Songo

By Global Blowerks & Q Up Arts. Styles include Songo 100, 116, 132, Salsa 82, 100, 116, and Mambo 82,100, 116. Plus multi-sample single hits of percussion instruments and drums.

The pulling power of the names of top stars is quite strong. Here the attraction is Bob Dorough who is "featured" on jazz vocalist Debby Yeager's initial album. "Featured" translates into duets with Yeager on two of the album's 12 cuts. Nonetheless, after this release Yeager should have some pulling power of her own. Showing an affinity to a wide swath of Latin music, she combines that syncopation of a jazz singer with the lyrical feel of a good cabaret singer, where that feel is needed. But it's the use of her voice as an instrument that sets her apart. On an exhilarating, exciting "Songo Mongo" her wordless vocalizing fits right in there with the pulsating piano of Mark Massey and the tenor sax of Doug Webb andSteve Crum on trumpet.

This Rex Pak offers a range of drum and percussion loops with authentic latin flavor in the styles of Mambo, Salsa, Songo and more. From individual and combined percussion such as congas, bongos, shakers, handbells, guiros, clave, maracas and more to full drum kit grooves, this collection can add spice to any music production.

The Latin Solo Workout for Guitar by Andrew D. Gordon gives guitarists the opportunity to practice improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums in various different Latin styles including Calypso, Mambo, Salsa and Songo.

“Q.E.D.,” short for “Quod Erat Demonstrandum” — a fitting title for the culmination of almost two years of work bringing together a power team of twenty musicians in the fusion arena to breathe life into ten original compositions. The variety of guests allowed for a tailored band to be formed for each tune, ranging from the hard-hitting rock fusion opener, “Destiny Controller,” to more jazz and Latin-influenced numbers like “Sheffield Songo.” The Holdsworth-inspired vocal ballad, “Your Truth,” features some truly inspiring gutiar and synth guitar playing by Richard Hallebeek with a classic rhythm section lineup: Jimmy Johnson (bass), Gary Husband (drums and piano solo).

'Cross Can's rhythm section with Roland Kirk, Motown and the Third Stream and you'll get somewhere near where The NJE are coming from…' Like most band names, it came about by accident trying to explain the sound of three musicians playing horn-led instrumentals from the rock/pop side of the tracks, the closest description was a 'near-jazz experience'. Swiftly abbreviated to The NJE, this 'Near Jazz Experience' was formed by multi-instrumentalist Terry Edwards, bassist Mark Bedford and drummer Simon Charterton in the spring of 2010.