This Date in Music -Nov 14, 1977 – Derek Gripper is born and the Safari discovers the Music of Mali!!
Originally Posted Nov 15, 12013 Last night the tiredness of the last now three days of work caught up with me and I was unable to complete this post ……. So tonight I was reviewing the list of jazz musician birthdays on November 14th and a name that caught my attention was guitarist Derek Gripper, who was born on today’s date in 1977. I read in his biography at All About Jazz that…. Derek Gripper is a composer and guitarist from the Western Cape of South Africa, merging “the imagery and mystery of the rural areas of the Cape” with the techniques of classical guitar and the string music of Africa (uhadi bow, umrhubhe, kora, guitar). Derek calls this new evolution of music New Cape describing it as a “rethinking of the Cape’s transcultural heritage.” Derek’s solo performances draw on a wealth of original compositions, as well as works by J.S.Bach, Ali Farke Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Dembo Konté, Egberto Gismonti, Heitor Villa Lobos, Benjamin Britten, Toru Takemitsu, and Luis de Narvaez.Read More Since the uhadi bow, umrhubhe,and kora, – sounded interesting. I traveled over to MOG to see what Grpper’s music was like. The only album that was listed on MOG was his 2012 release One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali….. I gave the album a quick listen and found the intricate music very pleasing!! After listening for a few minutes, I traveled to Derekgripper.com and read.. In his latest recording “One Night on Earth: Music from the…
