Pianist Mamiko Watanabe Unveils New Sides on Being Guided By The Light – New Trio Album with Santi Debriano & Billy Hart is out February 23, 2024, via Jojo Records Jojo Records is pleased to announce the February 23, 2024 release of Being Guided By The Light – the fifth album by pianist Mamiko Watanabe … Read More
Concert Review by Russ Musto – Claudia Acuña – Page 5 Recommended New Releases – Aymée Nuviola – Havana Nocturne – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Jo Lawry – Acrobats – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Sanah Kadoura – Duality – Page … Read More
Propelled by a West African tribal tradition, Santi Debriano & Arkestra Bembe unveil the radiant works on Ashanti, a masterwork activated by pandemic jam sessions, due out on November 18, 2022 via Jojo Records Panama-born and New York-based Santi Debriano steers away from simplicity. The bassist-composer, who emigrated to the United States from Panama at … Read More
Bassist Santi Debriano To Perform New Album Flash of the Spirit LIVE on June 13, 2021, Presented by Studio 111 Brooklyn The live-stream event will be hosted by T.J. English at 2pm EST via Studio 111 Brooklyn Get Tickets Here Award-winning bassist Santi Debriano is set to perform his new album Flash of the Spirit … Read More
By Ron Schepper, Textura Like its creator, Flash of the Spirit spans multiple traditions. After his family emigrated from Panama when he was four, acoustic bassist Santi Debriano grew up in Brooklyn; later enrolled as an ethnomusicology graduate student at Wesleyan University, he read Robert Farris Thompson’s Flash of the Spirit, whose questions about the … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs’s Blog This album premise began while Santi Debriano was a graduate student at Wesleyan University. He was reading the Robert Farris Thompson book, “Flash of the Spirit” and that book provoked a question in his mind. To what extent have African traditions and customs been retained by contemporary Black culture … Read More
By Dave Sumner, Bandcamp Daily It would be easy to peg this music as simply a byproduct of various influences. The musics of Santi Debriano’s native Panama, and his long-time roots in the nucleus of New York City, can be directly felt on Flash of the Spirit, as can the experience of his collaborations with … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Making a Scene “..The album title seems especially apt as Debriano and bandmates seem to glide in and out of many grooves and styles rather seamlessly. At times, just as you feel you might be missing something, you as a listener are placed in a new and different context, flashing from one … Read More
By Bass Musician The Truth Revolution Recording Collective is proud to announce the release of Flash of the Spirit, a new album from bassist, guitarist, and composer Santi Debriano. Flash of the Spirit will be available on January 22, 2021 in CD and digital format via Truth Revolution Records. Read more here.
The Truth Revolution Recording Collective is proud to announce the release of Flash of the Spirit, a new album from bassist, guitarist, and composer Santi Debriano. Flash of the Spirit will be available on January 22, 2021 in CD and digital format via Truth Revolution Records. Much like his native Panama, which straddles the continental … Read More
