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MARILYN & ELLA: Against Jim Crow in Hollywood’s Clubland!
Here’s a good story about Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald that I came across via Bob Wisdom’s Facebook… Back in the n the 1950s, the popular Mocambo nightclub on West Hollywood’s famous Sunset Boulevard applied the Jim Crow laws to … Continue reading
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Tagged apartheid, Ella Firgerald, Hollywood, Jazz, Jim Crow Laws, Marilyn Monroe, Mocambo, racism
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Dr Martin Luther King Jnr: Assassinated 45 years ago today… April 4th 1968.
TONIGHT WE WILL CELEBRATE the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr at Nexus – One World at St. George’s Bloomsbury. A Jazz Warriors Int. co-production it will be hosted by Bonnie Greer and the concert will feature … Continue reading
ANOTHER RECORD STORE DAY CLASSIC: Fela’s Sorrow Tears & Blood
TO CELEBRATE THE 75th birthday of Nigeria’s militant, Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, as well as the recent release of new deluxe compilation ‘The Best Of The Black President 2’ and newly repackaged versions of Fela’s entire back catalogue, Knitting Factory … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL JAZZ 4: Sahib Shihab, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Frank Wright…..Jazzman do it again!
The latest in episode in Jazzman’s Spiritual Jazz series digs deep into the archives of numerous European record labels to reveal a brace of gems recorded by African American master musicians like Sahib Shihab, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Sun Ra, … Continue reading
THIS SUNDAY! SESSION No.1 – FREEDOM: The Art Of Improvisation
“In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.” Steve Lacy Greetings… Seems like a rare occasion these days that I’m offered a little deejay slot … Continue reading
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Broken Things こわれたもの
Broken Things こわれたもの is a labour of love – a small but powerful photography book by photographer Sam Seager. It was launched last night at the ICN Space in Shoreditch and all profits from sales of the book will be … Continue reading
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Tagged ‘Lost Villages’, Broken Things こわれたもの, Great East Japan Earthquake, ICN Space, Photography, Sam Seager, Tohoku, tsunami
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MAJESTIC VOICES OF MALI: Rising Against Those Who Would Silence Them
In response to the escalating conflict in Mali with the Islamic fundamentalist militias of AQIM and Ansar Dine, FATOUMATA DIAWARA has gathered together over 40 of the Country’s most renowned musicians, with a little assistance from Nick Gold’s World Circuit … Continue reading
OUTSIDERS… the music of Moondog, Cornelius Cardew, Conlon Nancarrow….
Couldn’t resist posting this shot of MOONDOG from the Cafe Oto news letter.Tremendous. It relates to this Sunday’s performance from the Outsider Music Collective who interpret the music of “outsiders” – the homeless, the genre-less, the academically neglected, the commercially … Continue reading
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Tagged Cafe Otor, Conlon Nancarrow, Cornelius Cardew, Moondog, Outsider Art, Outsider Music Collective
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The Fifth Monarchist Prophets… The Epiphany Uprising! Who was Thomas Venner and Anna Trapnel? 2013…. Where Are Our Prophets?
Last Sunday, January 6th, was the Christian festival of Epiphany. It was also the date that, in 1661, one Thomas Venner led the Fifth Monarchist Uprising in the city of London against the restoration of the King. As my good … Continue reading
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