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The Tnek Jazz Quintet
Plays the Music of Sam Jones

Plays the Music of Sam Jones CD cover.

Tracks
01 – Unit seven
02 – Bittersuite
03 – Some more of dat
04 – Lillie
05 – O.P.
06 – Del Sasser
07 – Tragic magic

Length: 38:44
Musicians
Kent Miller: bass
Darius Scott: piano
Greg Holloway: drums
Antonio Parker: alto sax
Benny Russell: tenor and soprano saxes

Sample Track
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Website: www.tnekjazz.com
Record label: TNEK | Jazz
Distribution: Amazon, CDBaby, iTunes


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Sultans of String
Refuge

Refuge CD cover.

Tracks
01 – The power of the land
02 – El bint El Shalabeya
03 – Hurricane
04 – I am a refugee
05 – Ojhri Camp
06 – Refuge
07 – I'm free
08 – Imad's dream
09 – Weather update
10 – Summer in Tehranto
11 – Asi soy (This is me)
12 – The Grand Bazaar
13 – Hypnotica

Length: 54:33
CREDITS — Music: tracks 1, 3 & 11 (Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberté, Drew Birston); tracks 4 & 12 (Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberté, Drew Birston, Rosendo León); track 5 (Anwar Khurshid, Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberté, Drew Birston); tracks 6, 7 & 10 (Chris McKhool); track 8 (Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberté, Imad Al Taha); track 9 (Drew Birston); track 13 (Kevin Laliberté). Lyrics: track 1 (Duke Redbird); tracks 3 & 7 (Chris McKhool); track 4 (Ifrah Mansour); track 8 (Ahmed Moneka); track 11 (Yasmin Levy). All arrangements by Sultans of String except tracks 1 (Sultans of String & Twin Flames) & 10 (Sultans of String & Amir Amiri). String arrangement on track 8 (Kevin Laliberté). Turkish string arrangements (Kadir Okyay, Selcuk Suna).
Sultans of String
Chris McKhool: violin, viola, ChinCello, vocals on track 3
Kevin Laliberté: nylon, steel & electric guitars; vocals
Eddie Paton: high strung acoustic guitar, vocals
Drew Birston: electric and acoustic bass; Moog Synth, vocals
Rosendo “Chendy” León: drums, percussion, guest voice on track 4

Special Guests
Duke Redbird: vocals on track 1
Twin Flames: Jaaji—vocals on track 1; Chelsey June—vocals and drum on track 1
Demetrios Petsalakis: oud on tracks 2 & 10
Fethi Nadjem: mandole on track 2; kora on track 4
Majd Sekkar: clarinet on track 2; guest voice on track 4
Gündem Yayli Grubu: Turkish string section on tracks 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 & 13
Meg Contini: vocals on tracks 3 & 7
Mehmet Akatay: darbuka, riq, cowbell and shakers on track 3; darbuka, bendir, riq, shakers and string drum on track 10; percussion on track 13
Sammy Figueroa: congas on tracks 3 & 6
Ifrah Mansour: vocals on track 4
Marito Marques: kalimba on tracks 4, 8 & 11
Ahmed Moneka: guest voice on track 4; vocals on track 8
Waleed Abdulhamid: guest voice on track 4; vocals on track 7
Anwar Khurshid: sitar and vocal on track 5
Ravi Naimpally: tabla on track 5
Edmar Castaneda: harp on track 6
Donné Roberts: electric guitar on track 7; vocals on track 9
Matias Recharte: djembe on track 7
Rebecca Campbell: chorus vocals on track 7
Imad Al Taha: violin on track 8
Anh Phung: flute on track 9
Michel DeQuevedo: djembe on track 9
Selcuk Suna: sax on track 9
Suat Suna: violin on track 9
Amir Amiri: santur on track 10
Naghmeh Farahmand: daf on track 10
Yasmin Levy: vocals on track 11
Béla Fleck: banjo on track 12
Robi Botos: piano and keyboard on track 12

Sample Track
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Website: www.sultansofstring.com
Distribution: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, ProperMusic, and Gobuz


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Artists for Peace and Justice
Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1

Let the Rhythm Lead CD cover.

Tracks
01 – Lapé, lanmou
02 – Love is love
03 – Surrender
04 – Under the supermoon
05 – Let the rhythm lead
06 – Goddess at the wheel
07 – Koulandian
08 – Saving grace
09 – El viajero
10 – Simbi dio
11 – I found out

Length: 55:41
Composer credits: Track 1 (Jonathan Wilson & Jenny Lewis); track 2 (Jackson Browne & David Belle); track 3 (Paul Beaubrun & Jackson Browne); track 4 (Jenny Lewis); track 5 (Raúl Rodríguez); track 6 (Jonathan Wilson); track 7 (adapted by Habib Koité); track 8 (Jonathan Russell & Kathryn Everett); track 9 (Raúl Rodríguez); track 10 (adapted by Paul Beaubrun); track 11 (Jonathan Russell)
Musicians
— Lakou Mizik —
Sanba Zao (Louis Lesly Marcelin): vocals and percussion
Steeve Valcourt: lead vocals and guitar
Jonas Attis: lead vocals
Nadine Rémy: lead vocals
Junior Lamarre: bass and chorus
Peterson “Ti Piti” Joseph: rara horns, percussion, and chorus
James Carrier: percussion and rara horns
Beniste Belony: accordion and chorus

Featured Musicians
track 01: Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Wilson, Sanba Zao, Jackson Browne
track 02: Jackson Browne
track 03: Paul Beaubrun
track 04: Jenny Lewis, Habib Koité
track 05: Jackson Browne, Raúl Rodriguez
track 06: Jonathan Wilson
track 07: Habib Koité
track 08: Jonathan Russell
track 09: Raúl Rodriguez
track 10: Paul Beaubrun
track 11: Jonathan Russell

Statement from Artists for Peace and Justice
Proceeds will benefit Artists For Peace And Justice and the Artists Institute of Jacmel, Haiti. Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) is a non-profit organization that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty around the world. Our immediate goal is to serve the poorest communities in Haiti with programs in education, healthcare and dignity. We are committed to long-term, sustainable development in direct partnership with the Haitian people. Our model is simple: we believe in empowering local communities, fostering economic growth, and the power of education to change a nation. For more information please visit: www.apjnow.org.

Sample Track
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Websites: Artists for Peace and Justice, and Lakou Mizik
Record label: Arts Music
Distribution: www.apjnow.org and Amazon




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