Manha De Carnaval - Akua Dixon

Cellist, arranger, composer, vocalist, and educator Akua Dixon is a jazz string pioneer who has thrived in a vast array of settings. She’s collaborated on world premieres of major works by reed stars Paquito D’Rivera and James Carter, founded and directed the celebrated, improvisation-laced string quartet Quartette Indigo, and created the string arrangements for the five-time Grammy-winning neo-soul manifesto The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She entered a new creative phase with her sleek 2011 quartet session Moving On, her first album under her own name. Her follow-up album, Akua Dixon, is a dazzling string conclave that surveys her expansive stylistic reach.

Official site: http://akuadixon.com/
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