• in jazz, world and soul music. Motéma Music was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area. A production company since 2003, Motema was started by singer Jana...
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  • The Music of Randy Newman is the 12th album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, recorded in 2009 and 2010, released in 2011 on the Motéma label. It received...
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    Gregory Porter (category Motéma Music artists)
    soul and are rooted in Gospel music." Since his 2010 debut on the Motéma label, Porter has been well received in the music press. His debut album, Water...
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    Joey Alexander (category Motéma Music artists)
    Favorite Things, was released on 12 May 2015, on the Harlem-based label Motéma Music and produced by Jason Olaine. He was 11 at the time of its release. He...
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    Ginger Baker (category Motéma Music artists)
    on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2014. "Motéma Signs Legendary Drummer Ginger Baker". Motéma Music. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014....
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    Terri Lyne Carrington (category Motéma Music artists)
    & Carrington Power Trio, Perfection (Motéma, 2016) Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science, Waiting Game (Motéma, 2019) New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid, 2022)...
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  • For the music label, see Motéma Music. Motema is the second most populous town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is located...
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    Lakecia Benjamin (category Motéma Music artists)
    single-car accident leading to multiple injuries, including a broken jaw. Retox (Motéma, 2012) Rise Up (Ropeadope, 2018) Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope, 2020)...
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    Donny McCaslin (category Motéma Music artists)
    (Greenleaf, 2012) Fast Future (Greenleaf, 2015) Beyond Now (Motéma, 2016) Blow. (Motéma, 2018) Jong Metropole Orkest (Rotterdam 2022) I Want More (Edition...
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    Arturo O'Farrill (category Motéma Music artists)
    Offense of the Drum (Motéma) 2015 Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma) 2017 Familia (Tribute to Bebo + Chico) with Chuco Valdez (Motéma) 2018 Fandango...
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    Monty Alexander (category Motéma Music artists)
    Harlem-Kingston Express, Vol. 2: The River Rolls On, both released on Motéma Records 2017 Alexander was conferred with the Order of Griffin-Distinguished...
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    Charnett Moffett (category Motéma Music artists)
    signed with Motéma Music releasing The Art of Improvisation in May 2009 and Treasure in June 2010. The Art of Improvisation was his Motéma debut (and his...
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    Geri Allen (category Motéma Music artists)
    S. AllMusic Review accessed April 2, 2012 Official Website 4 Geri Allen at Motéma Music Geri Allen at All About Jazz Geri Allen at NPR Music Jazz Conversations...
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  • Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! is a studio album by Mark Guiliana, released April 12, 2019 on Motéma Music. The album received a Grammy Award nomination...
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    Demir Demirkan (category Turkish music arrangers)
    Grammy-winning-producer (Norah Jones’ “Come Away with Me”), and released on Motéma Music. His Los Angeles experience informed the current project in several ways...
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    O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – The Offense of the Drum (Motéma Music) Clarence Penn – Monk: The Lost Files (Origin Records) Adam O'Farrill's...
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    Chucho Valdés (category Motéma Music artists)
    2011, Chucho Valdés was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music In Abril 2022, Chucho Valdés was awarded Best Latin Jazz...
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    John Scofield (category Motéma Music artists)
    Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer. His music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and...
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    Larry Grenadier (category Motéma Music artists)
    (Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, John Medeski, and Larry Grenadier) Hudson (Motéma, 2013) With Ethan Iverson Costumes Are Mandatory (HighNote, 2013) Every...
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    Cast The First Stone (Plus Loin Music/Harmonia Mundi, 2011) Believe (Motéma Music, 2012) Time And Time Again (Motéma Music, 2014) The Call Of The Wild And...
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    Sertab Erener (category Motéma Music artists)
    1990s. Because of her education in classical music, she initially had difficulties in performing pop music. Although she did experimental works from time...
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  • for the American punk rock group Dead Kennedys. He also designed the Motéma Music logo. Smith is particularly known for his collaborations with Jello Biafra...
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  • Be Good (Gregory Porter album) (category Motéma Music albums)
    album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released through Motéma Music on 15 February 2012. The album charted in Belgium, France and the Netherlands...
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    Will Calhoun (category Motéma Music artists)
    York. He moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a music production and engineering degree. He received the Buddy...
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    Randy Newman (category 20th-century American conductors (music))
    endorsed jazz singer Roseanna Vitro's album, The Randy Newman Project (Motéma Music, 2011). In 2020, Newman wrote a song called “Stay Away” to support people...
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    Mark Guiliana (category Motéma Music artists)
    Grammy-nominated American drummer, composer and leader of the band Beat Music. He has played with Avishai Cohen, Brad Mehldau, David Bowie, Meshell Ndegeocello...
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  • T. K. Blue (category Motéma Music artists)
    Power Of Music (2000) The African Nubian Suite (2016) Jenkins, Willard, "T.K. Blue", JazzTimes, December 1999. TK Blue Artist Profile, Motéma Music. Feather...
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    John Medeski (category Motéma Music artists)
    (Ropeadope, 2001) Soul Food (Vanguard Records, 2015) With Hudson Hudson (Motema, 2017) - Collective group also featuring Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield...
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  • Water (Gregory Porter album) (category Motéma Music albums)
    by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released under the Motéma Music label on May 11, 2010. Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes stated "The intersection...
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  • Sameer Gupta (category Motéma Music artists)
    bass-heavy, and tender. Namaskar (Motéma, 2010), with Marc Cary A Circle Has No Beginning (2018) As sideman Focus, Marc Cary (Motéma, 2006) Inner Cry Blues, Grachan...
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