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The Sharp Wood Years

by Sharp Wood

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    Unique percussion music. Led by Michael Baird's concept of melodic drumming. Then harmonics with vibraphone added, then a quartet plus keyboards - this album is a compilation of the 3 albums released by the group Sharp Wood between 1987 and 1993, from duo to trio to quartet, this is the story of what became known as 'Voodoo-Jazz'!

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Sambé 04:48
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Herbal Event 05:10
3.
Eeway 03:09
4.
Randjes 05:46
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Disco 3000 07:40
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Echo Song 07:17
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Earthcake 06:14
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Camel Walk 08:12
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Wazza Time 07:23
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Mutende 03:45
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"Is it jazz, is it voodoo? It doesn't really matter, as Sharp Wood's music is world music, that is understood everywhere." Thus wrote the Badische Zeitung in Germany in 1988. Finally Michael Baird knew what he was playing with his group: he was playing Voodoo-Jazz! From the outset, Sharp Wood concerts had a ritualistic character, driven by exocistic drumming. !984 to 1994, from duo to trio to quartet, ten Sharp Wood years of idiosyncratic music.

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released October 17, 2017

Recorded 1986, 1990, 1993, remastered 2017.

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Michael Baird Utrecht, Netherlands

This is drummer/composer Michael Baird's page. Born in Lusaka, Zambia. (Not the LA session drummer and member of pop group Journey - he has a red beard and is known as Mike Baird!). Michael is known for his own style called 'Voodoo-Jazz', combining jazz with Africa, but there is also some other stuff - all original, pleasantly irksome, nicely weird. Check it out! All released by SWP Records. ... more

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