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Ahead

By MARK FRANSMAN'S strait & narro, Mark Fransman, Melanie Scholtz

Ahead World Music

Ahead

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Mark Fransman is one very busy young musician working with a number of other projects including his own, STRAIT & NARRO, he is immensely talented and one can understand why he is in such demand. His debut album "AHEAD" has been a long time in coming having benn sideman and part of a number of albums such as the group Tribe and also various Jimmy Dludlu projects. Musically Strait & Narro is a band the plays a contemporary fusion of fresh urban South African sound fused with elements of Hip-hop, Trip-hop, Funk, Soul and Jazz. The album is a good mix of what is happening on the Cape Town jazz scene amongst the young in-crowd and shows where jazz is going in the future. All the elements mix together very well and it hits the spot as far as the target audience is concerned. Mark's composing skills are very evident and the some of the lyrics by the talented Melanie Scholtz add a touch of class to the CD. Mark pay's tribute to his musical hero's with tunes like "LOVE SUPRERME" written in honour of John Coltrane and "HORACE" in honour of Horace Silver. Apart from those two there are other influences in his writing style but too many to identify which is a good thing because it shows his evolvement as a songwriter. The man has a bright future on the jazz scene in South African but it is the world he needs to conquer because his talent is too large for one country. I like the album and it holds pride of place in my collection.
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Publication Date:
2006
Publisher:
BowLine
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Published: English
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