"Twig It" - Sharp Wood

Sharp Wood
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  • artist:Sharp Wood
  • featured artist:Michael Baird
  • release year:1993
  • style(s):Ethnic, Jazz
  • country:Netherlands
  • formats:CD (Compact Disc)
  • record posted by:SWP Records
  • label:SWP Records
  • publisher:Sharp Wood Music Publishing
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Michael Baird led his group Sharp Wood for ten years. Called 'Voodoo Jazz' by some German journalist. This is their third album. With a unique line-up of drums, percussion, mallets, and keyboards: Michael Baird, Jogi Gillis, Ben Gerritsen, Michiel Borstlap. All compositions by Michael Baird.
"In the music of this quartet the European tradition is directly united with the African roots of Jazz, missing out America as it were." (Frankfurter Rundschau).
"The percussive character of the music can be heard in the compositions, that are based on usually short, rhythmic figures and exorcistic repetitions, which subtly interlock or are pleasantly irksome. An African element, made especially audible by Baird's melodic drumming." (De Volkskrant)