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13,248 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 13 years ago. 667 of them this year alone and, so far, 75 this month (May 16).

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May 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen at The Holystone (Indoors!)
May 20 Maine Street Jazzmen are back at Sunniside Social Club. 8:30pm start.
May 23: Vieux Carré Hot Four are back at The Spanish City.

June 21: Jazz in the Afternoon are back at Cullercoats Crescent Club. (Revised date).
June 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen are back at Cullercoats Crescent Club. (Revised date).

Sunday, November 08, 2015

CD Revview: Vula Viel: Good is Good

Bex Burch – Gyil; Dan Nicholls – Bass synth/keyboards; Dave De Rose – Drums; George Crowley – Sax; Simon Roth – Drums; Stephen Burke – Vibes; Jim Hart – Vibes (Bewa).
(Review by Steve H.) 
Vula Viel means Good is Good in Dagaare this is the language of the Upper West Ghana Tribe where Bex Burch lived and studied for 3 years.  Starting off as an apprentice to the master Gyilist Thomas Segkura and graduating to become a teacher herself after the sad passing of her mentor in 2010.  
The music is based around the Gyil a xylophone type instrument made from sacred iliga wood. The Gyil is used primarily in funerals but the ambiance is anything but melancholy. This album fuses joyously the traditional Dagaare music with contemporary jazz. Bex has joined up with some of the cream of London jazz scene to produce this very fine crossover album  All the tracks have a light uplifting feel to them most  make you want to  just get up and dance. However there is enough going on to keep the listener interested at all times with blend of traditional and modern instruments.  It would be easy to sum up this album by its title Good is Good but I would like to go a stage further and say Good is Good is in fact very good indeed.
Available now on Vula Viel Records WMD1.
Steve
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