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John Calloway
Asere Ko

Album US 2016 on Round Whirled Records label
Jazz and Latin (Descarga, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Latin Jazz)

John Calloway: "Asere Ko represents my vision of combining Afro-Latio music with whatever musical styles I feel comfortable mixing into them. This recording brings a conglomerationof influences from artists of different backgrounds, musical styles, and geographic locations to make this vision a musical reality. / Finding material is always a challenge for me because of how I hear the flute orchestrated in my music. This project started slowly, with the recording of just two songs in a one-year period, and with only a handful of musicians. Not having a set band, however, allowed me to use different orchestrations, instrumentations, and music style, and bring in some of the most talented people to record with me for the first time: Erick Barberia, Madeleine Eastman, Oscar Hernandez, Mark Levine, Louie Romero, Jovino Santos Neto, and Destani Wolf. Over a period of two years some 40 musicians and singers from the San Francisco Bay Area, Havana, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle helped this project to fruition. / The title track "Asere Ko," based on the Arsenio Rodriguez song "Dilo Como Yo," aptly represents the CD because of its African and Afro-Latino Elements. The title is also a reworking of aserekó, a traditional Efik-Language greeting or salutation among close friends. / Here I wish to thank all the participants in the project as well as those who will listen and enjoy it!" (Linernotes)

Musicians

	John Calloway fl, album by
	Jovino Santos Neto p, fl, *1954 BR piano
	Mark Levine p, tb, *1938 US piano
	Destani Wolf voc, US vocals
	Edgardon Cambon vocals
	Erik Barberia vocals
	Madeline Eastman voc, *1954 US vocals
	Orlando Torriente voc, vocals

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