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CD PRESS RELEASES


RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2002
PRESS RELEASE: Things That Happen Fast
– N. Scott Robinson on New World View Music NWVM CD-02
N. Scott Robinson, jazz-eclectic &
multi-cultural world-percussionist, has released his second
CD, Things That Happen Fast, featuring exotic instruments
from many cultures reinterpreted in a uniquely American
context. “A Western performance aesthetic coupled
with contemporary improvisation and a global sound palate.
That’s what we have here in the US now; a tradition
of finding and expressing your own sound amongst so many
influences from other cultures” says folk-jazzman
N. Scott Robinson. Scott has constantly worked with diverse
artists including Benny Carter, John Cage, Paul Winter,
Malcolm Dalglish, R. Carlos Nakai, Glen Velez, Gary Stroutsos,
Oregon, George Crumb, Marilyn Horne, Giovanni Hidalgo, Benoit
Moerlen, and Jeanie Bryson. This new CD by Scott not only
showcases his many diverse skills as a performer but also
shows further developments in his approach to composition.
Things That Happen Fast also pays special homage
to the innovators of this unique approach to percussion
and world music with compositions inspired by and dedicated
to Naná Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott, Don Cherry,
Glen Velez, Bill Summers, Okay Temiz, Trilok Gurtu, and
others. Also available direct through New World View Music
on-line at http://www.nscottrobinson.com, $16.00. Scores
of Scott’s music available from HoneyRock Publishing
(http://www.honeyrock.net).
Instrument Guide to Things That
Happen Fast
Berimbau – Brazilian musical bow
with a gourd, played with a stick, rock, and shaker.
Pandeiro – Brazilian tambourine,
played with various parts of the hand.
Riq – Egyptian tambourine, played
with the fingers on the skin and jingles.
Pocket Trumpet – A miniature jazz
trumpet that can literally fit in your pocket.
Karimba – A type of Shona lamellaphone
from Zimbabwe.
Cajon – Peruvian wooden box, sat
on & played with hands and feet.
Kudu horn – African antelope horn
from Zimbabwe.
Hammer Dulcimer – American Appalachian
trapezoidal box with nearly 100 strings.
Udu – Nigerian clay pot, played
by manipulating the air inside with the hands, made by
Wright Hand Drum.
Bodhran – Irish frame drum, hand-played
here with techniques from Persia, India &
Egypt, made by Cooperman.
Tamburello – Italian tambourine,
played here with hand and finger techniques
from Italy, Egypt & India.
Bendir – Moroccan frame drum that
buzzes, played here with Moroccan & Indian
techniques, made by Cooperman.
Overtone Singing – Tuvan throat
singing, singer gets multiple pitches with 1 voice.
Congas – Cuban hand drums, made
by Mountain Rhythm.
Mbongo – Ivory trumpets from Zaïre
(now Democratic Republic of Congo).
Hindewhu – Central African Babenzele
Pygmy single-note whistle, like a small bottle-
alternate singing a note with voice then blowing a note
across top of bottle.
Also features these great musicians: Malcolm Dalglish (Metamora),
Joe Kaminski (Buddy Rich), Nolan Warden, and Moira Smiley
(Vida).
REVIEWERS & RADIO STATIONS: Please
mail a copy of the magazine or xerox of the review, once
it has been published, to my address. Please e-mail playlists.
Thank you.


RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2003
FOR REVIEW: World View – N. Scott
Robinson on New World View Music / United One Records NWVM
CD-01 / U1CD 402 4569 3027 2
World-percussionist N. Scott Robinson’s
first recording (1994), World View, has been released
on CD for the first time by German label United One Records
(global distribution by Qualiton Imports). This CD features
exotic percussion instruments from many cultures with guitar,
bass, piano, saxophone and the Chinese fiddle erhu. Scott
has constantly worked with diverse artists including Benny
Carter, John Cage, Paul Winter, Malcolm Dalglish, R. Carlos
Nakai, Glen Velez, Marilyn Horne, Giovanni Hidalgo, Benoit
Moerlen, and Jeanie Bryson. This CD by Scott showcases his
many diverse skills as a performer. World View
pays special homage to the innovators of this unique approach
to percussion and world music with compositions inspired
by and dedicated to Naná Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott,
Don Cherry, and Glen Velez. Scores of N. Scott Robinson’s
percussion compositions are available through HoneyRock
Publishing (http://www.honeyrock.net). Available on-line
through New World View Music at http://www.nscottrobinson.com
or United One Records at http://www.united-one.com, $16.00
US (14.30 EURO).
Instrument Guide to World View
Berimbau – Brazilian musical bow
with a gourd, played with a stick, rock, and shaker.
Donso ngoni – Six-string West African
harp played in Gambia and Mali.
Riq – Egyptian tambourine, played
with the fingers on the skin and jingles.
Udu – Nigerian clay pot, played
by manipulating the air inside with the hands.
Frame Drum – Large frame drum, hand-played
here with techniques from Persia, India &
Egypt and with a drumset brush in one hand.
Overtone Singing – Tuvan throat
singing, singer gets multiple pitches with 1 voice.
Congas – Cuban hand drums.
Ghaval – Azerbaijani frame drum
with rings and played with snapping the fingers.
Sanza – Hand piano from Central
Africa, plucked with the thumbnails.
Tabla – Pair of hand drums from
Northern India.
Slit Drum – Wooden box based on
an instrument from Africa with slits on top.
Steel Pan – Trinidadian all metal
drum played with rubber mallets, this one custom tuned
to a Chinese scale.
Erhu – Two-stringed Chinese fiddle.
Timba – Brazilian hand drum.
Also features these great musicians: Robert “Tigger”
Benford (Paul Winter), Glen Fittin (Glen Velez, Lion King),
Mike Ghegan on soprano saxophone (Keiko Matsui, Justin Timberlake),
Endo Yoshiharu, Larry Barbee on electric guitar, Kevin Coyle
on piano (The Platters), Vince Giardina on electric bass,
Naoyuki “Taro” Irie, and Ichiro Yamamoto.
REVIEWERS & RADIO STATIONS: Please
mail a copy of the magazine or xerox of the review, once
it has been published, to my address. Please e-mail playlists.
Thank you.
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