http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/ Archived Articles from L&BH Weekly through April 26, 2008 Sun, 13 May 2012 03:03:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Listen & Be Heard » Blog Archive » A Different World Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:01:48 +0000 http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/#comment-979 [...] Some of the names of these musicians will be familiar to readers of these pages: Khalil Shaheed on trumpet and flugelhorn, Richard Howell on tenor and soprano saxes, Ron Belcher on bass, Glen Pearson on keyboards. All of them contributed in a huge way to the excellent music on the UpSurge! CD Chromatology (reviewed in L&BH?s Vol. 3, Issue 25). And then there are the Moroccan musicians: Yassir Chadly on oud and lead vocals; Bouchaib Abdelhadi on oud, violin, dembek, percussion, lead & background vocals. Both men combine their talents and years of playing music rooted in a different format, a different WORLD, with the techniques and forms found in America?s musical gumbo pot. The resulting sounds are a dazzling meld of the above-mentioned styles. [...] [...] Some of the names of these musicians will be familiar to readers of these pages: Khalil Shaheed on trumpet and flugelhorn, Richard Howell on tenor and soprano saxes, Ron Belcher on bass, Glen Pearson on keyboards. All of them contributed in a huge way to the excellent music on the UpSurge! CD Chromatology (reviewed in L&BH?s Vol. 3, Issue 25). And then there are the Moroccan musicians: Yassir Chadly on oud and lead vocals; Bouchaib Abdelhadi on oud, violin, dembek, percussion, lead & background vocals. Both men combine their talents and years of playing music rooted in a different format, a different WORLD, with the techniques and forms found in America?s musical gumbo pot. The resulting sounds are a dazzling meld of the above-mentioned styles. [...]

]]> http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Gaby Geuther Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:56:38 +0000 http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/#comment-609 Does anyone know how I could get a hold of Ennett Tu Geuther, the kazoo player/drummer on the Chromatology album? I'm researching Geuther roots and need to get in touch with him. Thanks for any leads. Gaby Does anyone know how I could get a hold of Ennett Tu Geuther, the kazoo player/drummer on the Chromatology album?
I’m researching Geuther roots and need to get in touch with him.
Thanks for any leads. Gaby

]]> http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Listen & Be Heard » Blog Archive » Speakout - July 5-11, 2006 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:19:13 +0000 http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/#comment-283 [...] Hi Martha, Hope you’re well and working well! Just a brief note to say THANKS for your wonderful review of our second CD, Chromatology, in your April 26 edition. We think the writer, Dave Tilton, really got what we are trying to do! THANKS again for the review, and for your continued support of the arts and artists. Respectfully, Raymond [...] [...] Hi Martha, Hope you’re well and working well! Just a brief note to say THANKS for your wonderful review of our second CD, Chromatology, in your April 26 edition. We think the writer, Dave Tilton, really got what we are trying to do! THANKS again for the review, and for your continued support of the arts and artists. Respectfully, Raymond [...]

]]> http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Listen & Be Heard » Blog Archive » Marching on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:46:30 +0000 http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2006/04/26/the-cat-in-the-hat-upsurge-review/#comment-194 [...] Kahlil Shaheed, whose work on flugelhorn has been mentioned in a previous L&BH CD review (?Chromatology? by UpSurge!; see the CD review archives per the 4/26/06 issue), delivers another wonderful solo on ?Na Iwosan (The Healing),? this time on trumpet. Shaheed, Wellman, and Richard Howell on tenor sax create some killer horn section parts. They play really BIG here, and Howell is a major force from song to song, not only while soloing, but also while singing on ?The Creator Has A Master Plan? and ?Nature Boy.? Hilton Ruiz, as always, gives the listener the history of jazz piano on this CD. His playing is engaging and surprising. ?Engaging? is also the word to use in describing Alex Blake?s work on bass. He is so much a part of the reason why this music succeeds. He is like the point guard on a basketball team, aware of where the music is going, complimenting everyone?s playing. If music was like basketball, he would have been given an assist after most of the solos on this recording. [...] [...] Kahlil Shaheed, whose work on flugelhorn has been mentioned in a previous L&BH CD review (?Chromatology? by UpSurge!; see the CD review archives per the 4/26/06 issue), delivers another wonderful solo on ?Na Iwosan (The Healing),? this time on trumpet. Shaheed, Wellman, and Richard Howell on tenor sax create some killer horn section parts. They play really BIG here, and Howell is a major force from song to song, not only while soloing, but also while singing on ?The Creator Has A Master Plan? and ?Nature Boy.? Hilton Ruiz, as always, gives the listener the history of jazz piano on this CD. His playing is engaging and surprising. ?Engaging? is also the word to use in describing Alex Blake?s work on bass. He is so much a part of the reason why this music succeeds. He is like the point guard on a basketball team, aware of where the music is going, complimenting everyone?s playing. If music was like basketball, he would have been given an assist after most of the solos on this recording. [...]

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