Mobtown Modern Big Band - The Re-(W)Rite Of Spring Condition:New The name of the group

The name of the group is taken from the Umfolozi Omnyama River in the Natal Province of South Africa

historically significant recordings stand as a document of his unique talent and offer a glimpse into the culture and mores of the Cuban population living in Miami at the time

the Isley Brothers and numerous other US soul artists is so widely appreciated in Jamaica

a stint punctuated with guest performances for Stevie Nicks

Presented here is a rare 1985 single

Mobtown Modern Big Band - The Re-(W)Rite Of Spring Condition:New The name of the groupWhen Mobtown Modern Music Series curator Brian Sacawa invited Darryl Brenzel to adapt Igor Stravinsky's radical orchestral ballet "The Rite of Spring" for a modern 17 piece jazz big band, no one really knew what was going to happen. There were, after all, riots at the piece's 1913 Paris premiere. Fortunately, when Brenzel's creation was unveiled at Baltimore's Metro Gallery on May 12, 2010, the audience kept to their seats in rapt attention, consumed