Music:
Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: noonansmusic.com
Band Members: Thierno Camara (Vocals/Bass)
Jon Madof, Aram Bajakian (Guitar)
Sean Noonan (electro-acoustic drum set)
Guests:
Marc Ribot (guitar)
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass)
Mat Maneri (viola)
Susan McKeown (vocals)
Abdoulaye Diabate (vocals)
Dawn Padmore (vocals)
Jim Pugliese (percussion)
Influences: Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Marc Ribot, Abdoulaye Diabate, Susan McKeown, Mat Maneri, Thierno Camara, and Aram Bajakian
we listen to John Zorn, Mediski/Martin&Wood, Mike Patton, Phish, Melt Banana, Naked City, Bill Frisell, Hendrix, Miles, Ali Farka Toura, Conlon Nancarrow, Mahavishu
Sounds Like:
Brewed By Noon: European Stories To Tell
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Imagine Prime Time joined by Fela Kuti and Bill Frisell, then remixed by Bill Laswell, and you’ll start to get a hint of just what an intoxicatingly soulful blast this is. Stories to Tell features ten pieces that offer elements of blues, rock, soul, jazz and improv in various combinations, adding in Celtic and West
African song-forms, lyrics, melodic content and instrumental approaches, but all transformed in the process of development. From the funky metaphoric love song to a "Pineapple," to a fable about a lost baby elephant in "Esspi," to the grinding out-rock/jazz interplay of "Scabies," to the Irish/Malian duet
"Noonbrews,"? Stories to Tell kaleidoscopically refracts its participants cultures, talents and musical experiences into an ecstatic, intoxicating
vision, one constantly supported by the energy and direction of Sean's drumming.Sean's personal history has laid the foundation for his musical eclecticism. Born in Boston, he graduated from the Berklee College of Music and was one of the co-founders of The Hub, a trio whose punk-jazz earned them critical acclaim throughout Europe. While touring in Italy in 2003, Sean was in a car accident that nearly cost him his life and left him with two broken legs requiring several operations over two years, anchoring him to a wheelchair for months on end. As soon as he could move his legs, he was back playing
drums, this time developing a new project that blended jazz-punk with West African folk music. He got together with Thierno Camara, an old friend in whose Waaw Band he'd performed years earlier, to write some new tunes, and the resulting first Brewed by Noon CD was a quartet that also featured guitarist friends Aram Bajakian and Jon Madof was released independently
in 2005. Jazz Review said "Imagine Prime Time joined by Fela Kuti and Bill Frisell, then remixed by Bill Laswell, and you'll start to get a hint of just what
an intoxicatingly soulful blast this is."
Record Label: Songlines Recordings, XCellar Records
Type of Label: Indie
