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01. TUMI MOGOROSI - In the Beginning
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02. TUMI MOGOROSI - Inner Emergence
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03. TUMI MOGOROSI - Princess Gabi
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04. TUMI MOGOROSI - Slaves Emancipation
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05. TUMI MOGOROSI - Thokozile Queen Mother
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06. TUMI MOGOROSI - Metatron Angel of Presence (CD bonus track)
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07. TUMI MOGOROSI - Gift of Three (CD bonus track)
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ARTIST
MOGOROSI, TUMI
TITLE
Project ELO
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
JAZZMAN RECORDS
CATALOG #
JMAN 069CD
JMAN 069CD
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
7/22/2014
CD edition with two bonus tracks. Breathtaking contemporary spiritual jazz from South Africa. When
Tumi Mogorosi
composed this suite for jazz musicians and opera vocalists, he had never heard the previous successful attempts by
Donald Byrd
,
Max Roach
or
Mary Lou Williams
to combine these seemingly "unfriendly" aesthetics. Tumi, born in 1987 and already an accomplished drummer on the Jo'Burg scene, was at the time studying music at the Tshwane University of Pretoria where he became close friends with opera singers working on the same campus. So unlike some of his U.S. peers, Tumi's beliefs are not "religious." Surprisingly, Tumi's suite wasn't influenced by these great elders' masterpieces, but anyone who listens to this album will agree that the suite captures the soaring spirituality that made these experiments of the '60s the beloved classics that they are today. Tumi does not belong to any religious group. This album is neither a jazz mass like Mary Lou Williams'
Black Christ of the Andes
, nor a compilation of devotional pieces like Donald Byrd's
Christo Redentor
.
Project ELO
stands for
Project Elohim
, the angelic entities of the spiritual scriptures which are, in the drummer's philosophy, a symbol for accomplished human beings. The spirituality the album conveys is attuned to a 21st century syncretic, non-dogmatic vision infused with esotericism. Recorded live with no overdubs in two days by a group of friends, this album captures a moment of Eternity and will defy any idea you may have of what South African jazz is. Tumi's music transcends labels and styles. When composing or playing he is only concerned with being true to the primordial source of life, which cannot be confined to any genre.
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