Primitive

When European explorers orginally came upon music of indiginous
cultures they condescendingly called the art and music of these
cultures "Primitive". It wasnt until they looked deeply at the
structures did they see the true complexity and genius of the art
forms . Primitive is a musical collaboration combining music from
various indiginous cultural influences with the premise of the
heartbBEATconnects us all. Artists collaborating on this project are:
John Yost, Manny Bances, Kim DeVore, Bill Miller, Scott Mosak, Ray
West, and Joe Yost. The musicians have deeply studied and performed
with masters from Belize to West Africa, Japan and beyond.
Instrumentation typically includes: Digeridu, Western flute,
Japanese Shinobue(flute), Djembe, Dunun, Bugarbu, Saxaphone, Guitar,
Keyboard, Shakers and more.

 

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