Asere Ko
John Calloway
"Asere Ko" represents my vision of combining Afro-Latino music with whatever musical styles I feel comfortable mixing into them. this recording brings a conglomeration of 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
"Asere Ko" represents my vision of combining Afro-Latino music with whatever musical styles I feel comfortable mixing into them. this recording brings a conglomeration of 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 styles, 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 Angelels and Seattle helped this project come to fruition. The Title track "Asere Ko," based on the Arsenio Rodriguez song "Dilo Como Yo," aptly represents the CD because of its African American 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! ~John Calloway
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