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Trumpets Around The World

by SaskiaLaroo

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1.
From Scratch 05:10
(Tang Sauce:) Ready bang I just be hanging out, what they really talking ‘bout, watch what you’re talking ‘bout, cause I’m about that walking route. About to switch it up, Tang Sauce, about to flip it up, going hard, about to rip it up, you know how we switch it up. I’m the guy in the baseball cap, I wanna be this I wanna do that. Rock to the last beat to the last drop, I’m like Maxwell I clean up the beat like a mop, What they really want what they really want, no mess with the opp, yeah, got the shoes on my feet, really cool in the street. What they really want what they want with me, going on an on and I’m rippin’ these M.C.’s. Every time I rhyme, going hard, never doin’ crime, I go hard, I gotta go for mine ‘s, from the one to the nine, ah, I’m better than every letter, every competitor. I’m the guy in the baseball cap, I wanna be this I wanna do that, I’m the guy in the baseball cap, I wanna see this, I wish I knew that. Steeze be oozin’, I’m never losin’, always ‘been the coolest, ah, never caught droolin’,eh, always got my student ,eh, nothing to be proving, eh, always been the rudest, eh, what they really doin’. Going on and on with the real flow, and you know Tang Sauce will steal the flow, eh huh. From nobody, going on, it’s my party, ladeedadee, what you really want, shorty move her body, I go on and on. I’m wording nine to five, eh, really all shine, eh, That’s all that I do, this is me and the crew, ‘bout to step to you, you ain’t got nothing to do, eh, I’m seeing through my ojo, huh,you ain’t steppin to my dojo, eh, I’m on top of the momo, heh, I’m about to go for more, huh.
2.
(PremeAlom:) Kicking a little something different, got that loves now she’s finishing all my sentences, plant a seed got a son that’s photosynthesis, bought a house in the hills and now I’m living good, couldn’t have predicted this. Mama said it’s written how the story comes out in the end,had a lot of struggles I prepared for all the different trends, lost a lot of people, guess you can’t depend on every friend, now I’m on my wave back up, if you don’t know how to swim. Be prepared for the rats hiding in the dark, and beware of the hate hiding in they hearts. Snakes that wait for the chance and tear you apart, I persevered had to put the pain up in my art. Now I’m strong residing on cloud nine, doing gigs with the band life looking so divine. Prepare and beware that’s how I got mine, and no matter what happens I know I’m bouta shine, Rah Prepare and beware you gotta prepare and beware (Vannina:) Put you down, they cannot to hold you down, they try to make you run and make you want to touch the ground. But then, like the sun rises up in that sky. They might try to put down But you’ll always rise high, yeah. Yes there is hope, just prepare your own truth yeah, and beware of those who don’t know why you came to this earth. Your battles are yours, your mind is your game right, don’t mind about them, (in Kirundi:) bareke bavuge (Let them talk!) Bareke bavuge bivugire ivyo bashaka (let them talk, let them say what they want to say) Kukwinzira zabo sizo zitum’utaka (because their ways aren’t the ones keeping you from shining). Activate yourself, (in Kirundi:) Komera (be strong) cause you can, reach that level that you see in your dreams! Life is short and is just what you make it, and if you trust in your call you’re gonna make it. More fire, feed your passion, and do what you love. If this ain’t a game man, (in Kirundi:) Ndeka ntambe! (Now let me dance!) (Serge Le Griot:) (in French:) La vie est une course de fond mon ami Prepare-toi, garde tes pieds sur le starter. Le depart n’est pas encore annonce evite les ennuis Reste patient et attend gentiment ton heure Faut pas confondre vitesse et precipitation. Si non tu vas finir la tete dans un mur. Choisis avec delicatesse et plus d’attention. Avant d’etre gladiateur, il faut avoir une armure Tu sais bien que les Burundais comptent sur toi, alors (in Swahili) AMKA KIJANA BURUNDI
3.
(Saskia:) Downtown (MC Complex:) Yeah (Saskia:) Downtown (MC Complex:) Come on (Saskia:) Downtown(Saskia & MC Complex:) Downtown in the city-y- y-y City-y- y-y, yeah, city-y-y-y, y ow city-y-y-y (Saskia:) Gonna make the connection to where is the action of the real nitty gritty, underground city I wanna have some innocent fun I wanna be in the run, I wanna have some innocent fun I wanna stay in the run run (Saskia:) Downtown in the city-y-y-y (MC Complex:) Who’s gonna party with me You know I rock the city (Saskia:) Downtown in the city-y-y-y (MC Complex:) I’m gonna rock the city Party till I’m past sixty (MC Complex:) I’m always in the mix, I’m where the action is, big city lights, trendsetter, I’m what fashion is I’m what passion is, talk the talk, walk the walk Instragram pictures we posing’, the street’s the cat walk. Beautiful models go downtown shopping for clothes, my outfit’s stupid fresh, tonight we got another show. ‘Been doing this for years, who cares, who wanna party with me, downtown I rock the City, party till I’m past sixty
4.
Instrumental
5.
(Saskia:) Down by the river, I hear your voice, down by the river, I have no choice, down by the river, calling me, all from the mountains till the sea, down by the river, the river, the river, the river When I feel bad, when I feel sad, when I feel alone I long for that tone. I wanna live in a dream, things are not what they seem, things are not the way they used to be, reality is facing me. Bad memories are hunting me, ‘bout things I did wrong and how they want me to be. I wanna be in a waterfall, I want to forget about it all From the mountain to the sea, all the way you’re calling me, from the mountain to the sea, all the time you’re calling me, from the mountain to the sea, all the way you’re watching me, from the mountain to the sea, all the time you’re watching me
6.
(Saskia:)You, you want to bring back, you, you want to bring back, bring it back on, bring it back, bring it back on, bring it back on track (MC Complex:) What I need is a true foundation, not based on a new sensation, what I need is a good vibration, a bit different than the times we’re facin’. Whatever you do for your occupation, rich of poor the whole population, everybody fight for emancipation, everybody, everybody fight for emancipation, everybody (MC Complex:) Bring it back (Saskia:) The way it used to be (MC Complex:) You gotta bring it back on track (Saskia:) The way it used to be (MC Complex:) Bring it back (Saskia:) The way it used to be (MC Complex:) You gotta bring it back on track (Saskia:) The way it used to be (MC Complex:) Bring it back, come on, you gotta bring it back on track. Bring it back, come on, you gotta bring it back on track, bring it back
7.
(Warren:) mm ha ha, yes this is my home town I call it This is just nothin’ but Hartford is my home, Hartford is my home, all the people make me feel like I am not alone. Hartford is my home, Hartford is my home, that Connecticut river makes it to stand out on it’s own. Born and raised from parents who came up from the South. Been around the world and back and I have no doubt, that Hartford is my home, Hartford is my home, all the people make me feel like I can overcome Ow uhm (PremeAlom:) Now it’s the place that I reside, I’m Simba to the pride, I was born in Hartford hospital, a king you can’t deny. I came up on the North end, everything was do or die, I overcame the struggle and I had no tears to cry. Blue hills my stomping grounds, I used to hear the sounds. The fair was not allowed, Mama told me to be proud. I was chilling down on Palm then I became Alom. I didn’t choose the name so alright p to Uncle Kwam. RIP Yung Monni sending love out to his mom. And shout out to Nijuabi, she made sure that I was strong. I got to give a shout out to Bernard from Mr pizza’s. He always made sure that my Grinder was extra long. West Euclid 33 thats where you’ll find me. Just chilling on the porch with my homies like two or three. Kicking a rhyme for you, now you know how I do yo Hartford is my home in that will always be the truth (PremeAlom:) I tell you like this (Warren:) Oh here we go (PremeAlom:) Oh-o-o-ow Hartford is my home, Hartford is my home. They make me feel not so alone. Hartford is the place for me, located in Central C. T. Hartford is my home and the only place I ever wanna be
8.
(MC Complex) Amsterdamned, Amsterdamned Amsterdamned I’m the man This is the Amsterdam reggae Big man me rooted, now watch how I do it Keep movin’ and groovin’ champion sound never loosin’, uh, You feel the rhythm, reggae vibes easy livin’ Good lookin’ women in the summer we’ be chillin’ The Damn full of pigeons And the tourists taking pictures Them museums full of riches Where the weather always switches Whether rainy or sunny I man’ working for the money Trust me ain’t nothing funny We get gully when we’re hungry This is the Amsterdam reggae (Saskia:) If you wanna feel the beat Go get on your feet If you wanna come along you got to sing our song (MC Complex:) Bad man get respected internationally connected Me never get rejected, cause my art is so perfected But there ‘s beauty in the code That we solemnly uphold We make money ‘pon road but my heart is solid gold The game is never told, but the blueprint is sold Like the wisdom of old Sacred scriptures saving souls Our connections rooted deep Like we’re rollin’ in the gang You can hang and do your thing But Amsterdamned I’m the man (Saskia:) Amsterdam is where I learned how to jam (MC Complex:) This is the Amsterdam Reggae (Warren:) Hit me (Saskia:) If you wanna feel the beat go get on your feet (Warren:) This is the Amsterdam reggae, hit me (Saskia:) If you wanna come along You got to sing our song (MC Complex:) Amsterdamned, Amsterdamned, Amsterdamned I’m the man (MC Complex:) This is the Amsterdam reggae (Warren:) In Amsterdam wow
9.
(Freddie:) (in Spanish) Huh, esto es sonido desde la perla, hasta la guancha, dar la salsa pura, P.R., lo baila la linda la fea y la flaca, ej, vengo de por Toro dar la salsa pura, ej, vengo de por Toro de donde, para bailar para que todo el mundo lo mueva, para gozar esta musica

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Now's the time that Amsterdam's own Saskia Laroo unleashes her latest album highlighting her jubilee (40 years on stage, 25 years of Laroo Records and Saskia Laroo Band)--and it's right on time! Saskia plays all her instruments on this album: trumpet, bass, sax and singing, with funky dance, hip hop, world grooves, and jazzy flavors melded together--all Saskia Laroo compositions and collaborations with vocalists and instrumentalists like keyboardist/vocalist Warren Byrd, trombonist Joseph 'Mr Defunkt' Bowie, rappers from Netherlands, US & Burundi and more! Be ready to groove from hip hop to bossa to reggae, from blues to funk with a smooth salsa-- with her and all that jazzy trumpet. Also available on LP

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released November 1, 2019

Saskia Laroo has let the time come for her latest effort to be un-caged. It should serve as a emblem of her abiding commitment to her musical career, reaching her jubilee year--40 years as a performer--as well as a quarter-century of marshaling Laroo Records and the parallel existence of Saskia Laroo Band--true perserverance. While Saskia may be one of the most single-minded taskmasters ever and though it may seem she is a world unto herself, Saskia let’s the world shine on her inside and out. Her music beams that back out on this album in jazz-n-groove-inspired emanations smelted into vistas of urban bustle—streets, transport, human hum—pastorale wanderlust, wistful nostalgia, and pursuits of euphoria. Yet, persistently, perhaps stubbornly, it’s all seared into radiance as joy.

It’s as if The Hindu goddess Kali does indeed embody her with a multi-limbed grasp for making the world shine through her sounds. Her world, her stage gives air to her prowess on not only on her claim to trumpet fame as “Lady Miles”, but also on alto sax, upright bass, drum and track programming, arranging, songwriting—and vocals. She also host a motley cast of cohorts garnered in her travels: her long-time partner in life and passion, keyboardist/vocalist Warren Byrd; cameos by celebrated veterans, like DeFunkt’s trombonist captain, Joesph Bowie, or madly skillful jazz “tenorist”/entrepreneur Alexander Beets; a kill of rappers out of NL, US, Burundi, and wherever else—all sewn into brilliance and elan with the collaborations of long-time partner passion and sound, Rob Gaasterland and brought to a masterful Q-point with Peter Brusse. Smoke this, y’all; roam our planet to the pulsations on these sides. Let them carry you to a bossa wave, a reggae wave, a wave of blues, of funk, of smooth salsa...thereby, taking in all of Laroo’s jazz-soaked trumpet--and soul!

Publishing

All songs belong to Muziekuitgeverij Laroo, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Musicians

Saskia Laroo: trumpet, vocals (3, 5, 6, 8), alto sax (3, 4, 8), upright bass (1, 5), electric bass (2)
Warren Byrd: piano (1, 4, 5, 7, 9), keyboards, synths (1, 3)
Rob Gaasterland: fender rhodes (2), keyboards, synths (2, 3, 5, 6), guitar (2) electric bass (8)
Jex a.k.a. Zoran Jager: guitar (2)
MC Complex a.k.a. Adeiye Tjon Tam Pau: rap vocals (3, 6, 8), vocals (3, 8)
Tang Sauce a.k.a. John Manselle-Young: rap vocals (1)
PremeAlom a.k.a. Jaykuan Williams: rap vocals & vocals (2, 7)
Vannina Kaneza: rap vocals (2)
Serge le Griot a.k.a. Serge Ngoy Lusungu: poetry slam 'slameur' (2)
Sushmitha Patlolla: vocals (2)
Yo Soy La Clave a.k.a. Freddie Clave: vocals (9)
Mr Defunkt' a.k.a. Joseph Bowie: trombone (6 )
Alexander 'The Hurricane' Beets: tenor saxophone (2, 4, 7)
Douglas 'Basszilla' Long: electric bass (4)
Daniel IJburg a.k.a. Daniel Gueli: upright bass (7)


Recordings

Recorded at Saskia’s Studios exept for:
-track 2: vocals of Vannina Kaneza & Serge Ngoy Lusungu by Saskia on location in Bujumbura
-track 2,8: vocals, rap vocals of Jaykuan Williams by him at his studio;
-track 2: guitar of Zoran Jager by himself in his studio;
-track 5: Saskia’s vocal refrain by her in her laptop mike;
-Saskia ‘s vocals on the verse of track 3, 5; all vocals of track 6; all Rob Gaasterlands’s playing and extra / additional drum programming by him at Studio de Boot
Pre-programmed, recorded, arranged and additional mixing at Saskia's Studios by Saskia Laroo Programmed, recorded, arranged and mixed at Studio de Boot, floating somewhere in Amsterdam by Rob Gaasterland
Produced by Saskia Laroo, Rob Gaasterland.
Additional input by Warren Byrd, Adeiye Tjon Tam Pau, Chris Beckers, Freddie 'gig' Vialle
Mastered at Q-Point by Peter Brusse


Arrangements

All arrangements: Saskia Laroo & Rob Gaasterland
Warren Byrd: synth string arrangement: (1), adjunct horn arrangement: (3), horn & synth string arrangement: (4), synth flute/synth string section arrangement: (5), horn lines: (8)
Extra arrangement by Rob Gaasterland: bridge (2), (5), all programming: (6)


Artwork


Cover photography: Mike van den Toorn
Make Up: Jazzmin Nillson
Back sleeve photography: Millaray Mendoza
Graphic Design: Paul Pollmann
Album & song liner notes, descriptions: Warren Byrd
Photography inside Photography Left: Krabi Naga Fest 2019, Thailand; Baby Grand Jazz Series 2012, Hartford Public Library, CT, US; IIT Saharnpur, Utter Pradesh, India 2016; Streets of Harare, Zimbabwe 2013; Erasmushuis Indonesia 2016; Workshop at Institut Francais, Bujumbura, Burundi 2019; Eurojazz 2012, Mexico City, Mexico; Nanning, China 2016; Cheongyccheon Fest 2017, South Korea; Sohar Music Fest 2012, Oman; Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018
Photography Left by: Thailand by TAT//GURU; US by Abe Perlstein; India selfie by Saskia Laroo; Zimbabwe by Jonathan Terry; Indonesia by Erasmushuis; Mexico by Marco Codrilo Photography; China by Adeiye Tjon Tam Pau; South Korea by Hajin Lee; Burundi, Oman, Vietnam by unknown
Photography Right: From top to bottom: Warren Byrd, MC Complex, PremeAlom, Tang Sauce, Vannina, Serge Le Griot, Freddie Clave, Susmitha Patlolla, Alexander Beets, Joseph Bowie, Warren Byrd, Zoran 'Jex Jager, Daniel Gueli, Douglas 'Basszilla' Long, Rob Gaasterland, Paul Pollmann, Mike van den Toorn, Jazzmin Nilsson, Chris & Petra Beckers, Saskia Laroo
Photography Right by: by Saskia Laroo, Warren Byrd; Zoran Jager by Andrej Kljakovic; MC Complex by unknown
Photography Inner sleeve by Petra Beckers


Gratitude

Special thanks to Warren Byrd, my family & friends & fans, Cultmix Foundation, Wil van Essen, Freddie 'gig' Vialle, Caecilia Wijgers, Kevin O'Toole


Marketing

Cat nr: SL1902 | P & C Laroo Records 2019, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Email: saskialaroo@hotmail.com / info@saskialaroo.nl
Website: www.saskialaroo.com / www.laroorecords.com
NL mob: +31(65) 571-3113 / US cell: +1(860) 869-9531
Cat nr: SL1902 Distributed by Suburban, the Netherlands (for Benelux, Europe & beyond)
Cat nr: LRO1902 Distributed by City Hall Records, USA (for USA & Canada)

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SaskiaLaroo Amsterdam

I am
trumpet player
Saskia Laroo
from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
My musical styles vary from
jazz to dance to world to pop
I have released six CD 's
with electric and acoustic music
on Laroo Records
I perform with my own formations
or as special guest
throughout the world.
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music, video, photos, information
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