Installment #6 in this ongoing series of stories on their development, trials, tribulations and in some cases recommendations from black music writers continues with a contribution from RON SCOTT, who comes from a perspective unique to our contributors thus far. And that’s because Ron is a regular contributor to what has long been referred to in black [...]
Ancient Future is heard Thursdays on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio serving the Washington, DC region at 50,000 watts. Hosted/Produced by Willard Jenkins… ARTIST TUNE ALBUM LABEL THE MUSIC & INFLUENCE OF GEORGE RUSSELL George Russell Stratusphunk Outer Thoughts Milestone George Russell Concerto for Billy the Kid The Jazz Workshop Milestone [...]
Ancient Future is heard Thursdays on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio serving the Washington, DC metro area at 50,000 watts — the station for Jazz & Justice. ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL (Featuring the music of MOACIR SANTOS) Moacir Santos Coisa no. 10 Coisas Forma/Universal ditto Suk-Cha Ouro Negro Adventure Music [...]
Our series continues with the first woman contributor, JANINE COVENEY. Though Suzan Jenkins had known Janine from Suzan’s days as executive director of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, primarily through Janine’s significant R&B coverage, I first met Ms. Coveney as we both covered a couple of jazz festivals down in the Caribbean. Not long after [...]
Washington, DC’s fabled U Street is once again one of the more dynamic corners of our nation’s capitol. One big figurative tombstone for years after post-MLK assassination anger laid the area to relative waste, the entertainment heart of black Washington has arisen from the ashes with a steady vengeance over the last several years. An inevitable product of [...]
Ancient Future is heard Thursdays on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio serving the Washington, DC metro area at 50,000 watts. Ancient Future is produced and hosted by Willard Jenkins… ARTIST TUNE ALBUM LABEL (3rd Thursday: Jazz in South Africa – Historic/Contemporary) The Blue Notes Now The Ogun Collection Ogun The Blue Notes [...]
Our April 2009 installment of The Independent Ear detailed a then-forthcoming project to take Donald Harrison’s Congo Nation to Morocco for the 12th annual Gnaoua & World Music Festival. Supported by a grant from USArtists International, the project which brought together Harrison’s Mardi Gras Indian (or Black Indian as he would likely prefer) traditions in collaboration [...]
Ancient Future airs weekly on WPFW 89.3FM, Pacifica Radio serving the Washington, DC metro area at 50,000 watts. ARTIST TUNE ALBUM TITLE LABEL Pharoah Sanders Our Roots (Began in Africa0 Message From Home Verve The Best of Gnawa Festival D’Essaouira Gnaoua SK Music Yusef K. (poem) Our Souls Have Grown Deep [...]
Part four in our ongoing series of conversations with black jazz writers is with our first colleague from below the Mason-Dixon Line — Ron Wynn. An arts columnist and critic for the Nashville City Paper, Ron was also a frequent contributor to what now appears to be the regrettably late JazzTimes Magazine. He contributes regularly to BookPage, [...]