Latitudes

Latitudes
"Sanders has ignited a fire whose embers would burn happily in the quiet corners of a jazz cafe or in the hearth of a snug in an Irish bar. A canny musical curiosity that refuses to be boxed in" Irish Times review 2006
Lounge and jazz cafe grooves drawing on latinjazz, Gaelic, Balkan and film soundtrack music.

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The album reflects the european and global feel in present day irish society, says Jon. The album contains tracks that are equally at home in cafe culture and on the personal stereo, drawing on latin jazz rhythms but with a melodic base to them as with irish traditional music.
The opening track, Bealtaine, specially released earlier in the year for the Feile Bealtaine festival in Dingle, is one such example. "There is an inherent groove in irish music just as there is in latin jazz and my playing in the former category has given rise to a blend of acoustic instruments with a worldly feel on the cd."
Joining him on the album is a host of top musicians including Tim Edey on piano, guitar and melodian, Dessie Kelliher on banjo,jazz singer Gosia Koscielniak from Poland, percussionist Steve White and Hamburg-based tabla and sarangi player Peter Altenberg, Toni Geling on violin and Akki Schulz on double bass and didgeridoo.
Film score music has always been a passion for Jon and the Satori track evokes Kashmir landscapes whereas Pure Afghan celebrates the rhythms and melodies of ancient cultures behind troubled areas such as Afghanistan. "My dream has always been to fit music to images and likewise evoke images with my music," says Jon.
Latitudes is available now online and from leading record stores in Kerry.

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