Odessa/Havana is the latest project of noted Canadian jazz/New-Jewish trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder, sparked by meeting and collaborating with Cuban piano great Hilario Durán. It is a high-powered collision of two great musical styles is predated but not predicted by the Jewish-fuelled, American Mambo craze of the 1950s. Working from the roots of each tradition and finding many areas of sonic commonality, Buchbinder and Durán have crafted a sound that is exciting, fresh and compelling as it challenges listeners’ comfortable genre preconceptions. This is as far from Fiddler on the Roof meets Desi Arnaz as you can get!
While Odessa and Havana might seem many miles apart, their musical associations are many-faceted, multi-layered and rich indeed, rooted in their common ancestry on the Iberian peninsula and sharing Arabic, Roma (Gypsy), Sephardic and North African forbearers. The two musics already share haunting minor modalities, improvisatory flourishes, a strong rhythmic drive and deeply spiritual underpinnings. Buchbinder and Durán’s compositions explore these commonalities as they break new ground, creating a truly unprecedented sound.
The band is filled with a Who's Who of Canadian jazz and world music heavyweights, and is just releasing their debut CD on John Zorn's Tzadik label. The group celebrates the launch with a Canada/U.S. tour in November/December, 2007.
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 09 : Suzzara, Mantova, ITALY : Sconfinart July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
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[Animals] were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men. Alice Walker
The time will come when people such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of people. Leonardo da Vinci
I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings. Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers
I encourage the Tibetan people and all people to move toward a vegetarian diet that doesn't cause suffering. Dalai Lama
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mohandas Gandhi
The human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease. World Watch
Nothing will benefit health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein
There is a direct relationship between eating meat and the environment. Andrea Gordon, If You Recycle, Why Are You Eating Meat?
If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. Paul McCartney
Hola David y pals of the north country, Thanks for the tunes! Someday when we post our klezmer cumbia, will send you the link. (Rick wrote it, so first his Los Mas Valientes get to put out their version.) Just had a lovely MetroKlezmer show at Drom, think you'll like it there too. Anyway, we share your Latin/Yiddish feel, and you'll be right in the neighb ~Eve
