Andy Narell with Sakesho - Jazz Meets the French Caribbean - at Pearl's

Jazz at Pearl's (256 Columbus Ave. San Francisco, CA 94133)

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Jazz Meets the French Caribbean at Pearl's when Sakesho comes to the club for one weekend only. Steel pan virtuoso Andy Narell has spent the last quarter century fusing the subtleties and complexities of the steel pan to an astounding range of jazz and World Music sensibilities. Now Narell is teaming up with Sakesho, a band deeply immersed in the thrilling and enchanting music of the French Caribbean.

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Sakésho is “a musical force best witnessed live. Full of energy, highly expressive, and possessed of a unique sound...by the end of the evening Sakésho had successfully transformed the usually-sedate supper club crowd into cheering participants in a festival of sound.” --All About Jazz

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Sakésho draws inspiration from the biguine - the syncopated, polyrhythmic music from the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, with jazz, calypso, Afro-Cuban and more strengthening the gumbo. In French Creole, sakésho means "it's gonna be hot." That's all we need to know. Andy Narell is a constantly-growing musician with an explorer's eye for experimentaion and collaboration, Narell, within the past few years, has recorded and performed music influenced by music of France, South Africa and the French Caribbean. Put simply, Narell makes fascinating, always surprising music on a unique, lyrical, expressive instrument.

Narell met his Sakésho (pronounced "sah KAY show") bandmates, Canonge, Alibo and Fanfant, in 1993, in Martinique, and they began playing in various combinations whenever opportunities presented themselves. Narell wrote three tunes for them that appeared on his 2000 CD Fire in the Engine Room. After a number of gigs in Europe and the French Caribbean, the musicians felt it was time to reinvent themselves as a band. Sakésho released a self-titled debut in 2002.

Now the group has captured the special excitement of their live performances on a new studio recording, We Want You to Say.

“These are the heaviest musicians coming out of the Caribbean,” Narell declares with justifiable pride in the band. “People in the United States don’t know much about this music yet, but we believe it’ll happen. Every time we play we connect with the audience in a powerful way, and people can feel the excitement of a band that’s trying to push the limits.”