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AUTOMATIC WRITING
Robert Ashley's Automatic Writing, originally released as an LP by Lovely Music in 1979. Over the course of Robert Ashley's career his preoccupation with language and the voice took many forms. He became known in his librettos as a wonderful, funny,…
Tags: Automatic Writing, CD, Electronic, Experimental, Music, Robert Ashley
ACROSS THE OMNIVERSE
Since the band's inception in 1985, the guiding force behind Either/Orchestra has always been composer and tenor/soprano saxophonist Russ Gershon. Under Gershon's leadership, the ensemble has successfully balanced serious musicianship and respect for…
Tags: CD, Either/Orchestra, Jazz, Music, Tracks, Unreleased, various artists
ONCE UPON IT IS
Hanifah Walidah is a musician, playwright, and social arts activist. Her twenty-year career has taken an ethnographic approach to the arts to create film, music, and stage works that help foster social change. The nationally noted Black Folks’ Guide…
Tags: CD, Dance, Electronic, Funk, Hanifah Walidah, Hip-Hop, Music, Once Upon It Is, Soul
DAYS LIKE THESE
Morley began her performing career in spoken word and choreography. Her piece, Mother Nature, was part of the repertoire for Alvin Ailey’s Techniques and Performance touring ensemble. Legendary drummer Max Roach invited Morley to choreograph the 30th…
Tags: CD, Days like These, Jazz, Morley, Music
SUPHALA
CD with a few tracks from Suphala -- Suphala is a tabla artist, composer, and producer. She is a protégé of tabla players Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain and is based in New York City.
Tags: CD, Electronic, Experimental, Indian Classical, Music, New York, Suphala, Tabla, The Now
HER HOLY WATER: A BLACK GIRL'S ROCK OPERA
In this provocative rock opera, writer-performer Imani Uzuri takes a spiritual, semi-autobiographical journey from isolation to meditative stillness to exuberant self-expression. Backed by a full ambient band with a string quintet and a sweeping…
Tags: CD, Genre-Bending, Gospel, Imani Uzuri, Music, Opera, Rock, Spiritual
REVERENCE
Reverence is the second studio album by Cameroonian jazz bassist and musician Richard Bona. It was released on September 7, 2001, through Columbia Jazz. The song "Reverence" features guest appearance by prominent jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.
Tags: African, CD, Contemporary, Jazz, Music, Richard Bona
CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT
Calling Out of Context is a compilation album of songs written and recorded by experimental musician Arthur Russell. It was released on March 16, 2004 by Audika Records in the United States and by Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom. Nearly all…
Tags: Arthur Russell, Calling Out of Context, CD, Electronic, Leftfield, Music