WOLFGANG HAFFNER: KIND OF TANGO - NEW ALBUM

WOLFGANG HAFFNER: KIND OF TANGO - NEW ALBUM

You don't have to be a tango fan to get involved with "Kind of Tango". The title already says that someone here approaches tango according to their own ideas. As a result, the virtuoso German-French-Swedish sextet escapes the temptation to want to be more Argentine than the official representatives of this style of music. Recordings in which non-Argentineans let themselves be inspired by the flair of this music and its creative possibilities and play tango in a mixture of respect and impartiality have a very special charm. That is exactly Haffner's approach. Many years ago, during a tour in Buenos Aires, the drummer even had the opportunity to perform with the tango legend Astor Piazzolla. In addition to his own compositions from among his sextet, Haffner's album also features Piazzolla classics such as Libertango "and Close Your Eyes And Listen". You are happy to follow this request and are then rewarded with a flawlessly transparent sound and an extremely relaxed tango.

US composer Steve Reich turns 85

US composer Steve Reich turns 85.

The American Steve Reich is one of the most renowned living composers and is honored worldwide. He is considered a pioneer of "minimal music". "The New Yorker" described Steve Reich as "the most original musical head of our time", and the "New York Times" even considers him "one of the greatest composers of the century". The two-time Grammy winner (for his work "Different Trains" in 1988 and for "Music for 18 Musicians" in 1998) has influenced the music world. #stevereich #minimalmusic #differenttrains

RIP Dr. Lonnie Smith - Thank You For The Music

Dr. Lonnie Smith has died

Cheating with academic degrees is a bane in politics, but a blessing in pop.
Dr. Beat, Professor Longhair and others have no academic degree, they use their stage names to ensure that the listeners will remember them. This is also the case with the organ virtuoso Dr. Lonnie Smith, who gained his first experience as a trumpeter and singer in the 1960s. Soon he switched to the Hammond organ and created the typical sound for it. He established his reputation as a sideman playing with guitarist George Benson and the saxophonist Lou Donaldson. The instrumentals, which lie somewhere between jazz, soul and funk, were called soul jazz, and Smith's debut "Finger Lickin 'Good Soul Organ" in 1967 was predestined for this designation. On Wednesday, Dr. Lonnie Smith died of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79. #drlonniesmith #hammond #organ #souljazz #thankyouforthemusic