Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi Here is a YouTube video of an audio recording of the Ornette Coleman Quartet (with Dewey Redman on tenor, Charlie Haden on bass and Ed Blackwell on drums), recorded in Belgrade, November 2, 1971. They are playing the song Who do you work for? Unfortunately this is just an audio […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle On the morning of Saturday, June 27th, 2015, I attended jazz legend Ornette Coleman‘s funeral. It somehow seems inappropriate to write a “play by play” about this event. Sure, I could list those who spoke, sharing beautiful and sometime hilarious anecdotes, or described his genius and influence. I could talk about the beautiful music […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle Andre Benjamin (a.k.a. Andre 3000) succeeded with the Atlanta-based hip-hop duo Outkast, collaborated with Beyonce and Erykah Badu, and made his mark as an actor. In 2023, he shocked the music world by releasing New Blue Sun, an all-instrumental collaboration with Carlos Nino, where he played flute. Nothing could have prepared audiences for one of […]
Artist: SoSaLa Title: 1993 Formats: CD and digital Cat.#: DBDCD003 Label: DooBeeDoo Rec Genre: NO WAVE Stream and purchase CD here: https://sosala.hearnow.com/1993 Album Review by Dawoud Kringle Retrospectives are a double edged sword. They threaten to over-glorify a past that is gone and will never return. At the same time, they perform an essential service […]
27th ANNUAL VISION FESTIVAL 2023 – June 12th – June 18th, 2023 By Bruce Lee Gallanter (Down Town Music Gallery)
