"Multi-instrumentalist/ethnoloog Brozman belicht 5 traditionele stringbands van Papoea New Guinea, uit Rabaul en omgeving, de stad waar Not Drowning, Waving al eens muziek opnam voor het album "Tabaran". In 1994 is de stad grotendeels verwoest door een vulkaanuitbarsting. Nog steeds heeft men er last van asregens. Uit de muziek op de CD en de fraaie documentaire op de DVD spreekt de enorme overlevingsdrang van de inwoners. Brozman geeft de musici alle ruimte om te schitteren." (EvDS, Heaven)
"The Bob Brozman Orchestra is both a misnomer and the absolute truth, since the "orchestra" is made up of Brozman himself, multi-track on a multiplicity of plucked and percussion instruments. Anyone familiar with his playing knows he's a whiz in all manner of styles from around the globe, and he illustrates that perfectly here, on compositions that allow a lot of improvisation -- no mean feat when you consider the number of instruments here. In many ways, this is a culmination of all he's done before, bringing together the strands of his previous work, whether it's the Indian Ocean influence so evident on "N'Oubliez Pas La Reunion," the gorgeous ghazal of "Chaturangui Gazal," or the eerie Eastern lullaby of "Yaeyama Okinawa." The sheer variety of styles here is staggering, with Brozman masterful in them all. But, in typical fashion, everything comes with a slight twist. It's a masterwork, from someone who knows his stuff, and the pleasure he takes in his playing is palpable." (Chris Nickson, Allmusic)
Recorded on the Okinawan island of Taketomi, Jin Jin/Firefly documents a rare encounter between Okinawan singer/sanshin player Takashi Hirayasu and acoustic guitarist Bob Brozman. Forming a duo, the two prove to be highly compatible and when you think about it, they're a logical combination. Hirayasu's foundation is Okinawan music, which contains both Japanese and Polynesian elements; Brozman, meanwhile, is considered a master of the Hawaiian guitar and is no stranger to the sounds of the Pacific Islands. So it isn't hard for them to find common ground on "Akata Sun Dunchi," "Chinnuku Jushi," and other traditional Okinawan children's songs that Hirayasu selected. What the duo does with the songs isn't entirely traditional, however. Brozman brings plenty of blues, rock, and Hawaiian influence to the session, and that works for Hirayasu because the Okinawa native is hip to blues and rock himself. Hirayasu and Brozman both have a lot of charisma. (Allmusic)
Japans muzikant, die Japanse en Amerikaanse trad. muziek mengt. In het Japans en zich begeleidend op het Japanse tokkelinstrument de sanshin zingt hij o.a. opvallend bluesy liedjes, met wonderlijk Hawaiaans slidegitaarspel van Bob Brozman.
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