Voices of Our Vision (self-released)
Tune Recreation Committee
Released March 29, 2017
New York Times Best Jazz Albums of 2017
YouTube:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kz7lPGleVZhqBQZoWk3iGgKxSXVfc7MdM
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1QblYvGlkYuYVCIqy4qwaH?si=lNlYI7wrSQeEIICFb7z–w
About:
The Cape Town –based TRC takes original tunes and reinvents nods from their influences to embracing vibrant underground music scene of drum and bass to Balkanology. Fusing imported sounds and exporting to their own flavor. Either going into a Ghoema -tinged feel or just improvising around the melody. The T.R.C is the playground for the interrogation, assimilation and extended extemporisation from the canon of South African jazz heritage.
Track Listing:
1. Umhlangano 19:24
2. uMuvangeli 8:15
3. Reprise 5:12
4. Ke TS.O.NA 4:40
5. Voices Of Our Vision 9:12
6. R.O.AD 10:34
7. Hop n Skop 5:30
8. T.W.E 8:13
9. Balkan Zulu 6:48
Personnel:
Mandla Mlangeni: trumpet
Reza Khota: guitar
Nicholas Williams: bass
Clement Benny: drums
Afrika Mkhize: piano
Mark Fransman: alto saxophone, flute and accordion
Recorded & Mastered in New York City
Review:
Led by the trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni, this alliance of young South African musicians delves into the country’s syncretic cultural heritage — then ventures beyond. You hear Balkan folk, American funk, West African high life, South African free jazz. Most of all, you hear five bristling improvisers dancing together, modeling a kind of thoughtful communion.
