Release: Pascal Bokar - American Trails

Release: Pascal Bokar - American Trails
July 25th

 Pascal Bokar, the virtuoso guitarist/vocalist who heard the earliest expressions of the aesthetics of the blues in his native Mali/Senegal, West Africa, reconnects with the sonic landscape of musical American traditions in this special CD release, American Trails.

 Bokar, the recipient of the Jim Hall Jazz Master Award for Guitar of the Berklee College of Music and the Outstanding Jazz Soloist Award presented by Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody, re-introduces the West African balafon (ancestor of the xylophone) and the banjo in a powerful, polyrhythmic blues-based gumbo like we have not heard to date.
 Bokar’s previous CD, Guitar Balafonics, won Downbeat Magazine Best of 2015 and a 4-star review.

Tracklist: 1. THE BLUES DON’T LIKE NOBODY 3:55 2. I WANNA SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS 4:09 3. I CAN TELL 3:50 4. YOUR SMILE INSIDE MY NIGHTS 4:13 5. LET IT GROOVE ALL NIGHT LONG 3:39 6. EVERYTIME I SEE YOU THERE 3:57

MUSICIANS Guitar, vocal - Pascal Bokar Rhythm guitar, background vocal -Vincent Spaulding Background vocal - Denis McNair Background vocal - Teresa Bleux Balafon - Mohamed Kouyate Banjo - Avram Siegel Fiddle Tracks 3 & 6 - Chad Manning, Fiddle - Jan Purat Percussion - Idrissa Gueye Keyboards - Steve Carter Keyboards - Nate Ginsberg Keyboard - Michael Robinson Bass - Dennis Smith Drums - Bryan Mills & Special guest vocalist - Paula Harris

PUBLICISTFrank Roszak, KBA-Awardee, 2014
http://www.frankroszakpromotions.com