Tezetha Abraham

Iroko launches Avishai Cohen’s longtime dream “to do a Latin project with his favorite Latin musician in New York”. Israel based bassist - singer and master conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr., brim with tunefulness, grooves, warmth, indelible melodies and the bonds of brotherhood to summon Yoruba gods.

Inspired by world events of the past 2 years, Abraham - who also plays guitar for veteran UK prog band Galahad - has written a thought provoking collection of songs that examine how we process life and our own fit within it…

The Jackie McLean-influenced alto saxophonist Abraham Burton was a member of Art Taylor's Wailers until the drummer's death in 1995. This was Burton's second album as leader, recorded live at Visiones on March 17 & 18, 1995 with pianist Marc Cary, bassist Billy Johnson & drummer Eric McPherson. The band is well-integrated and highlights of the seven impressive tracks are Jackie McLean's 'Little Melonae', the standard 'I Can't Get Started' and a stunning, Coltrane-inspired version of Erik Satie's 'Gnossienne #1'. Burton plays superbly throughout and the 63 minutes of moving and passionate music on 'The Magician' deserves a place in any modern jazz collection.

About two hundred million years ago, our planet was one unique and gigantic continent: Pangea. It began to progressively spread through the seas, and over time it resulted in the different continents we know today. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, PANGEA, the new album of composer and multi-instrumentalist Abraham Cupeiro, is a musical trip through the different continents of our planet, bringing us closer to a great variety of cultures and sounds, through Abraham Cupeiro and María Ruiz´s own compositions.

Intensity, pride, and passion are the earmarks for the modern mainstream jazz quartet co-led by tenor saxophnist Burton and drummer McPherson. They display a fervor that is consistently buoyed by the insistent pianistics of James Hurt, while bassist Yosuke Inoue stokes the fire with bituminous strokes of swing and steadying brute force. Each of these six compositions allow each member to stretch out and dig in, and they have a definite center from which to draw upon. Many will be reminded of the classic John Coltrane quartet from their Impulse recordings: slightly on the edge, forever moving forward. "Nebulai" is set up by a probing ostinato bass sets, Hurt's roaring piano, and Burton's bridge workout, which reflects Coltrane's energy, but sports Burton's voice…

Regular progheads need no introduction to this talented bassist. Abraham spent three years as bassist with Galahad before jumping ship to release a highly regarded solo debut, Black And White, in 2009. Abraham has wisely retained most of those players that helped out with a handful of live dates, swelling their number with some special guests including Dec Burke of Frost, Lifesigns’ own John Young, the much-travelled, sorely underrated Steve Thorne and Marc Atkinson of UK proggers Riversea. Distant Days is another lush-sounding collection of incredible grace and depth…

Sono Luminus proudly presents the first surround sound recording of Zelenka’s five Capriccios. The complex scores have been brought to life under the direction of conductor Daniel Abraham, who also crafted this new edition of the works. This sonic masterpiece of the Baroque is presented using all period instruments including natural horn for the virtuosic horn lines.