Multi-instrumentalist Cochemea Gastelum wraps up his trilogy of albums exploring his tribal roots by looking ahead. Though he doesn’t jettison the non-Western traditions that informed his earlier two records entirely, his relies more on the present as a way to see into the realm of future days. Full of tribal rhythms pulled from pre-Colonial North and South American civilizations as well as urbane midcentury jazz and ‘70s soul, Ancestros Futuros creates a bold new world in which some things never change.
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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Cochemea
Cochemea’s latest, Vol. 11 Baca Sewa, plays like a cosmic funk and spiritual jazz ancestral trip through time. For his first ever Lagniappe Session, Cochemea interprets Big Star’s “Kanga Roo” and Irakere’s “Danza Nañigo.”
Cochemea: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On All My Relations, Cochemea Gastelum’s second solo album and first for Daptone Records, the saxophonist offers up a globetrotting swath of sounds, soul music of varying genres. Funk, R&B, Latin jazz, Indigenous chants and stomps, Morrocan Gnawa, cosmic jazz—leading his combo of Daptone stalwarts, Gastelum melds together elements of each to form a multi-faceted, spiritually cohesive tapestry.