Michael Pluznick - Rythmn Harvest [Usa,World Music]

rhythm harvest - album reviews
On his third release, percussionist-extraordinaire Michael Pluznick finds all the pieces meshing perfectly in a dynamite brew of Haitian, Caribbean and West African influences. This animated release features male and female vocals, guitar, trumpet, keyboards and, above all, Pluznick on over 20 rhythm instruments. Joel Lindheimer
plays guitar and charango, Robert Powell pedal steel guitar, and Kim Atkinson adds extra touches of percussion on several tracks, while lead vocals (often of a call-and-response nature) are shared between YagbŽ "Oba-llu"
Onilu, Lygia Ferra and Pedro DeJesus. Highlights are the swaying "Le Bolero Haitien," "Mozambique," based on a Cuban dance craze in the '60s, the catchy "Rumbacito," and "Giant Step," from traditional music that pays homage to the mountain spirit of the Yoruba people of western Nigeria. While the band is undeniably hot, it's
Pluznick who holds the reigns, leading his group through complex, dynamic polyrhythms in this fruitful Rhythm

Harvest.
All Music Guide

Personnel:
Michael Pluznick (percussion);
Pedro De Jesus (vocals, bata drums);
Yagbe "Oba-Ilu" Onilu (vocals);
Joel Lindheimer (guitar, charango, keyboards, synthesizers);
Robert Powell (pedal steel guitar);
William Oritz (trumpet);
Michael A. Hauser (keyboards);
Rob Holland, Tom Corwin (bass);
Arthur Hull, Boaz Martin, Kim Atkinson, Paul Cicco, Chris "Flaco" Walker (percussion),
Amanda Anderson, Pamela Polland, Maryellen Waters, Lygia Ferra, Ann King Spears, Amanda Moody, A. Suresha Hill

(background vocals).
Additional engineers: Michael Pluznick, Teja Bell.
Recorded at Valley Custom, Mill Valley, California; Samurai Sound Recording Studios, Petaluma, California

between June 1991 & June 1992.

music tracks
song title
1. Echoes Of Time
2. Capilonga
3. Kongo
4. Le Bolero Haitien
5. Jungle Jam
6. L'Artibonite
7. Haitian Rumba
8. Mozambique
9. Rara
10. Rumbacito
11. Rhythm Realm
12. Giant Step
13. Yemaya - (with Blue Currents)
14. Echoes Of Time (Reprise)



Michael Pluznick