Savanna - Marinas Dreaming - Southern Comfort - MP3

Savanna was formed in 1996 when fretless bass player, Ted Brewster, and drummer/percussionist, Ebou Sanyang, joined the band. Ted, having played with musicians such as Barbara Thompson, John Hiesman, Andy Sheppard and Andy Summers, accentuated the existing jazz undertones adding a unique free-flowing sound to the music. Ebou, a Gambian master drummer and percussionist, having experienced working both in Britain and Africa with artists such as Youssou N'Dour, Baba Maal and Ali Farka Toure, brought his complex African rhythms to the pieces transforming the original music and emphasising the rhythmic nature.

With additional help from Pete Gage of Dr. Feelgood, who collaborated on “Marinas Dreaming” from the outset, adding his jazz/blues piano and keyboards and Ed Wynn of Ozric Tentacles, with his sensitive keyboard playing, Savanna created a new kind of Acoustic fusion.