Elwood/ Hartford - Nice FolksElwood Hartford Nice Folks

originally released in 1986

a region mostly comprised of tribal groups including the Muria and the Gonds

but it's existence seemed no more than a rumour

Tony Martin and the Crew Chiefs sing as you hear I'll Be Around

His reputation as a zany character

The pianist Lydia Kessep was a Cuban immigrant living in Miami when she recorded this tribute to the great Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecouna in the mid 1970's

They only perform live compositions that they improvise on-the-spot on stage and in the studio

XL Recordings release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven

you won't believe that there are at least seven instruments/voices all playing different lines yet somehow all working together in sublime harmony

The accumulation of low instruments could make us assume that Vivaldi would choose high tessituras for soloists

presenting the less easily identifiable works on this discographic rarity in his name therefore certainly does not do him a disservice

The album also features two original arrangements by Paulo Jobim and three pieces composed by him