TaxiCab Verses - Is What You Make It (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: TaxiCab Verses
- Title: Is What You Make It
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: Strolling Bones Records
- Genre: World, fusion
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-44100 FLAC
- Total Time: 44 min
- Total Size: 106; 302 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
TaxiCab Verses is a project that was created by Athens musician, Jim Wilson. It’s a genre-defying, world warping, international collaboration between TaxiCab Verses (Athens, GA) and Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors (Accra, Ghana).
“Some years ago, Jim told me about a trip to Ghana he was planning where he hoped to get deeply acquainted with the vast, local music scene there. He always had a deep interest in the music of West Africa and although his trip was initially to do field recordings of local musicians there, it soon morphed into an all-encompassing project with Jim taking phrases he saw on the backs of the various taxicabs he rode in like “Be Wise, Think Twice” and “First Things First,” then writing them down and turning them into the basis of a series of songs.”
“He then took his field recordings of Ghana’s extremely talented Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors and had the idea of cross-pollinating them with musicians from his Athens hometown. The results became the TaxiCab Verses.”
— Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)
CREDITS
Athens Musicians:
Chuck Bradburn - bass, upright bass
Melissa Colbert - backing vocals
John Fernandes - bass clarinet, violin
Marc Gilley - alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones
Bryan J. Howard - bass
Chris Heron - bass
Craig Lieske - electric guitar
Paul McHugh - keys
Richard Mikulka - electric guitar
Jacob Morris - cello
Brad Morgan - drums
Mumbi Okundaye - backing vocals
Matt Stoessel - electric guitar
Jef Whatley - electric guitar
Trish Whatley - backing vocals
Marc Tissenbaum - acoustic guitar
James A. Wilson - vocals, drums
Ghana Musicians:
Adjetey Quarshie - atenteben flute, shaker
Kojo Boateng - gome
Emmanuel Yaw Mensah - djembe, bells
Michael Okai - djembe, African congas
Agbo Kofi - bells, rattle, gome
Francis Agbo - xylophone
Daniel Sanbo - vocals
Akwetteh Yartey - congas, bells, rattle
Okoe Yartey - djembe, gome, congas
Gidi Agbeko - xylophone
Tracklist:
1.01 - TaxiCab Verses - Zero to Hero (4:21)
1.02 - TaxiCab Verses - Charlie Parker (3:41)
1.03 - TaxiCab Verses - Step by Step (5:17)
1.04 - TaxiCab Verses - Be Wise, Think Twice (3:11)
1.05 - TaxiCab Verses - Tug of War (5:25)
1.06 - TaxiCab Verses - Boyz Boyz (3:43)
1.07 - TaxiCab Verses - Ajenjua (4:05)
1.08 - TaxiCab Verses - First Things First (Obama Obama) (5:37)
1.09 - TaxiCab Verses - Dunia (5:33)
1.10 - TaxiCab Verses - Wazor (3:24)
“Some years ago, Jim told me about a trip to Ghana he was planning where he hoped to get deeply acquainted with the vast, local music scene there. He always had a deep interest in the music of West Africa and although his trip was initially to do field recordings of local musicians there, it soon morphed into an all-encompassing project with Jim taking phrases he saw on the backs of the various taxicabs he rode in like “Be Wise, Think Twice” and “First Things First,” then writing them down and turning them into the basis of a series of songs.”
“He then took his field recordings of Ghana’s extremely talented Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors and had the idea of cross-pollinating them with musicians from his Athens hometown. The results became the TaxiCab Verses.”
— Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)
CREDITS
Athens Musicians:
Chuck Bradburn - bass, upright bass
Melissa Colbert - backing vocals
John Fernandes - bass clarinet, violin
Marc Gilley - alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones
Bryan J. Howard - bass
Chris Heron - bass
Craig Lieske - electric guitar
Paul McHugh - keys
Richard Mikulka - electric guitar
Jacob Morris - cello
Brad Morgan - drums
Mumbi Okundaye - backing vocals
Matt Stoessel - electric guitar
Jef Whatley - electric guitar
Trish Whatley - backing vocals
Marc Tissenbaum - acoustic guitar
James A. Wilson - vocals, drums
Ghana Musicians:
Adjetey Quarshie - atenteben flute, shaker
Kojo Boateng - gome
Emmanuel Yaw Mensah - djembe, bells
Michael Okai - djembe, African congas
Agbo Kofi - bells, rattle, gome
Francis Agbo - xylophone
Daniel Sanbo - vocals
Akwetteh Yartey - congas, bells, rattle
Okoe Yartey - djembe, gome, congas
Gidi Agbeko - xylophone
Tracklist:
1.01 - TaxiCab Verses - Zero to Hero (4:21)
1.02 - TaxiCab Verses - Charlie Parker (3:41)
1.03 - TaxiCab Verses - Step by Step (5:17)
1.04 - TaxiCab Verses - Be Wise, Think Twice (3:11)
1.05 - TaxiCab Verses - Tug of War (5:25)
1.06 - TaxiCab Verses - Boyz Boyz (3:43)
1.07 - TaxiCab Verses - Ajenjua (4:05)
1.08 - TaxiCab Verses - First Things First (Obama Obama) (5:37)
1.09 - TaxiCab Verses - Dunia (5:33)
1.10 - TaxiCab Verses - Wazor (3:24)
Year 2023 | World | Folk | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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