Dakah
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The dAKAH Symphonic Hip Hop Orchestra is a symphony orchestra
augmented by turntable
s and a rhythm section as well as several rappers and singers. With over sixty professional musicians, dAKAH is led by Geoff "Double G" Gallegos who composes most of the orchestra's pieces.
dAKAH has performed in major concert venues across the US
, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall
in Los Angeles
and the Hollywood Bowl.
Their music
blends hip hop
and funk beats with jazz
sensibilities and symphonic arrangements. The group began in the late 1990s with less than twenty members and has steadily grown to its current size. DaKAH has been cited as "Los Angeles' hidden treasure" by folk music critic Kim Ruehl. http://folkmusic.about.com/od/news/a/DaKAH_article.htm
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
augmented by turntable
Phonograph
The phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...
s and a rhythm section as well as several rappers and singers. With over sixty professional musicians, dAKAH is led by Geoff "Double G" Gallegos who composes most of the orchestra's pieces.
dAKAH has performed in major concert venues across the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and the Hollywood Bowl.
Their music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
blends hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
and funk beats with jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
sensibilities and symphonic arrangements. The group began in the late 1990s with less than twenty members and has steadily grown to its current size. DaKAH has been cited as "Los Angeles' hidden treasure" by folk music critic Kim Ruehl. http://folkmusic.about.com/od/news/a/DaKAH_article.htm
Sources
- MTV.com 08.19.2005
- ACF News Source 12.19.2002
- NPR 12.11.2004
- Jazz times Jan/Feb 2006
- About.com /Folkmusic/DaKAH 2007