The third movement, Adzo, is less energetic and features the master drummer playing alongside traditional instruments like the Gankogui (a bell-like instrument) and Axatse (a beaded gourd rattle).

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Well-known to followers of the blogosphere and seekers of intelligent, percipient commentary on public policy, Kevin Drum passed away Friday after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of ...

including axatse (a close relative of the shekere), gankogui (a double bell also called an agogo), keyboard, and guitar, all further elevated by masterful, genre-bending horn arrangements.

In the duo Quasi, she turned a simple piano-and-drums line-up into a rock’n’roll band. And during her three years with Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, she gave a solid base to the band’s ...