The Congo Square Project Foundation

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WE NEED HELP!!!

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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WE NEED HELP!!!
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TIP ON
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BLOW WIND BLOW
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AGANEPU
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AMELIA's SONG
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Genre: Afro-beat / Experimental / Roots Music
Location LOS ANGELES, California, Un
Profile Views: 82176
Last Login: 2/6/2011
Member Since 11/12/2007
Website www.thecongosquareproject.com
Record Label www.threadheadrecords.com
Type of Label Indie
Bio
YOU CAN BUY THE FIRST 3 OF 6 ALBUMS NOW ON THE NON PROFIT (ALL PROFIT FOR NEW ORLEANS) LABEL: THREADHEAD RECORDS SACRED GROUND VOLUME 1: http://threadheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-congo-square-project-cd-1-sacred-ground SACRED GROUND VOLUME 2: http://threadheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-congo-square-project-sacred-ground-2 SAINTS AT CONGO SQUARE VOLUME 1: http://threadheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-congo-square-project-saints-at-congo-square-volume-1 NOTE: WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS HELPING THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS IN NEED. PLEASE DONATE TO THE NOMC, BECAUSE THEY REALLY LOOK AFTER THE LOUISIANA MUSICIANS' COMMUNITY. Six albums recorded worldwide by Los Angeles, CA drummer/producer FABIAN JOLIVET to raise support for the cradle of modern music. All musicians & producer involved have donated their time, talent and their future income generated from these projects to charities that help the NOLA Musicians: The New Orleans Musicians Clinic; The Mardi Gras Indians Hall of Fame; The Congo Square Drummers; The Ashe Foundation; The Reverend Lois DeJean Youth Assistance Foundation; Sweet Home New Orleans, Preservation Hall Foundation, etc... This international effort includes some of thee greatest musicians in the world. A unique musical extravaganza that takes the listener on a journey from the African continent, right to the heart of CONGO SQUARE and beyond. Four albums that include Musical Ensembles, Tap Dancing, Beat Poetry, Drum Solos, Street Musicians, etc... We feel tat the world would be a very different place without the Crescent City's rich musical contribution, we owe them much more than we can ever give back! Hopefully, with the music industry's recent changes, and, the current re-construction that the digital era is bringing us, we hope that a more noble and less predictable order should emerge in the new music world. The first albums, SACRED GROUND Volumes 1 & 2 trace the origins of american music, going all the way back to the start of it all, to Mother Africa & our Native Americans, we should never forget that... THE DEEPER THE ROOTS, THE STRONGER THE TREE
Members
PLEASE, LISTEN TO 6 SAMPLE TRACKS INCLUDED ON THIS PAGE: 1) TIP ON: Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Steve Jordan, Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar, Larry Campbell ( The NYC Gang's session produced by Brother Jordan) 2) WE NEED HELP: The Congo Square Drummers led by Luther Gray, featuring Fabian Jolivet (drums) 3) AMELIA'S SONG: Jimmy Cobb, Warren Bernhardt, Ira Coleman 4) AGANEPU: Afro-Native Colombian piece featuring Neil Benitez, Walter Valencia, Amina Osorio, Diego Palomino, Juan Carlos Medrano and Fabian Jolivet 5) JB'S SECONLINERS: John Boudreaux, The New Birth Brass Band, Jerry Jumonville, Freddy Staelhe, Alfred 'Uganda' Roberts, Willie Cole 6) DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS?: 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste & John Richardson - RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES, CALCUTTA, BOSTON, NEW ORLEANS, NYC, WOODSTOCK, BATH, PARIS, BERLIN, BUENOS AIRES, MONTEVIDEO, BARCELONA, etc... At Mad Dog, Real World, The Music Shed, Skyline, Planet 2 Planet, The Compound, Estudios 3:2, The Organization & Levon Helm's Studios - Engineers: Chris Finney, Anthony Arvizu, Eric Corne, Niko Bolas, Silvio Massimo, Tchad Blake, Ron Allaire, Steve Geutling, Justin Guip, Kirk Yano, Iggy Elisavetsky - PHOTOS by Syndey Byrd, Fabian Jolivet & Eugenia Morrison - PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The New Birth Brass Band, Ayo Adeyemi (Bebe Olatunji), Clem Burke (Blondie), Airto Moreira (Juan Carlos Jobim), Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington), Gord Downie (The Tragically Hip), Earl Palmer (Little Richard), 'Smokey' Johnson (Fats Domino), Steve Jordan (Keith Richards), Levon Helm (The Band), Hubert Sumlin (Howlin Wolf), John Boudreaux (Dr. John), Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar (Carole King), Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), The Reverend Lois Dejean's Gospel Choir (Mahalia Jackson), Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis), Javon Jackson (Art Blakey), Dr. Lonnie Smith (Little Johnny Taylor), Warren Bernhardt (Bill Evans), Ira Coleman (Tony Williams), John Densmore (The Doors), Hani Naser (David Lindley), Terri Lynne Carrington (Herbie Hancock), Chuck E Weiss (Lightin' Hopkins), Don Heffington (Lucinda Williams), Doane Perry (Jethro Tull), Souhail Kaspar (Sting), Andrew Newmark (John Lennon), Tanmoy Bose (Ravi Shankar), Indranil Sen (Bengali Star), Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull), Phil Bloch (Terry Evans), Barry Altschul (Chick Corea), Nathan Chasing Horse (North Lakota Nation), Johnny Vidacovich (Mose Allison), Ndugu Chancler (Stevie Wonder), Clayton Cameron (Sammy Davis Jnr.), Thomas Bloch (Scala de Milan), Richie Hayward (Little Feat), Keith Carlock (Steely Dan), Richie Morales (Gato Barbieri), Pernell Saturnino (Dee Dee Bridgewater), Issam Houshan (Sting), Professor Joseph Mitchell Jnr. (LA Philharmonic), Alfred 'Uganda' Roberts (Professor Longhair), Uncle Lionel Batiste (Treme Brass Band), Jerry Jumonville (Dr. John), Benny Jones Snr. (Treme Brass Band), Stanton Moore (Galactic), Sam Carr (Sonny Boy Williamson), Phil Fixico (Seminole Maroon Nation), Herlin Riley (Wynton Marsalis), Freddy Staelhe (Dr. John), 'Bunchy' Johnson (Dave Bartholomew), Francisco Mora Catlett (Sun Ra), Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown), Jabo Starks (James Brown), Pete Lockett (Peter Gabriel), Bill Bruford (Yes), Michael Shrieve (Santana), Jim Keltner (Ry Cooder), Simon Kirke (Free), Peter Erskine (Weather Report), James Gadson (Aretha Franklin), Michael Tempo (Bo Diddley), Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits), Cougar Estrada (Los Lobos), DJ Bonebrake ( X ), Jake Saslow, Hayes Greenfield, Ed Schuler, Josiah 'Cie' Frazier, Frank Oxley Jnr., Willie Cole, Willy Munoz, Hugo 'Foca' Machado, Silvio Massimo, Ruben Estrada, Chester Withmore, The Young Guardians of the Flame (Mardi Grass Indians), Mar-Keith Tero, Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Hani Nasser, Luther Gray & Bamboula 2000, Teresa Williams, Johnatan Mover, Floyd Lee, Joel Poluck, Washboard Chaz, George Edwards, John Richardson, Greg Skaff, Mike Watt (Iggy Pop & The Stooges), Captain Crab, Pete Mazich (The Minutemen), Walter Valencia, Neil Benitez, Amina Osorio, Diego Palomino, Juan Carlos Medrano, Moris, Javier Martinez (Manal), Edi Vallarino (Cocktail Inn), Andres Calamaro, etc...
Influences
Mother Africa & the New Orleans' musicians. BIG thank you to Bethany Bultman (NOMC); CHris Threadhead Joseph, The Music Shed Studios crew, Stanton Moore & Ben Jaffe at Preservation Hall; Dusty Wakeman & crew at Mad Dog Studios; Peter Himberger at Impact Artists; Eleanor Household & Owen Leech at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios; Javier Ballesteros (Te Suena Africa?) for the inspiration. My old buddies Clem Burke & John Boudreaux. Louise King (Rhythm Magazine) and Pete Lockett in the UK. Masters Airto Moreira, Jimmy Cobb, Louie Bellson, Clayton Cameron, Joe Morello and Stephen Hodges. Edi Vallarino (Cocktail Inn) in Buenos Aires. Soul brother Steve Jordan for helping me putting together/producing the final "EAST COAST GANG" NYC Skyline Studios Super-session ( Artie Smith for the equipment catering ). Thee truly-truly GREAT Earl Palmer (thank you for your music guidance and support ). Engineer Justin Guip + EVERYBODY at Levon Helm's Studio & sweet-sweet Marti at "The Wild Rose Inn" Bed & Breakfast, Woodstock. All at Jonathan Mover's Skyline Studios + Kirk Yano at Planet 2 Planet Studios. Ellen Christine & Eleana Cobb in NYC. My old & new friends Rodrigo de La Vega, Mikey Meyers, John Boudreaux, Joe Mitchell Jnr., Gene Trautman, Phil Bloch & Doane Perry. Top NOLA supporters George Katsiris Premier Cru Music & Management ), Francisco Mora Catlett, La Mora & the fantastic "Palenque" troupe (don't miss this superb afro-cuban musical play), Martin Hanlin, Levon Helm, Pete Lockett, Richie Hayward & Andrew Newmark: Thanks for helping me make this huge project a reality.
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