Etienne de la Sayette - Kobugi (2020)

It is safe to call Etienne de la Sayette (Akalé Wubé) a man of the world, as his various jazz rooted, global music projects attest. Here he fuses together a pan-African selection of sounds & rhythms, giving them an a vitality boosting Asiatic, psychedelic & jazz funk infusion to wonderful, mysterious & exotic effect. Big up Monolith Cocktail for the tip.

A big Afro Jazz picture scroll by a French saxophonist influenced by Afrobeat, Ethiopian Jazz, Balkan Beat, Celtic, Indian music, Korean music, and more!
A young man who studied cello at a music school in France suddenly turned into a saxophonist when he listened to Ornette Coleman. After that, Etienne De la Sayette is a project that he started to be influenced by various music such as Afro beat, Ethiopian jazz, Balkan beat, Celtic, Indian music and Korean music. This work, in which various ethnic music centered on African music is woven in layers, is a large Afro-jazz picture scroll in which spoken words, Korean singing, and barraphon players also participated. A direct hit not only for African music fans, but also for spiritual jazz fans and rare groove fans!