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THE DON CHERRY TAPES & TRAVELATIONS
Eternal Rhythm : The Don Cherry Tapes & Travelations is a collection of priceless cassette taped interviews woven together by writer Graeme Ewens – a confidant, travel companion and friend of the late great trumpeter and visionary. It’s a project … Continue reading
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Tagged Avante Garde, Be Bop, Charlie Parker, Choctaw, Codona, Colin Walcott, Dollar Brand, Gnawa, Graeme Ewens, Ian Dury, Jazz, Jazz Composers Orchestra, Johnny Dyani, Master Musicians Of Joujouka, Miles Davis, Moki Cherry, Multikulti, Nana Vasconcelos, Neneh Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Pocket Trumpet, Rip Rig & Panic, trumpet, Watts, William Burroughs, World Music.
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Vivien Goldman: Rebel Musix – Scribe On A Vibe
Let’s take a deep dive into the ‘Collected Works’ of celebrated music journo, feminist, roots radic and professor of punk First , let me say this, in the world of music journalism Vivien Goldman is a one-off. I myself entered … Continue reading
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Tagged Ari Up, Aswad, Bob Marley & The Wailers, CAN, Chuck D, Don Letts, Eno, Fela Kuti, Feminism, Grace Jones, Hip Hop, Island Records, Jamaica, Ladbroke Grove, music, Music Journalism, Neneh Cherry, New York University, NME, NY New wave, Ornette Coleman, Punk, punk-rock, Raincoats, Reggae, Robert Wyatt, rock, Rutgers, Sex Pistols, Sounds, THE CLASH, The Slits, Vivien Goldman, Youth
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Ornette Coleman: Somethin’ Else!!!
Got a text yesterday… “Ornette has gone”. At the age of 85 years old Pulitzer Prize winning master musician and composer, Ornette Coleman passed away due to cardiac arrest. His heart could take any more. The curtain on an era … Continue reading
Silvershine: The Second Coming Of Andy Hamilton…. Jamaican Jazz Legend (1918 -2012)
When I got the news that Andy Hamilton had peacefully passed away – at the age of 94 – it was if another slice of UK cultural history had slipped into the fog of time. Born in Port Maria, Jamaica, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Hamilton, Birmingham, Blue Notes, David Murray, Errol Flyn, Jamaica, Jazz, Ornette Coleman, Sam Brown, Silvershine, The Roots, World Circuit, WVal Wilmer
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Harriet Tubman: Trane, Ornette… the Underground Railroad 2011
Thanks to a facebook post from the ever fantastic Cassandra Wilson I’ve latched onto Harriet Tubman – the dynamic trio of Brandon Ross (who plays with Cassandra. Wadada Leo Smith…), the prolific Melvin Gibbs (Defunkt, Decoding Society, Punk Funk All … Continue reading
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