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Live In Japan (Material Album)
''Live in Japan'' is a 1993 live album by the New York based No Wave music group Material. Track listing #"Invocation" (Bernie Worrell) – 5:21 #"Leaving Earth" (Foday Musa Suso, Bill Laswell) – 6:39 #"Desert Star" (Suso, Laswell) – 9:38 #"Out of the Dreamtime" (Suso) – 5:29 #"Obsessed" (Ginger Baker, Aiyb Dieng) – 10:45 #"Into the Seventh House" (Suso, Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis) – 6:20 #"Dousongonni Song" (Suso) – 4:46 #"The Receiver" (Suso, Laswell, Skopelitis) – 8:06 #"The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas) – 8:50 #"The Image of the One" (Worrell) – 2:28 Personnel *Bill Laswell – bass ;Additional personnel *Foday Musa Suso – kora, dousongonni, guitar, percussion, vocal *Bernie Worrell – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer *Nicky Skopelitis – 6 and 12 string guitars *Aïyb Dieng – chatan, congas, talking drum, percussion *Ginger Baker Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Material (band)
Material was an American band formed in 1979 and operative through to 1999, led by producer and bassist Bill Laswell. The group began in 1978 coalescing at Giorgio Gomelsky's Zu House in Manhattan with at its core Laswell, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher, Cliff Cultreri and Kramer (musician), Kramer, acting as a house band for visiting European musicians, such as Daevid Allen. Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher and Cultreri evolved as Material in 1979 first releasing the ''Temporary Music'' Extended Play, EP, followed by two more albums ''Memory Serves'' and ''One Down'' with an ever-revolving list of contributors, including singers Nona Hendryx, Bernard Fowler and Whitney Houston. From 1982, the name would be used by Laswell and Beinhorn for many projects, including Herbie Hancock's ''Future Shock (Herbie Hancock album), Future Shock'' album and "Rockit (song), Rockit" single, Afrika Bambaataa, Timezone's "World Destruction" single, and from 1985 onward solely by Laswell such as on Sly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and Music of Africa, African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. Baker gained early fame as a member of Blues Incorporated and the Graham Bond Organisation, both times alongside bassist Jack Bruce, with whom Baker would often clash. In 1966, Baker and Bruce joined guitarist Eric Clapton to form Cream (band), Cream, which achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After working with Clapton in the short-lived band Blind Faith and leading Ginger Baker's Air Force, Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with Gary Moore, Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Material (band) Albums
Material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geological origin or biological function. Materials science is the study of materials, their properties and their applications. Raw materials can be processed in different ways to influence their properties, by purification, shaping or the introduction of other materials. New materials can be produced from raw materials by synthesis. In industry, materials are inputs to manufacturing processes to produce products or more complex materials. Historical elements Materials chart the history of humanity. The system of the three prehistoric ages (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age) were succeeded by historical ages: steel age in the 19th century, polymer age in the middle of the following century (plastic age) and silicon age in the second half of the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aïyb Dieng
Aïyb Dieng is a Senegalese drummer and percussionist specializing in hand drums. He has recorded two solo album, including ''Rhythmagick'' (1995), and has worked with a wide range of musicians, including as a regular collaborator of bassist/producer Bill Laswell. Biography He was born and raised in Senegal, West Africa. By the age of 14 he was playing professionally in a band that consisted of nine relatives. Dieng received his first album credit on Brian Eno and Jon Hassell's 1980 '' Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics'', playing percussion on conga drums and a clay drum called ''ghatam''. Soon after, he worked with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi on '' Susto''. Dieng also played on Mick Jagger's solo project, ''She's the Boss''. Other noteworthy credits include work with Yoko Ono (singer/composer/artist), Bill Laswell (producer/bassist/guitarist), William S. Burroughs (beatnik author), Haruomi Hosono, Bob Marley (reggae singer), and Ginger Baker. In 1981 he performed at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Thomas
Amos Leon Thomas Jr. (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999), known professionally as Leon Thomas, was an American jazz and blues vocalist, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and known for his bellowing glottal-stop style of free jazz singing in the late 1960s and 1970s. Life and career Leon Thomas was born Amos Thomas, Jr. on October 4, 1937, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He studied music at Tennessee State University. At the time of his studies, he had begun a singing career as a guest vocalist for the jazz bands of percussionist Armando Peraza, saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, and guitarist Grant Green. His musical development at this time was shaped in part by seeing saxophonist John Coltrane perform in trumpeter Miles Davis's sextet during the late 1950s. Thomas moved to New York City in 1959, singing at the Apollo Theater as a vocalist for acts such as jazz ensemble The Jazz Messengers and singer Dakota Staton. In 1961, he joined the Count Basie Orchestra but soon left after being cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, and later through his solo work. He released over thirty albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with vocalist Leon Thomas and pianist Alice Coltrane, among many others. Fellow saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world". Sanders' take on “spiritual jazz” was rooted in his inspiration from religious concepts such as Karma and Tawhid, and his rich, meditative performance aesthetic. This style was seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as ''A Love Supreme''. As a result, Sanders was considered to have been a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Skopelitis
Nicky Skopelitis (born January 19, 1960) is an American guitarist and composer of Greek descent. He also has performed on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments. Although Skopelitis has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he has appeared on many more recordings, often collaborating with prolific bass guitarist and producer Bill Laswell. Until 1987 or so, he used the spelling "Scopelitis" for his last name. Discography As leader * '' Next to Nothing'' (Venture, 1989) * '' Ekstasis''(Axiom, 1993) * ''EKSTASIS "wake up and dream" (CyberOctave, 1998) * ''Revelator'' (Douglas Music, 1998) As sideman With Ginger Baker * ''Horses & Trees'' (Celluloid, 1986) * ''No Material'' (ITM, 1989) * ''Middle Passage'' (Axiom, 1990) * ''Live in Munich Germany 1987'' (Voiceprint, 2010) With Afrika Bambaataa * ''Frantic Situation'' (Tommy Boy, 1984) * ''Beware'' (DBK, 1986) * ''The Light'' (EMI, 1988) With Manu Dibango * ''Electric Africa'' (Celluloid, 1985) * ''Pata Piya'' (Celluloid, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Laswell
William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles. According to music critic Chris Brazier, "Laswell's pet concept is 'collision music' which involves bringing together musicians from wildly divergent but complementary spheres and seeing what comes out." The credo of one record label run by Laswell which typifies much of his work is "Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted". Although his bands may be credited under the same name and often feature the same roster of musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically. Material began as a noisy dance music band, but later albums concentrated on hip hop, jazz, or spoken word readings by William S. Burroughs. Most versions of the band Praxis have included guitarist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pit Inn (jazz Club)
The is a jazz club in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The original opened in 1966 and was forced by demolition to close in 1992. It re-opened at a different site in Shinjuku later that year. ''DownBeat'' wrote in 2019 that the Pit Inn "is almost universally regarded as Japan's most important jazz club". First Shinjuku Pit Inn The first Pit Inn was located in Shinjuku 3-chōme. It opened in February 1966, as a jazz coffee shop.Atkins, Everett Taylor (1997) ''This Is Our Music''. (Doctoral thesis). p. 223. Two years later, it became even more focused on jazz and was in the style of a Greenwich Village hangout. From its early days, both domestic and international musicians played there. In 1968, for instance, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra played at the Pit Inn. Other activities also took place: a photography exhibition in 1968 was an early example. Some of the most prominent Japanese jazz musicians played at the club early in their careers. Many continue to play there regularly, including Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foday Musa Suso
Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family. Suso is a direct descendant of Jali Madi Wlen Suso, the griot who invented the kora over four centuries ago. He spent his childhood in a traditional Gambian village, in a household filled with kora music. Though his father was a master kora player, in griot tradition a father does not teach his own children the instrument. When Foday was nine, his father sent him to live with master kora teacher Sekou Suso in the village of Pasamasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was described by Jon Pareles of ''The New York Times'' as "the kind of sideman who is as influential as some bandleaders." Biography Early life Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, where his family moved when he was eight. A musical prodigy, he began formal piano lessons by age three and wrote a concerto at age eight. He went on to study at the Juilliard School and received a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967. As a college student, Worrell played with a group called Chubby & The Turnpikes; this ensemble eventually evolved into Tavares. 1970s After meeting George Clinton, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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