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Artist description
Ken LaRoche - Composer, Arranger, Musician: Flutes, Piano/Keyboards, Sax, Clarinet, Single and Double Ocarinas, African Mbira, Banari Flute, Recorders, Sopranino Flute, Piccolo, Vocals, and 106 percussion instruments has been heard worldwide since 1974 on many albums which attest to his musical genius. |
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Music Style
World & Jazz |
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Musical Influences
Dizzy Gillespie, Do'ah |
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Artist History
Ken LaRoche co-founded Do'a, later known as Do'ah, with Randy Armstrong in the seventies. He is a professional, international performer. Albums are released by Epilogue, CBS, Rounder & Philo. |
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Group Members
Ken LaRoche, Randy Armstrong, Marty Quinn, Volker Nahrmann, Charlie Jennison, Suzanne & Kingsley Swan, Elmer Louis |
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Instruments
Most used: Flutes, Keyboard, Saxophone, Clarinet, BagPipes |
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Albums
'Love One Another' w/Meredith, 'One Christmas Eve' w/Meredith & Dean, 7 Do'a/Do'ah Albums |
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Press Reviews
NY Times, LA TImes, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, etc."Powerfully optimistic...striking" - Boston Globe"Making one of the important contributions to the future of our music" - Dizzy Gillespie |
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Additional Info
Composer of film scores and classical choral masterworks |
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Location
Barnardston, MA - USA |
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