Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Edmar Castaneda Tiny Desk Concert



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Edmar Castaneda is the sort of musician who isn't afraid to challenge the established order.

He's carving out a place for himself in Latin jazz on an instrument you don't often hear in his chosen genre: the Colombian harp.

He's adapted intricate traditional fingerpicking techniques to play jazz melodies along with the Afro-Cuban tumbao (bass line). As you can see and hear for yourself in this Tiny Desk Concert, he can switch between rural Colombian dance music and jazz with a twist of his wrist. Literally.





Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious