Congo Square DVD

[James]

Thought some might be interested in this:

The DVD shot last summer of Yacub Addy and Wynton Marsalis's
composition "Congo Square" on the opening night of the 2007 Montreal
Jazz Festival has been released by Shanachie Entertainment. It is
available on amazon.com, in Barnes & Noble stores, and can also be
rented from Netflix.

Congo Square DVD

This is a culturally historic masterwork combining Ghanaian rhythms
and songs with jazz forms, but it's also some of the most dynamic and
hot music you've ever heard - it lifts the spirit and moves the body.
Each of the musicians of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and
Yacub Addy's ensemble Odadaa! have made a great effort and the love shows.

The concert captured in the DVD came at the end of the second national
tour of the music. The music naturally evolved over this time and the
result is a performance unique from the CD recorded at the end of the
first tour.

The Congo Square CD is available digitally from iTunes (type in "Congo
Square") and from Jazz at Lincoln Center: http://www.jalc.org/congo/
If you order it from iTunes, I suggest buying the whole album as it
was written as one continuous piece with 15 movements. With an album
purchase you also digitally receive a 28-page booklet with articles by
Mr. Addy and Mr. Marsalis, and song translations.