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*** WORLD JIVE NEWS:***
Jan.17/03
HAPPY NEW YEAR from World Jive
I was skimming through some Google links recently and found this article on World Jive from our Vancouver Du Maurier International Jazz Festival performance in the early summer of 1999:
Jazz Asylum, June 1999 (low on the link)
R.Best
Sept.17/02
World Jive alumni form new jazz quartet
The latest on World Jive is pretty much the same as the last update. We are in a holding pattern and hopeful that 2003 may yield at least one performance at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. It is very likely that 2003 will be a year to begin some World Jive performances again. Anything that comes up in this regard will be posted right here so keep an eye out for developments in the next few months.
In the meantime, Mike Devison, drummer extraordinaire from World Jive has produced a number of fascinating new jazz pieces for jazz quartet. Mike has written his new pieces for soprano sax, piano/keys, bass, and drums. For instrumentalists, he has called upon World Jive alumni to help realize these dazzling jazz works. The Mike Devison quartet will featureGraig
Robertson on soprano and tenor sax, Paul Blaney on standup bass, and Rob Best on piano/keys. Rehearsals are underway with performance very much in mind. Updates on the new quartet will be posted here as t hey become available. Mike Devison can be reached directly at:
Mike Devison's quartet headquarters
BUY the hi-fi complete CD "Motsoala(Cousin)" for $9.00US
An article on WORLD JIVE:
Coastal Jazz and Blues article, Spring 2000
(June 3/02) ***WORLD JIVE LIVE ON HOLD UNTIL 2003!***
Just a quick update everyone to thankyou for tuning in to the sounds of World Jive on MP3. Some have been asking recently of upcoming concerts but alas this year has been very difficult again financially, which makes
floating a boat like World Jive an difficult feat costwise. I believe next summer festival season may indeed be a possibility for a return to live performances along with new songs/pieces. In the meantime, I haven't given up on getting some photos uploaded at least and perhaps some more mp3 files of live World Jive and a few that are hanging around. In the meantime everybody keep on keeping up in the face of all the downs going on these days. Peace all...
R. Best
"It may take time to reach all of the world/
but your words of wisdom/still remain my cousin."
"Motsoala(Cousin)", Rob Best's WORLD JIVE, title track from their album "Motsoala(Cousin)"
updated Jan.17/03
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| Jubilant township Soweto jive featuring the bold brassy sounds of the World Jive horn section. Great marimba chops at the opening and a rhythm section that weaves and drives the festive sound of this piece to the end. |
CD: Motsoala(Cousin)
Label: Best is Better Records
Credits: arr., lyrics, and music by R. Best |
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| mid-tempo swing big band a la "Basie" featuring hot solos, fusing Xhosa/Soweto South African sub-rhythms in exciting ways. A really fun windup/shout at the end; perfect for big band enthusiasts (rhythm sect.(5),3saxes/2trps./2trbs.). |
CD: Motsoala(Cousin)
Label: Best Is Better Records
Credits: R. Best |
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| "Beach Party" is a township Soweto/jazz/pop fusion of swinging horn sections and jubilant vocs. and upbeat grooves and rhythms |
CD: Motsoala (Cousin)
Label: Best is Better Records - indie label
Credits: R. Best |
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