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Category Archives: Words, Sound & Power
LOOSE BOOTY: Milford Graves & Joe McPhee + Richard Hell + James Nares’ ‘Street’ feat Thurston Moore
LOOSE BOOTY: Milford Graves & Joe McPhee + Richard Hell + James Nares’ ‘Street’ feat Thurston Moore takes place at Rubloff Auditorium, the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, March 13, 7pm. This is a session! In celebration of Christopher … Continue reading
Youth Consciousness : JA Xmas Day ’82
Just found this tucked inside a file of vintage scribblings…. Xmas Day… Irie!
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin: Hustler’s Convention 40th Anniversary
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin presented ‘Hustler’s Convention’ 40th Anniversary at the Jazz Cafe in London on Monday night and the “Godfather Of Rap” blew us all away – including the High Priest of P Funk, George Clinton. Despite the miserable weather, … Continue reading
SOUL MATES present “YASIIN GAYE”
SOUL MATES present YAASIN GAYE….spotted on http://amerigo.bandcamp.com/ Amerigo Gazaway’s new *Soul Mates* series continues the theme of his previous work in creating collaborations that never were. On the series’ first installment, the producer unites Brooklyn rapper Yasiin Bey (Formerly Mos … Continue reading
Posted in Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Amerigo Gazaway, Brooklyn, Hip Hop, Marvin Gaye, Mos Def, Motown, re-mix, soul, Soul Mates, Yasiin Bey
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ANTHONY JOSEPH & MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO seize the ‘TIME’
ANTHONY JOSEPH & MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO seize the ‘TIME’ on his brand new album. A couple of nights ago I popped Anthony Joseph’s new CD, ‘Time’, into the player. I am already a fan of this poet/ novelist/educator’s spoken word adventures … Continue reading
Jazz Is My Religion
JAZZ IS MY RELIGION… Scanning my mails I noticed that San Francisco based http://jazzybeatchick.com had posted a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. I decided to check it out. I’d once rung Ferlinghetti’s City Lights bookshop in the hope hustling a copy … Continue reading
WORD SOUND & POWER @ PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED
WORD SOUND & POWER joins forces with PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED and it is on at Rich Mix in Shoreditch for the duration of the London jazz Festival In the summer of 2012 – to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican Independence … Continue reading
A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? arrives in London
A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? arrives in London this Saturday, 26th October, with Chicago’s Live The Spirit Ensemble. A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True? is a 45 minute suite composed by Ernest Khabeer Dawkins – … Continue reading
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Tagged A Deferred Dream or a Dream Come True?, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago, Corey Wilkes, Delmark, Delmark Records, Dr Matin Luther King, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, I Have A Dream, Jazz Alive, Kahari B, Live The Spirit Ensemble, March On washington, THE TABERNACLE
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