Rhythm Mission, by Tony Vacca

Rhythm Mission

by Tony Vacca

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1.	Streetwise 06:18		buy track
2.	Funky Rhythm Thing 07:21	info	buy track
3.	Gon-Gon Groove 05:18	info	buy track
4.	Baoule Dance Song 05:47	info	buy track
5.	Blessing 08:44	info	buy track
6.	Tama Doctor 04:13		buy track
7.	Swing Agbekor 03:40		buy track
8.	For Weary Souls 03:33		buy track
9.	Mali Rock 04:35	info	buy track
10.	Count Your Blessings 05:03	info	buy track
11.	3-D Funk 06:55	info	buy track
12.	W'allah Heet 04:40	info	buy track
13.	Gongs 06:25	info	buy track

about

Rhythm Mission is the first of a tryptic of recordings that includes Rhythm Griots and Rhythm and Flow. I was digging into the power of patterns, and I began to realize that humans have survived and flourished because of our ability recognize, interpret and re-shape the patterns that set everything in motion. The "mission" was to go deep and see what would emerge. And this was surely the right crew for that. I hope you'll sign up for this guided tour into what we discovered.

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released October 8, 2020

Tony Vacca: balafon, gongs, tama drum and percussion; Massamba Diop: tama drums;
Tim Moran: saxophones; Steve Leicach: percussion; Joe Sallins: Electric Bass

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Tony Vacca Massachusetts

Tony Vacca has become a true “rhythm nomad,” incorporating a world of percussion music and instruments to create something… all his own.

Over the course of his career he has made a habit of pushing the already adventurous conventions of World Music into new territory, both as a soloist and as the leader of his World Rhythms Ensemble. ... more