Category: Featured Music
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All about “Didadi (Didadee) Music of Mali”
MUSIC OF MALI: DIDADEE Featuring Sumba Togola and Friends Released by earthcds partners. Recorded and produced by Michael Pluznick Audio CD: 62 minutes – 7 tracks The music for this CD was made at Centre Togola, the local community center, run by director Kareem Togola. It is located outside Sabalibougou. ‘Bougou’ means ‘village’ in Bambara… Read More »
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‘Chandra Shekar’ By Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble Hawaii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3irv2xaal4 This is a music video by the Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble from Big Island of Hawaii. Read More »
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“Kassa” from Lavaroots drum and dance performance in Hawaii
This is a performance by the Lavaroots ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii and is called Kassa, which is a West African traditional harvest dance from Guinea, West Africa. Read More »
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Female Drummers and Dancers with Bolokada and group
Female West African dancers (formerly of Guinea West Africa’s famous Ballet Merveilles) drum, dance and dance solo with master djembe drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Cond (from Les Percussions Du Guinee) and his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. Read More »
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“Tiger I” from Miles Dean world jazz CD by Michael Pluznick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnieYJfolko This video features Bangkok’s inner city, architecture and temples along with a nice sunset and other Asian and Thai scenarios. This musical composition was a collaboration with maestro Jim Chapelle, percussionist Michael Pluznick and arranger, composer, and guitarist Joel Lindheimer. The music is based on the uptempo and festive Afro Cuban traditional and folkloric… Read More »
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Spectac (big show) in Conakry Guinea
This video features master drummer Jaques, a unique djembe player performing with his friends and piers in a West African drum and dance extravaganza! Read More »
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Dance of Dambala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHqfUCNoGY From the new Barabajaba CD, “Rise Up”. This cut features the traditional Afro Haitian rhtyhm “Yan Valu”. Drums by Michael Pluznick and Jesse Seymour. Read More »
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“Havanah Cabana” from Heat Beat CD by Michael Pluznick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdisHZIdY-4 Havana Cabana is a new percussion song on the CD entitled Heat Beat by Michael Pluznick, and features Michael P on congas, cahon, caha, bongos and other misc. percussion and drums in a rumba albierto (open rumba) or invento pattern/concept. Read More »
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“Giant Step” from Rhythym Harvest CD by Michael Pluznick
World Jazz Music from the Michael Pluznick CD entitled Rhythm Harvest by Michael Pluznick with composition by Michael Hauser and alittle help from Joel Lindheimer. This video features shots of the band and their travels performing music around the globe including Asia, Hawaii and Thailand. Read More »
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“La Mar” from the new CD “Miles Dean” by Michael Pluznick
This song is called La Mar , new world music and ethnic jazz by percussionist michael pluznick and guitarist joel lindheimer from the new CD, “Miles Dean”. The photos were taken in and around Northern California and beyond. Read More »
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Rythym Intergration CD: “Bembe” Guido 6/8 by Michael Pluznick
This new song is called Bembe Djembe from the Rythym Intergration CD. The peace is the Afro Cuban folkloric “Bembe” or Havana style Guido 6/8 by Michael Pluznick with Afro Cuban traditional Santos (Santeria/Lucumi/Yoruba) chants by Priest Pedro De Jesus and family. Filmed in and around California coastline by Michael Pluznick. Chris Walker lead drum,… Read More »