JSngry Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 Just heard New Africa Suite and very much enjoyed it. Had a really sweet vibe to it. Never heard, or heard of, Alaadeen before. What's the scoop? Did a little websearch and got the basics, but would like to hear from the KC contingent. Thanks! Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 Paging Chris Burnett ... please pick up the red courtesy phone ... Chris Burnett, AAJ columnist and occasional Big O poster, is the reigning authority on all things Alaadeen. He's also the maintainer of alaadeen.com. Quote
relyles Posted January 23, 2006 Report Posted January 23, 2006 I heard the recording that preceded New Africa Suite and enjoyed it quite a bit. Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2006 Author Report Posted January 23, 2006 Not much love from the hometown crowd? Quote
Free For All Posted January 23, 2006 Report Posted January 23, 2006 I think the other KC guys are probably more familiar with him than I am, I'm still relatively new to KC. I've only heard him a couple times and he sounded very good. I don't know much more about him, sorry. Quote
Eric Posted January 24, 2006 Report Posted January 24, 2006 I have all three of his CDs and I enjoy them. It has been a while since I listened, so unfortunately I can't give you much on the two others. If I recall, at times he shows an attractive edge to his playing that I wish was present more often. I have never seen him live. Yes, lame. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted January 25, 2006 Report Posted January 25, 2006 Alaadeen has had a long career as outlined on his webpage. In the past 20 years in Kansas City, he has been a welcome fixture in the local scene. He was a key member of the City Lights Orchestra in the mid to late 1980s. This group featured Tim Whitmer on piano, Laverne Barker on bass and David Basse on drums/vocals. They released two albums (the first was praised by Gary Giddins in the Village Voice) and were a leading jazz group in Kansas City. They played a lot of swinging, accessible music, with their own spin on 1930s songs, and also played beautiful, lyrical jazz, more contemporary. Alaadeen has been featured with national jazz artists who have come to play in Kansas City. He has been the featured soloist with Jay McShann on several gigs over the years, playing then in a classic tenor sax swing style. He appears with his own group regularly. He is generally thought of as one of the leading players in Kansas City. Quote
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