ASERE KO

CALLOWAY, JOHN

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Condition: New, UPC: 0182276900106, Publication Date: 08/30/2016, Type: COMPACT DISC, Style: LATIN/LATIN POP,

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tracks

Obatala
Child's Play
For The Love Of Money
Asere Ko
Casinha Do Olho D'Água
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Alamar City
Nostalgia De Futuro
Neptuno Street
Descarga Something Like That
6:06

notes

John Calloway: "Asere Ko represents my vision of combining Afro-Latio music with whatever musical styles I feel comfortable mixing into them. This recording brings a conglomerationof influences from artists of different backgrounds, musical styles, and geographic locations to make this vision a musical reality. / Finding material is always a challenge for me because of how I hear the flute orchestrated in my music. This project started slowly, with the recording of just two songs in a one-year period, and with only a handful of musicians. Not having a set band, however, allowed me to use different orchestrations, instrumentations, and music style, and bring in some of the most talented people to record with me for the first time: Erick Barberia, Madeleine Eastman, Oscar Hernandez, Mark Levine, Louie Romero, Jovino Santos Neto, and Destani Wolf. Over a period of two years some 40 musicians and singers from the San Francisco Bay Area, Havana, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle helped this project to fruition. / The title track "Asere Ko," based on the Arsenio Rodriguez song "Dilo Como Yo," aptly represents the CD because of its African and Afro-Latino Elements. The title is also a reworking of aserekó, a traditional Efik-Language greeting or salutation among close friends. / Here I wish to thank all the participants in the project as well as those who will listen and enjoy it!" (Linernotes)