Big Amen - Music

The Embassadors Is A Music Collective Formed By Hayden Chisholm - Reed Player/producer. After Years Of World-Wide Music Research Touring With Groups Like ROOT 70 Pluramon And Burnt Friedman & Jacki Liebezeit And Creating The Music For Rebecca Horn Installations Chisholm Decided To Push Ahead With His Own Songs And His Own Group. The Collective Is Made Up Of The Trombonist Nils Wogram Bassist Matt Penman Drummer Jochen Rueckert All From Root 70 Violist And Vocalist Gareth Lubbe Cellist Claudio Bohorquez And Hayden Chisholm On Reeds And Keys. The Debut Gig Of The Embassadors At The Cologne Philharmonic Hall In January 2007 Was Met With Standing Ovations And Set To Be Released In June 2008 On The English Online Label PLUSHMUSIC. They Also Played At The 2007 Moers Festival To Great Reviews. While Performing In Kenya In 2007 Chisholm Met The Multi-Instrumentalist And Vocalist Michel Ongaru Whom He Considered „the Missing Piece For The Collective´s Debut Album On Nonplace“. After Jamming For A Week They Recorded Healing The Music In A Room Of The WAB Hotel Of Nairobi For Days And Nights On End. The Record Was Released As The Embassadors Feat. Michel Ongaru In March 2008. read less