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Ba Ba Green Sheep
Not all sheep are followers! Over the next 2 hours we’ll be sharpening our shears to sheep in jazz: from Ornette’s bleating horns and the black sheep of the family, to Kyle Shepherd, Andrew Lamb, Charles Burnett’s 1977 masterpiece Killer of Sheep and plenty more wooly sounds.
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Other worlds, Other wonders
Playing with electricity: Thomas Mapfumo “unplugged”
Organised in celebration of Thomas Mapfumo’s 50th birthday in 1995, “Live at El Rey” is a sort of “unplugged”-projekt featuring a stripped-down crew of two mbira players, a trap-kit drummer and the phenomenal talents of Allan Mwale on electric bass. The idea is to let Thomas Mapfumo’s music stand out as naked as possible, stripped of effects, without big arrangements. [display_podcast]