NuJazz festival starts tonight! The festival features such heavyweights as The Herbaliser Band and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. On top of that, you’ll be able to check out some great Canadian bands such as Souljazz Orchestra, King Sunshine, Grand Analog, Planet Earth and The National Parcs. We haven’t forgotten about the DJs either. Canadian and local DJs such as The Footprints DJ crew, John Kong, More or Les, Rollin’ Cash, DJ Numeric and more.
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Another one of my personal favourites – the Souljazz Orchestra will be playing at Barrymore’s right here in Ottawa tonight at 9:00pm. If this is too last-minute for you I completely understand. But that’s no reason to not hit up one of their other shows in November now, is it?
And their November dates will be celebrating the release of their brand new album Manifesto - so be there for the party!
3 Oct 2008 21:00 Barrymore’s Ottawa, Ontario
14 Nov 2008 21:00 Supermarket Toronto, Ontario
21 Nov 2008 21:00 Divan Orange Montreal, Quebec
22 Nov 2008 21:00 Le Cercle Quebec, Quebec
The Souljazz Orchestra describes themselves as a combination of “…blaring majestic horns, dusty vintage keyboards, and fierce earthquaking rhythms to create a potent new afrofunk sound.” Even with such a wild description, I’m inclined to agree. If you’re anything like me, you’ll find yourself asking “What exactly is ‘afrofunk’?” And since I’ve heard it and seem to think I have all the answers, I’ll say “Good question!” Afrofunk is a synthesis of Afrobeat (jazz and funk fused with African vocals and percussion) and electronica, dub, R&B, and rap. So what it sounds like, basically, is orchestral funk… and it’s awesome! I mean, what’s better that orchestral funk?
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