write music for The Scarlet Letter. Peter then went on to score the entire 8 hour miniseries for CBS produced by Kevin Costner called 500 Nations.
In 1996, Buffett produced a Christmas CD called Star of Wonder featuring the voice and Celtic harp of world-renowned Harpist Kim Robertson. In 1999, his documentary score to Wisconsin: An American Portrait, won a "best soundtrack" Emmy. In 2000 Peter scored and released music for a documentary called, Triathlon: Through the Eyes of the Elite in CD and DVD Audio formats. Triathlon was the world's first soundtrack released in the DVD Audio format. In 2001 Peter's label released Songs From an Eastside Attic, a compilation of pop songs he wrote with an array of artists and produced in his Milwaukee studio ...
After scoring the Fire Dance scene in the Oscar winning film Dances With Wolves and playing at the film's 1991 L.A. premiere, famed composer John Barry brought Peter to Abbey Road studios in London to write music for The Scarlet Letter. Peter then went on to score the entire 8 hour miniseries for CBS produced by Kevin Costner called 500 Nations.
In 1996, Buffett produced a Christmas CD called Star of Wonder featuring the voice and Celtic harp of world-renowned Harpist Kim Robertson. In 1999, his documentary score to Wisconsin: An American Portrait, won a "best soundtrack" Emmy. In 2000 Peter scored and released music for a documentary called, Triathlon: Through the Eyes of the Elite in CD and DVD Audio formats. Triathlon was the world's first soundtrack released in the DVD Audio format. In 2001 Peter's label released Songs From an Eastside Attic, a compilation of pop songs he wrote with an array of artists and produced in his Milwaukee studio ...
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5. cool breeze
Since 1977, COOL BREEZE™ has been on the cutting edge of World Music, playing what they call "New Orleans Tropical", an inimitable potent blend of Caribbean, Latin, and African musics with a New Orleans sensibility and lyrics primarily in English. Three of the five founding members remain with the band today, and most of the 20 current members have been with the group since 1979 while the repertoire has blossomed to well over 100 original compositions.
As COOL BREEZE™ has matured, it has expanded to feature a classic male vocal quintet; a powerful and dynamic 6-piece horn section; and a lush 9-piece rhythm and percussion section. They conjure up infectious melodies, vivid lyrics marbled with the exceptionally well-turned phrase, and the type of wry observations about contemporary life present in only the best music in the world. Music that is the life's blood of society and culture, as well as serving as the bulletin board; the newspaper; the love letters; the foundation of ritual; and the relief from life's hardships.
As Tom Cheyney noted in The BEAT Magazine: "Few other globally influenced bands have blazed such a progressive path (as) tropical big-band COOL BREEZE™" ...
New Orleans Tropical; The first US CD by 20-piece World Music pioneers Cool Breeze.
As COOL BREEZE™ has matured, it has expanded to feature a classic male vocal quintet; a powerful and dynamic 6-piece horn section; and a lush 9-piece rhythm and percussion section. They conjure up infectious melodies, vivid lyrics marbled with the exceptionally well-turned phrase, and the type of wry observations about contemporary life present in only the best music in the world. Music that is the life's blood of society and culture, as well as serving as the bulletin board; the newspaper; the love letters; the foundation of ritual; and the relief from life's hardships.
As Tom Cheyney noted in The BEAT Magazine: "Few other globally influenced bands have blazed such a progressive path (as) tropical big-band COOL BREEZE™" ...
New Orleans Tropical; The first US CD by 20-piece World Music pioneers Cool Breeze.
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