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VIEW POINTS, Page 69MUSICOut of Africa
There's something about the KRONOS QUARTET that has long made
musical purists uneasy. If it's not the musicians' a la mode
fashion statements, it's their extravagantly eclectic
repertoire: from George Crumb's nightmarish Black Angels to the
artless tangos of Astor Piazzolla and Jimi Hendrix's
protopsychedelic Purple Haze, their trademark encore. The
group's latest Elektra Nonesuch CD, PIECES OF AFRICA, finds the
Kronos wandering even farther afield. A potent new brew of folk
influences, Minimalism and European forms by eight black, brown
and white African composers, the music ranges from the
irrepressible Mai Nozipo (Mother Nozipo) of Zimbabwean Dumisani
Maraire to the brooding White Man Sleeps of South African-born
Kevin Volans, and resounds with the sound of the tar (a drum),
the kora (a 21-stringed instrument) and the human voice.
Highlight: Ghanaian drummer Obo Addy's Wawshishijay (Our
Beginning). No bloodless Euro-niceties here, just a glorious,
joyful noise.
By Michael Walsh.