Friday 11 May 2007
SEAN NOONAN’S BREWED BY NOON
Jamaaladeen Tacuma-bass, Mat Maneri-viola, Sean Noonan-drums, Abdoulaye Diabate-vocals, Aram Bajakian-guitar
Drummer Sean Noonan, known from the New York jazz punk trio The Hub, mixes jazz punk with West-African folk music in his new band Brewed By Noon. ‘My goal is to adapt folklore in a modern jazz context, merging storytelling and folk music from bardic and griot traditions.’ Recently the second album of the group was released, Stories To Tell. ‘Imagine Prime Time joined by Fela Kuti and Bill Frisell, then remixed by Bill Laswell, and you’ll start to get a hint of just what an intoxicatingly soulful blast this is.’ (Jazz Review).