Monday Night Jam: Banda Magda, “El Pescador”
From the DVD “Yerakina” released September 23rd, 2014 on GroundUP Music.
Buy It Here - bandamagdamusic.bandcamp.com
Written by José Barros
Produced by Magda Giannikou, Michael League & Fab Dupont
Magda Giannikou: voice & accordion
Ignacio Hernandez: nylon-string guitar
Mika Mimura: vibraphone
Jordan Perlson: drum set
Marcelo Woloski: percussion
Keita Ogawa: percussion
James Shipp: percussion
Haggai Cohen-Milo: upright bass
Michael League: baritone guitar
Mike Maher: flugelhorn
Matt Holman: flugelhorn
Matt McLaughlin: french horn
Bill Laurance: pianoString Section
primi: Maria Im, Emily Ondracek
secondi: Eylem Basaldi, Allyson Clark
viole: Lev Ljova Zhurbin, Dana Lyn
celli: Maria Jeffers, Colin StokesBackground Vocals: Marcelo Woloski, Michael League, Bob Lanzetti, Justin Stanton
Special Guests: Gregorio Uribe, Juan Andrés Ospina, Nicolas Ospina on vocals
String and Horn arrangements by Magda Giannikou
English Translation
The current is rising
With a hammock and a fishing net
A canoe made of bahareque
Arrives at the beachThe fisherman… speaks with the moon
The fisherman… speaks with the sea
The fisherman…has no riches
He only has his fishing netThe moon happily awaits
With its magic splendor
The brave arrival
Of the content fishermanThe fisherman… speaks with the moon
The fisherman… speaks with the sea
The fisherman…has no riches
He only has his fishing netThe fishermen return
With their catch to sell
To the port of their sweethearts
Where they keep their loveAnd this cumbia that is called
“the happy fisherman”
I composed it in the morning
On a sunny morningThe fisherman… speaks with the moon
The fisherman… speaks with the sea
The fisherman…has no riches
He only has his fishing net