A short film by Eothen Egon Alapatt and Josh Tyson-Fermin documenting Juju/Oneness of Juju’s founder and saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch returning to the historical home of the legendary Brooklyn jazz venue and cultural center The East alongside Now-Again’s Eothen Alapatt in early 2019. The East was located at 10 Claver Place in Brooklyn. Click link to find shot doc
"This is a tribute to Nxumalo's (1929-1970) late friend, drummer Early Mabuza, who died in 1969. This album features an uncredited 14-piece band that was assembled for a legendary overnight session in February 1970. Though we have no authoritative list of participants, credible anecdotal sources have provided some information on the ensemble (discogs has a list). The album is comprised of four tracks that showcase Nxumalo's compositional and arranging skills, as well as his virtuosity on the piano. This album is an iconic part of South African jazz history, and a testament to Nxumalo's contribution to the scene.Nxumalo has been hailed as _perhaps one of South Africa's greatest unsung musical and cultural heroes._[ - Youtube click link for biography"
"Band from Devon, UK. Terri Hill, gtr; Paul Ascot, Sax; Albert Budow; vocals; John ??, pno. There's a series of cuts, including an interview, if you click the link. "
"Mosseri (b: 1985) He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for his work in Minari.Mosseri is a member of the indie-rock band The Dig, as well as a recording artist and touring musician. He studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music.- wiki. His older brother Adam is head of Instagram.As for Gendel, he's a frequent visitor to the Margin, mostly because he's incredibly prolific (and also an extreme collaborator). This is Gendel's 3rd full length album released so far this year. Check link for a review of this latest work. "
"Jordan (1936-2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist, and teacher, born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Panama and Jamaica. She authored more than twenty-five major works.click link for bio"
About the song (Bandcamp): The boys, very young, hung around playing games while I practiced songs and vocals. On several occasions, Nico, at the time 9 yrs old, kept singing… ’Merry, Merry Sparrow, under leaves so green…’ over and over , while playing on his own on the floor. After a while it occurred to me that I should ask if he would like to sing it and… he declined. I waited a moment and then said: Nico, it’s possible that some 30 or 40 years from now you’ll come across this recording and while listening to it you’ll say, “Wow! I remember this moment with dad”. He looked at me and said, “Ok dad, I’ll do it!” He sang it like he wished, in one take. Definitely one of my all time favorite memories.
The 5000-year-old Sumerian “Silver Lyre of Ur”, along with several other musical instruments, was unearthed in southern Iraq in the 1920’s by the British archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley. Very little of it was left after five millennia, but careful research revealed that the soundbox was entirely made of silver, not wood overlaid with a sheet of silver. The soundbox of this reproduction (we are listening to) of the Silver Lyre is made of metal, which gives the instrument a timbre that is probably comparable to the original artifact. For anyone wanting more information, I refer you to the work of the remarkable archaeomusicologist, Richard Dumbrill. (see link)
"Joy (b 1999) is an acclaimin rising jazz singer. Comes from the Bronx, born into a musical family -- her grandparents nElder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, were founders of Philadelphia gospel group The Savettes. Her father sings & plays bass. She attended SUNY Purchase as a jazz major (huzzah SUNY schools). She was nominated and won two awards at the Grammy Awards in 2023: Best Jazz Vocal Album for Linger Awhile and Best New Artist - wiki and other sources. This is the 2nd of 4 studio releases."
From YouTube, this short cliip shot by an unknown person who walks alongside the enigmantic poet as he strolls around Ginsberg's farm. Charles & his wife Pamela moved to live on the farm w/Ginsberg at some point. About the farm (from the book _East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg_ by farm manager Gordon Ball: During the late 1960s, when peace, drugs, and free love were direct challenges to conventional society, Allen Ginsberg, treasurer of Committee on Poetry, Inc., funded what he hoped was “a haven for comrades in distress” in rural upstate New York. First described as an uninspiring, dilapidated four-bedroom house with acres of untended land, including the graves of its first residents, East Hill Farm became home to those who sought pastoral enlightenment in the presence of Ginsberg’s brilliance and generosity. A self-declared member of a “ragtag group of urban castoffs” including Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, Herbert Huncke, and the mythic Barbara Rubin, farm manager Ball tends to a non-stop flurry of guests, chores, and emotional outbursts
"A duo formed in 1985 in Bath UK, aka Will White and Alex Gifford's inDecksandrumsandrockandroll is their only studio album. It was originally released by Wall of Sound on 26 January 1998 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released by DreamWorks Records with a different track listing. They gained famein 1997 by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project covering John Barry's _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_, the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold.- wiki"
Time:
4:52
Artist:
The Blue Notes [Bernard Williams and Rooevelt (Donald) Brodie]
These were the original Blue Notes to Harold Melvin and…. They got their start in Philadelphia as a duo, aka Bernard Williams and Rooevelt (Donald) Brodie. There was a lot of coming and going and changing up of names from the 50s up through the 70s and 80s as Harold Melvin continued recording (with fame growing).
"SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. This debut album began as a collection of long form improvisations recorded during two separate two-night stands at beloved Highland Park, Los Angeles venue ETA (which recently closed). = bandcxmap"
"Album featuring Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake, Davis dedicates this album to Geri Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Carla Bley, Renee Rosnes, and Sylvie Courvoisier"
"Klaatu (/_kl__tu_/) was a Canadian rock group[1] formed in 1973 by the duo of John Woloschuk and Dee Long. They named themselves after an ambassador, Klaatu, from an extraterrestrial confederation who visits Earth with his companion robot Gort in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still. After recording two non-charting singles, the band added drummer Terry Draper to the line-up; this trio constituted Klaatu throughout the rest of the band's recording career, from 1973 to 1982 - wiki"
"Eric Chenaux is one of Canada's most respected and long-standing experimental guitar players and songwriters, starting with legendary Toronto punk band Phleg Camp in the early 90s and tirelessly expanding his musical vocabulary and reach in countless improv, avant-folk, damaged jazz and contemporary music ensembles throughout the 2000s." click link for more
The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil...These songs, recorded between 1977-1985, are different from anything previously released by the artist. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of the piano bench, the thump of Emahoy’s finger on the record button, they create a sense of place, of being near the artist while she records. Emahoy’s lyrics, sung in Amharic, are poetic and heavy with the weight of exile. Emahoy dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March of 2023. We are proud to release this music, in collaboration with her family, now, in what would have been her 100th year. - Bandcamp/liner notes. See link for Pitchfork review
This is a tribute to Nxumalo's (1929-1970) late friend, drummer Early Mabuza, who died in 1969. This album features an uncredited 14-piece band that was assembled for a legendary overnight session in February 1970. Though we have no authoritative list of participants, credible anecdotal sources have provided some information on the ensemble (discogs has a list). The album is comprised of four tracks that showcase Nxumalo's compositional and arranging skills, as well as his virtuosity on the piano. This album is an iconic part of South African jazz history, and a testament to Nxumalo's contribution to the scene.Nxumalo has been hailed as _perhaps one of South Africa's greatest unsung musical and cultural heroes._[ - Youtube click link for biography
"A duo formed in 1985 in Bath UK, aka Will White and Alex Gifford's inDecksandrumsandrockandroll is their only studio album. It was originally released by Wall of Sound on 26 January 1998 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released by DreamWorks Records with a different track listing. They gained famein 1997 by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project covering John Barry's _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_, the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold.- wiki"
