Transglobal is an extraordinary group of artists with stylistically diverse backgrounds. Drawing from their collection of over 300 instruments the group generates an exciting flavor of music synthesizing influences from around the world.
Their music is composed of traditional world rhythms, cross-cultural melodies and creative textures. This is expressed through both contemporary electric and acoustic ethnic instruments (percussion, keyboard, guitar, bass, wind instruments, and vocals).
Transglobal is availble with two to seven musicians
The Duet
Ken LaRoche (piano & wind) & Michael DiMartino (percussion)
The Trio
Michael DiMartino (percussion), Wes Brown (bass), and Ken La Roche (piano & wind)
The Quartet
Bob Hemingway (bass), Michael DiMartino (percussion), Ken LaRoche (piano & wind), Loren Weiman (Drums)
Artists Profiles
Michael DiMartino has been working professionally with music and the visual arts for the last fourteen years. His skills include performances and workshops with drumming and utilizes over one hundred percussion instruments. He has played on and CO-produced seven independent recordings of his music, and has appeared on six other nationally released CD's by other artists. He has also appeared on film scores.
Michael has been honored to share the stage with artists such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jimmy Cliff, Vince WeInik (Grateful Dead), Baba Olatunji, Col. Bruce Hampton, and OJ Ekemode and the Nigerian AII-Stars. He has also had the opportunity to teach and perform from North America to Central and South America, and Europe. Some of these occasions include Summer Solstice at the White House, the Earth Summit in Brazil, the Parliament of World Religions In Chicago, Spring Equinox in Mexico, and World Music Festival the Netherlands.
Ken La Roche is an internationally known performer, composer, producer, and CO-founding member of the music group DOAH. Ken produced five recordings of world music with DOAH. Over the last twenty years, his worldwide performances have included concerts in India, Alaska, and Canada. Mr. LaRoche was recognized by the United Nations for his multinational tour supporting the U.N.'s International Year of Peace in 1986.
Other appearances include the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Recital Hall, The San Francisco Peace Conference, Portsmouth Jazz Festival, and numerous colleges, concert halls, fine arts auditoriums, coffee houses and concert clubs throughout the U.S.Mr. LaRoche has training in classical music and composition, as well as performance backgrounds in such diverse styles as classical, jazz, folk, pop, rock, ethnic, improvisational, world, and new musics. From a collection of over two hundred instruments, as well as literally thousands of digitally sampled and synthesized sounds from all over the world, Ken has composed, produced, and performed music for over 25 years, delighting audiences worldwide. He brings to his music an ability to draw from all these experiences and styles creating an enchantingly fresh and spirited musical experience.
Wes Brown has performed, recorded and taught music extensively in the U.S. and Europe. His 1992 recording 'Afro Garage' was released on Sounds of Seattle Records and aired over fifty commercial and college radio stations, achieving the number one slot in rotation on KAFR New Mexico. Before beginning a solo career in 1989, J13 played guitar in a 15 piece Worldmusic band, based in Boston and led by Senegalese Master Drummer, lbrahima Camara. This influential musical experience provided the opportunity for JB to appear with such international acts as King Sunny Ade, Alpha Blondy, Burning Spear and and others. In addition to a substantial background as a performing and recording artist, John has a formal music degree from Dartmouth College and has taught music theory at the University of Sound Arts in Hollywood, and at the College of Recording Arts in San Francisco.
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