Tommy Meier Root Down: The Master And The Rain
African-jazz / free. Two decades ago Zurich reedist and composer Tommy Meier toured Africa with the orchestra of the legendary Swiss Circus Federlos. The Master And The Rain, recorded with Meier's current band Root Down, owes much to these past experiences abroad but inweaves them with the present time. The 15-piece orchestra with the likes of Irène Schweizer, saxist Co Streiff or trumpeter Russ Johnson a.o. evokes africanisms in pieces of rare beauty. These hymns - originals and chants by Fela Kuti or Chris McGregor - are contrasted by nowadays turntable sounds and free noises which lift up the whole scenery.
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