Idit Shner & Mhondoro - Heat Wave

Cat. no: OA222198
Format: CD
Barcode: 805552219821
Release Date: 12 Aug 2022
Genre: Jazz

Its name meaning "the lion spirit" in Shona, a language of Zimbabwe, MHONDORO has produced a powerful frst album, full of joy and brimming with the force of life

Melding traditional Zimbabwean music, American jazz, and an unmistakable dose of the Pacifc Northwest, Heat Wave celebrates the culmination of its diverse roots. Born during the pandemic as Israeli saxophonist Idit Shner, Zimbabwean vocalist & percussionist John Mambira, and the Oregon-bred rhythm section of pianist Torrey Newhart, bassist Garrett Baxter, and drummer Ken Mastrogiovanni formed a "parent pod" to allow their children to attend virtual school together while the parents jammed in the living room. Realizing that put together, the music created was both global and hyper-local—truly American, in the best sense of the word —it provided a thrilling artistic escape from the times and exciting possibilities for the future. "...an excellent group of players jamming, meshing together fuidly, and the energy is consistently high...Shner's solos can twinkle and extend like Coltrane or honk and squawk like Big Jay McNeely..." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Tracks: Obsidian Horses / Heat Wave / Mhondoro / Usavabvumire / Mantra Song / Step By Step / Fingerprints

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