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THE CONGO SQUARE PROJECT FOUNDATION presents "DRUMMERS UNITED (with a little help from our friends)" Volume 1 - An organization set up by maverick LA drummer/producer Fabian Jolivet to DIRECTLY aid The New Orleans Musicians Clinic, Sweet Home New Orleans, The Congo Square Drummers, Preservation Hall Foundation, The Reverend Lois Dejean's Youth Assistance Foundation & The Mardi Gras Indians Hall of Fame NOTE: THE MUSICIANS & PRODUCER INVOLVED HAVE DONATED THEIR TALENT, TIME & ALL (100%) OF THEIR PERSONAL FUTURE INCOME GENERATED FROM ALL SALES & PUBLISHING RIGHTS COLLECTED FROM THESE MUSICAL PROJECTS TO HELP THE CRESCENT CITY'S MUSIC COMMUNITY... MAHALIA JACKSON, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, BABY DODDS, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, VERNELL FOURNIER, THE METERS, DR. JOHN'S HOMETOWN, THEE CRADLE OF MODERN DRUMMING! NOTE: "GOVERNMENTS HAVE DELIVERED ONLY EMPTY PROMISES. WHAT THEY HAVE FAILED TO DO SO FAR, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BY UNITING OUR EFFORTS TO HELP RE-BUILD THE NOLA COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IT'S A FACT THAT EVEN WITH SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE THIS ONE, WE MAY AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SHOW LOUISIANA HOW MUCH WE TRULY CARE AND RESPECT THEIR RICH HERITAGE & PRICELESS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD.This long, wild project started while planning another session of instrumentals for a Production Music album entitled THE ELECTROOTS PROJECT (Bucks Music/Standard Library) at MAD DOG STUDIOS (Burbank, CA) with my friends/drummers Clem Burke (Blondie), Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits), Michael Tempo (Bonedaddies), Don Heffington (Lucinda Williams) and engineer Eric Corne behind the Nieve 8088 desk... Ever since Hurricane Katrina hit NOLA, we decided to make this an ongoing charity project to help the NOLA Musicians in need. So, we have been recording all over the world non stop for the past two & half years. From LA to Paris, New Orleans to Buenos Aires, Bath to Calcutta!!! Our first double album, "SACRED GROUND" & "SAINTS AT CONGO SQUARE", is now completed. An epic musical that traces the journey of a Yoruba Priest/Master drummer captured and brought as a slave to the New World in the 1700's. Tracing the origin of the influential BEMBE clave that he brings with him in his painful journey, an essential part of the future development of JAZZ, the rhythms that changed the entire music world - Please, visit THE CONGO SQUARE PROJECT FOUNDATION (MySpace) page for more information - Includes "THE EAST COAST GANG SESSIONS', directed by Soul Brother N1 Steve Jordan (what a kind, positive musical force he is). A truly historic session that should be in the covers of both Rolling Stone & MOJO magazines. Featuring performances by Levon Helm (The Band), Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf), Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar (Carole King), Teresa Russel (Levon Helm's Band) & Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan). With engineer Niko Bolas (Assisted by Steve Geuting), recorded at Skyline Studios, NYC. *Drum Catering courtesy of the legendary Artie Smith. We would also like to thank ALL involved: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MONA AMER... MAD DOG STUDIOS (Burbank,CA) Dusty Wakeman/Eric Corne/Samur K; THE MUSIC SHED STUDIOS (NOLA) Chris Finney & Chris Bailey; REAL WORLD STUDIOS (UK) Peter Gabriel/Owen Leech/Tchad Blake/Eleanor Household; SKYLINE STUDIOS (NYC) Johnatan Mover/Ron Allaire/Steve Geuting/Jeff Rainome/Heather Smith; THE COMPOUND STUDIOS (CA) Anthony Arvizu; PLANET 2 PLANET (NYC) Kirk Yano; LEVON HELM'S STUDIOS (Woodstock) Geanine Kane/Levon Helm/Justin Guip/Tony LoBue; THE BOAT STUDIOS (LA) Adam Moseley/Danny Kalb; Iggy Elisavetsky, etc... Bethany Bultman & Beth Fisher at The NOMC. Ben Jaffe at Preservation Hall... MODERN DRUMMER/RHYTHM/DRUMHEAD Magazines. Online Magazine LA2DAY (Megan Karash): www.la2day.com... Sweet Marti Ladd at "The Wild Rose Inn" (Woodstock). Our unconditional supporters Eleana & Jimmy Cobb, Ira Coleman, Steve Jordan & Stanton Moore... Nikki Paredes & Garrison, all at DW + Cajun Queen Lisa Haley for the urgent donations... Jon Cohan, drummer/writer extraordinaire, for the great (Drumhead) article. Friends/supporters Geoff Grange, Peter Himberger, Dr. John, Ellen Colon-Lugo, Maya Thaman, Clem Burke, John Boudreaux, Phil Bloch, Gene Trautmann, Doane Perry, Andy Newmark, John Densmore, Don Heffington, Stephen Hodges, Michael Tempo, Freddy Staelhe and Anthony Rosas. EARL PALMER for his LIFETIME contribution. You are one of thee greatest of ALL time... LOUIE BELLSON, if we could all be half as kind as you are, what a great world it would be! - THIS is a unique project that includes Musical Ensembles, Street Performers, Beat Poetry & some superb Drum Circles. Featuring a variety of hand, tap dancing, spoons, washboard, classical percussion and drum set solos by thee greatest percussionist in the world. Including performances by Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington), Earl Palmer (Little Richard), Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck), Dr. Lonnie Smith (Little Johnny Taylor), Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis), Airto Moreira (Juan Carlos Jobim), John Boudreaux (Sam Cooke), James Gadson (Bill Withers), Clayton Cameron (Tony Bennett), Ayo Adeyemi (Babe Olatunji), Clem Burke (Blondie), Andrew Newmark (John Lennon), Luther Gray (Bamboula 2000), 'Smoky' Johnson (Fats Domino), Santa Davis (Peter Tosh), Richie Hayward (Little Feat), Deacon Jones (John Lee Hooker), The Young Guardians of The Flame (Mardi Gras Indians) featuring Mar-Keith Tero & Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Johnny Vidacovich (Mose Allison), Stanton Moore (Galactic), Joseph 'Uganda' Roberts (Professor Longhair), Herlin Riley (Wynton Marsalis), Tanmoy Bose (Ravi Shankar), Idranil Sen (Bengali Star), Freddy Staelhe (Dr. John), Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull), John Densmore (The Doors), Hani Nasser (Ry Cooder), Pete Lockett (Peter Gabriel), Doane Perry (Jethro Tull), Issam Houshan (Sting), Ndugu Chancler (Santana), Phil Bloch (Terry Evans), Keith Carlock (Steely Dan), Johnatan Mover (Mick Jagger), Richie Morales (Chick Corea), Michael Shrieve (Santana), Pernell Saturnino (Dee Dee Bridgewater), Barry Altschul (Sam Rivers), Chester Withmore (Tap Dancer), Michael Tempo (James Harman), Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits), Ruben & Cougar Estrada (Los Lobos), Thomas Bloch (La Scala de Milan), Bill Bruford (King Crimson), DJ Bonebrake (X), Willy Munoz & Hugo Foca Machado (Afro-Uruguayan Candombe), Nathan Chasing Horse (North Lakota Nation), Phil Fixico (Seminole Maroon Nation), George Edwards (Billy Fender), Chuck E. Weiss (Willy Dixon), Don Heffington (Lucinda Williams), Joseph Mitchell Jnr. (LA Philharmonic), Washboard Chaz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Simon Kirke (Free), Uncle Lionel Batiste & Benny Jones Snr. (The Treme Brass Band), Bunchy Johnson (Dave Bartholomew), Barry Langley (Pow-Wow Nation), Francisco Mora Catlett (Max Roach), Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Peter Erskine (Weather Report), Terri Lynne Carrington (Lester Bowie) - 'La Mora' Danys Perez (Oyu Oro) & Francisco Mora Catlett leading the superb Afro-Cuban Troupe: 'Palenque'. Featuring: Ramon 'Sandy' Garcia Perez, Erick Barberia, Jose Francisco Barroso, Susana Arenas Pedroso, Reynaldo 'Ry' Gonzalez Fernandez, Rogelion Kindeland Nordet, Roman Diaz, Nadia Dieudonne, Daniel 'Dani' Beabrun, Salim Washington - Evelyn Glennie (Classical), Josiah Cie Frazier (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), Ira Coleman (Tony Williams), Warren Bernhardt (Bill Evans), Javon Jackson (Art Blakey), Levon Helm (The Band), Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), Teresa Russel (Levon Helm's Band), Steve Jordan (Eric Clapton), Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf), Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar (Carole King), Jerry Jumonville (Dr. John), Sam Carr (Sonny Boy Williamson), Floyd Lee (Frank Frost), The Reverend Lois Dejean's Gospel Choir (Mahalia Jackson), Mike Watt (Iggy & The Stooges), Pete Mazich (The Secondmen), Willie Cole, David Kunian, Jake Sasslow, Greg Skaff, Hayes Greenfield, Ed Schuler, Joel Polluck, Captain Crab, The New Birth Brass Band, Frank Oxley Jnr., John Richardson, Walter Valencia, Neil Benitez, etc...I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)FEATURED TRACKS: 1) DRUM CIRCLE 'A' (solos): Johnny Vidacovich; Richie Hayward; Ruben Estrada; Pete Lockett; Freddy Staelhe - 2) The Barry Altschul Quartet "Out There" - 3) "Balidian Dance" Performed by Doane Perry - 4) Keith Carlock's Solo: 'Mississippi Soul' - 5) DRUM CIRCLE 'B' (solos): Willy Munoz & Hugo 'Foca' Machado, Clem Burke, DJ Bonebrake, Cougar Estrada, Souhail Kaspar - 6) "He Knows How Much We Can Bear" Performed by The Reverend Lois Dejean's New Orleans' Gospel Choir - NOTE: The BEMBE (6/8 feel-4/4 time) clave groove that unites all solos performed by Fabian Jolivet.- Recorded at Mad Dog Studios/engineer Eric Corne (LA); Real World Studios/engineer Tchad Blake (Bath); Levon Helm's Studios/engineer Justin Guip (Woodstock); The Music Shed Studios/Engineer Chris Finney (New Orleans); Skyline Studios/engineer Niko Bolas/Ron Allaire/Steve Geuting (NYC); The Compound Studios/engineer Anthony Arvizu (Long Beach); Planet to Planet Studios/engineer Kirk Yano (NYC); The Boat Studios/engineer Danny Kalb (LA); Buenos Aires Studios/engineer Silvio Massimo - FOTOS: Fabian Jolivet, Syndey Byrd (NOLA); Eugenia Morrison (NYC).-I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
