ORAN ETKIN

Oran Etkin, an internationally acclaimed jazz/world artist and composer whose NYC based music classes for children are endorsed by Harvey Keitel, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, will release  Wake Up Clarinet! on his new Timbalooloo label (September 14, Motema Music /Allegro-NewSound distribution). Coinciding with this release is the launch of Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo, a new company which will make Oran’s popular music classes available to hundreds of children throughout the New York City metropolitan area and other cities.  It will also serve as the umbrella for all of Etkin’s work with children through CDs, concerts, DVDs, books and television programming. Wake Up Clarinet! is the first family release for Etkin, who was a featured performer on Putumayo Kids’ award-winning compilation album Jazz Playground earlier this year and whose 2009 Motema debut,  Kelenia, was named Best World Beat Album by the Independent Music Awards. With Wake Up Clarinet,Etkin turns read more...