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Kevin Diehl
He was profoundly influenced by diverse innovators: from 80's New York loft scene's Air & Sam Rivers, to electronica's Brian Eno and the Orb, to avant garde modern composers Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Karlheinz Stockausen, and minimalist Morton Feldman, to traditional Afro Cuban folk performers Papo Angarica and Alfredo Coyoute Videax.
Kevin Leads and ensemble which realizes all of these influences. Combining free jazz with Afro-Cuban percussion and electronica, Kevin's Sonic Liberation Front has forged an incredible sound assemblage — one that has sailed to new levels on their latest CD release, "Change Over Time." While others simply talk of combining the ancient with the futuristic, SLF have done so. More than any other band on the scene today, SLF is continuing on the paths of Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, and Art Ensemble of Chicago — new dimensions of folk art forms of tomorrow.
Kevin Diehl, a student of innovative composer/drummer Sunny Murray, and Chuckie Joseph, a Yoruban cultural scholar. Kevin performs in the Cuban Lukumi cultural ensemble called "Mewa" which is lead by Chuckie Joseph.
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Oliver Lake: Justice
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il sottotitolo dell'album parla di The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake ad opera della somma di due gruppi gemelli. In realtà questo prezioso lavoro contiene ben di più: una visione cameristica della musica da parte del grande sassofonista, fresco ottantenne, con i colori di quell'approccio al mondo dei suoni, ma attraverso una visione al tempo stesso eloquentemente calata in tutto l'universo nero (ci sono qua e là accenti funkeggianti, così cari a Oliver Lake, interventi tenoristici anche ruvidi, e svariati ...
read more"Number 1 jazz album of 2004." — Tom Hull, Village Voice
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Change Over Time
From: Change Over TimeBy Kevin Diehl