Release Date: 24 February 2014
Label: Babel
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028159000370
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 24 February 2014
Label: Babel
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028159000370
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Trogon, named after the national bird of Cuba, is the vibrant new Latin-infused sextet led by London-based trumpeter Nick Smart. It's an ensemble that makes full use of the breathtaking cultural breadth of London's rich musical landscape, employing a truly cosmopolitan line-up of cutting-edge players with deep international connections. Call it World Jazz, if you like.
Alongside outstanding young jazz-rock guitarist Chris Montague, and firebrand drummer Dave Hamblett, the group also includes London-Bangladeshi pianist Kishon Khan, Cuban bassist Denny 'Jimmy' Martinez, and long established London Latin-jazz percussionist Pete Eckford.
This eclectic mix of musical backgrounds and aesthetic obsessions is enriched and enlivened by the propulsive rhythmic traditions of Afro Cuban music and the rich harmonic possibilities of contemporary jazz.
Tracklisting
Glockenspiel
Barbacana
Black Top
Black Top
Black Top
Christine Tobin
Christine Tobin
Billy Jenkins
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu