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Perpetuum Jazzile: A Cappella Jazz Choir From Slovenia Performs Toto’s Tune
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 @ 9:59 am | We Think
Our regular readers know we appreciate really good, very unusual music. Thanks to Mystic Mel, an occasional contributor in Florida, who found and sent this video to our staff.
Perpetuum Jazzile, history according to a Wikipedia entry ” was founded as Gaudeamus Chamber Choir in 1983 by Marko Tiran; In 2001, Tiran passed the art directorship of the choir to Tomaž Kozlevcar, the renowned music producer, arranger and vocalist.
The choir consists of both female and male singers. They are occasionally augmented by jazz instrumentalists from the RTV Slovenia Big Band and Slovenian pop stars…”
The choir incorporates many different styles; we’ve found they are reminiscent of musical presentations by Sun Ra, Bobby McFarren and his Voichestra as well as the Swingle Singers and other groups that perform close, complex dense harmonies; often this group is accompanied by vocal percussionist Sašo Vrabi or jazz trio as they perform jazz, Brazilian bossa nova, gospel, funk or swing styles of music.
The tune is “Africa” originally recording by the group Toto in 1982. It was a major hit for the group in the 1980s. You know the melody when your hear it.
The simulated thunderstorm effect manually produced by the choir is what makes this rendition a real standout. The choirs’ voices aren’t too shabby either. Enjoy, this should help you get over the “hump” on HumpDay.
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