At one time, Arthur Blythe was part of the Columbia machine (not unlike the Miramax machine, how else do you explain the Gangs of New York phenomenon). Then trends took precedent over music and a young Wynton over a middle-aged…
Author: Fred
A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH AMIRI BARAKA
Amiri Baraka is one of the most influential Afro-American writers of my generation. Baraka’s Blues People: Negro Music in White America, Black Music, Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music, and his countless poems and essays (available www.amiribaraka.com) are…
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH: RONALD SHANNON JACKSON
I am not certain about many things outside of politics, having worked for various Congressman through my short lifetime. But I am certain that Ronald Shannon Jackson should be all over the place, playing, recording, and doing what it is…