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Soundroots

Dick de Graaf

Soundroots

Format: CD
Label: A Records
UPC: 0608917322224
Catnr: AL 73222
Release date: 17 November 2000
1 CD
 
Label
A Records
UPC
0608917322224
Catalogue number
AL 73222
Release date
17 November 2000
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Dick de Graaf

FOUR WINDS stemmed from my wish to enrich my musical world with those of musicians from four physical, spiritual and musical points of the compass. I was seeking for a sequel to a previous project that I produced and played on with musicians from Bamako, capital of Mali in West Africa. The project led to the cd ‘Djigui: Les Sofas de Bamako featuring Dick de Graaf saxophone ténor’. Even though the recording was very exciting and inspiring, I had no choice but to adjust to the musical concept of my West-African friends. The challenge of this album was to steer musicians from all the quarters of the world into a real musical encounter in which my compositions are the starting...
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FOUR WINDS stemmed from my wish to enrich my musical world with those of musicians from four physical, spiritual and musical points of the compass. I was seeking for a sequel to a previous project that I produced and played on with musicians from Bamako, capital of Mali in West Africa. The project led to the cd ‘Djigui: Les Sofas de Bamako featuring Dick de Graaf saxophone ténor’. Even though the recording was very exciting and inspiring, I had no choice but to adjust to the musical concept of my West-African friends. The challenge of this album was to steer musicians from all the quarters of the world into a real musical encounter in which my compositions are the starting points for improvisations that value the musical traditions the band members grew up with.

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