Souljazz Orchestra
Encyclopedia
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to...
band based in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
that has had success in touring Canada and Europe.
Members
The band has six members:- Pierre Chrétien - electric piano, clavinet, organ, percussion, guitar, bass, vocals
- Marielle Rivard - shekereShekereThis article is about the musical instrument. for the musical genre, see Sekere.The shekere is an instrument from West Africa consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd. Throughout the continent there are similar gourd/bead or gourd/seed percussion instruments. Some...
, tambourine, vocals - Steve Patterson - tenor sax, percussion, vocals
- Ray Murray - baritone sax, percussion, vocals
- Zakari Frantz - alto sax, flute, percussion, vocals
- Philippe Lafrenière - drums, percussion, vocals
Discography
- Uprooted (Funk Manchu Records, 2005)
- Freedom No Go Die (Do Right! Music, 2007)
- Manifesto (Do Right! Music, 2008)
- Rising Sun (Strut Records, 2010)
External links
- Official site of Souljazz Orchestra
- Canuckistan Music review of Rising Sun