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Category Archives: Deep stuff
The Hieroglyphic Being Experience LIVE – New Years Eve 2015/16
CAFE OTOproudly come with Release 100 (!!!) CAFE OTO are supa-pleased to make the Jamal Moss non-stop 6 hour New Year DJ set available for FREE! Half the night came out as a double cassette dubbed "The Hieroglyphic Being Experience … Continue reading
Volatile Times: The Year OF The Fire Rooster
As we were going through our regular early Sunday morning training session in the Ba Me Da Xuan tradition in a misty Clissold Park I couldn’t help my mind wandering to the turbulent year ahead. I’ve long been a fan … Continue reading
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ANUTHA YES MI SELEKTAH…. SUMMER JUST ARRIVED PT. 2. Haiti, Cuba…
From the Cabo Verde archipelago we travel to Haiti with Paris based Nigerian master drummer Tony Allen for another Afro Futurist meltdown before heading off to Cuba… The Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra‘s album is a meeting of minds and deep rhythmic … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?
Tagged Afrobeat, Cameroon, Cuba, David Murray, Geri Allen, Habana, Haiti, Lakou Mizik, Pedrito Martinez, Richard Bona, Tony Allen
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A BIRTHDAY NIGHT OUT @ SOAS WITH THE CAINE PRIZE NOMINEES…
A BIRTHDAY NIGHT OUT @ SOAS WITH THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING NOMINEES… What a splendid way to spend your birthday – taking in a few readings and a discussion with five nominees from this year’s Caine Prize for … Continue reading
‘PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW’ wins Audience Award at Sheffield Documentary Film Fest!
Yesssss!….Presenting Princess Shaw wins Audience Award at Sheffield Documentary Film Festival! One of the first posts I did on Ancient To Future was a Kutiman video/composition that blew up on youtube. I’m a fan and a week ago I got … Continue reading
REACHIN’ OUT TO THE COMMUNITY… HELP BRING ‘COLLOCUTOR’S ‘THE SEARCH ‘ TO LIFE!!
“Collector is an opportunity to explore musically all the cultural connections which are part of being a human being, particularly in the 21st century, in somewhere like London, where you do meet everyone from everywhere. If you’re open-minded you’ll have … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, Just Runnings
Tagged 'The Search', Collocutor, Fontanelles, Gilles Peterson, On The Corner, Pete Buckenham, Tamar Osborn, Worldwide
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THE GREATEST: Muhammed Ali – 1942 – 2016
It began with a 1960 teenage Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion declaring “I am the Greatest!” and that he “Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee!” He dropped his slave name, embraced Islam, refused to fight in Vietnam. Muhammed … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Just Runnings
Tagged Boxing, Cassius Clay, Islam, Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali, Nation Of islam, Vietnam War, World Heavyweight Champion
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THE JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY: IRON SKILLS & INTERNAL ELIXIR CULTIVATION
THE JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY: THE IRON SKILLS & INTERNAL ELIXIR CULTIVATION ARE THE FOCUS OF TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM MARK WILEY’S TAMBULI IMPRINT. HAVING PICKED UP A SOME HEAVY BRUISING during a lively and most enlightening Chin Na session … Continue reading
THE RETURN OF ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’… JULY 1st Union Chapel
OK Brothers & Sisters…. ‘Enlightenment’- an original composition penned by master flautist Rowland Sutherland with support from the PRSF and inspired by the spirit of John Coltrane – returns to the capital this summer and the Ensemble can’t wait to … Continue reading
WAYNE & HERBIE: TALKIN’ LOUD & SAYING SOMETHING!
After decades of both collaboration and mutual respect, jazz legends Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock have penned an extraordinary and thought provoking open letter to the next generation of artists. It reflects their feelings on recent world events and how … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bataclan, Black Lives Matter, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, music, Panama Papers, Peace, Syria, terrorism, US Elections, war, Wayne Shorter
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