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| 1. DVD video tartalma: |
| 1. | Family Folk Song/Moors
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| 2. | In Memoriam
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| 3. | Auzar
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| 4. | In the Valley
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| 5. | Gemini
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| 6. | Mystery of Love
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| 7. | Fosters/Blue Monk [*]
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| 8. | Sherrif Sam [*] (Sound by Law)
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| 9. | Zychron [*]
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| 10. | Curl of the Butterfly's Tongue
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| 11. | Drempt Sequence
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| 12. | Now's the Time
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| 13. | Family Folk Song/Moors [*]
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| 2. DVD video tartalma: |
| 1. | Family Folk Song/Moors
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| 2. | Zychron [*]
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| 3. | Fosters/Blue Monk [*]
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| 4. | In the Valley [*]
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| 5. | Sherrif Sam [*] (Sound by Law)
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| 6. | Mystery of Love [*]
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Faruq Z. Bey - Poetry, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Mike Carey - Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Mike Gilmore - Marimba, Vibraphone
Mike Johnston - Bass, Gong
Nick Ashton - Drums
Skeeter Shelton - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
A film by:
Timothy O'Brien and Andrew Bare
Disc 1: DVD
Disc 2: CD
DVD includes;
* 1 hour feature live music performance
* 3 bonus songs
* 3 interviews
* 3 poetry pieces
* slide show (plus more)
* bonus cd of 6 tracks taken from the dvd (same sound mixes)
DVD is designed to play in all regions in all countries.
"Once a member of Detroit legends Griot Galaxy, Bey's take on jazz is informed by the spectral divinations of Sun Ra, and pieces like "Moors" and "sherrif Sam (Sound By Law)" remind you of prime era Arkestra, floating between beautifully extended melody heads and stretches of languid free blowing, all underpinned by a steady, rolling rhythm section." Jon Dale; Signal To Noise Fall 2008
"If this were merely an audio CD, it would garner excellent reviews. But this set with DVD and CD and all of the extra features becomes something well worth checking out. The Northwoods Improvisers and Entropy Stereo are to be credited for doing this right." Robert Iannapollo; Cadence OCT/NOV/DEC 2008
* Chris Trent - Liner Notes
* Mike Khoury - Executive Producer
* Tim O'Brien - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
The fourth recording for visionary creative saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey teamed with the Northwoods Improvisers is a live concert recording done at Delta College in Michigan. This expanded version of the group as a sextet is making original and unique music within the improvised modern post-bop framework, while echoing the influences of Su Ra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Bey's famed Detroit band of the ‘80s, Griot Galaxy. A three-horn front line with Bey, Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton fortifies hundredfold the concept of a call and response outline, while vibraphonist Mike Gilmore, bassist Mike Johnston, and drummer Nick Ashton add a world or ethnic element with a jazz foundation that swings things along firmly. There are two selections that combine compositions. One is "Family Folk Song/Moors," with Gilmore's marimba minimalism in 7/8 time as a springboard for the saxes and Carey's flute to scoot around. It's followed by a gong/cymbal sequence, a fine tenor solo by Bey, unison horns and the mournful cry, 5/4 modality, signature brittle lines and counterpoint that all recalls the resonance of the Sun Ra Arkestra's. "Fosters/Blue Monk" is a quite successful attempt to fuse and transpose the famous disoriented drunken blues written by Bey for Griot Galaxy into the famous exuberant Thelonious Monk evergreen. "Zychron" is another Griot Galaxy revisit, another Ra-like piece in a steady Egyptian five beat strut kicked up to hard bop pace, with Shelton's edgy soprano leading the horn front line. "Sherrif Sam" exudes the passion and joie de vivre of the South African expatriate band Brotherhood Of Breath (Bey is also involved with the similar sounding Odu Afrobeat Orchestra), with hard bop dynamism tempered by a bright, advanced, unstoppable elephant-like momentum where Carey and Shelton show themselves quite formidable button pushers for Bey. The band shows a distinct harmonious vibe for a group with such different musical backgrounds and environmental influences. The woodsy, muted, rural and attractively exotic references of the Mid-Michigan based Improvisers mesh well with the rough and tumble, reckless abandon of the raw Detroit saxophonists. All of their previous recordings are easily recommended, and this one is no less ranked. Bey is playing with an oxygen breathing apparatus, which visually is a bit disarming, but clearly not deterred in creativity and spirit on this exceptional offering of modern music. [An accompanying DVD is include in this package with three different tracks, three poetry readings by Bey, interviews and a slideshow.]
--- Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Faruq Z. Bey
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Modern Creative
One of the visionaries of Detroit's modern jazz scene, saxophonist, flutist, composer and poet Faruq Z. Bey has faithfully carried on in the post-John Coltrane era as a unique and original performer, enduring cultural, sociological and physical difficulties that would have stifled a individual of much less strength and fortitude. Born in Jesse Davis in Detroit, Michigan February 4, 1942, Bey's parents were vocalists in church and gospel choirs, his father a city bus drive, his mom a stay-at-home housewife. His cousins Charles Rowland and Sherill Rowland were also musicians. The eldest of five children, Bey grew up in the Conant Gardens district, was educated in the public school systems, attending Holy Ghost, Atkinson secondary schools, Pershing and Wilbur Wright High Schools, studied existentialism at Wayne County Community College, and was a disciple of the Moorish Science Temple. Originally trained on the upright string bass, one of his music instructors in school was pianist James Tatum. A neighborhood influence was legendary rhythm and blues singer Eddie Floyd when he was with the Falcons. He heard the John Coltrane/Pharoah Sanders ensemble at the Drome Lounge in 1966, a year before Coltrane passed away, and it profoundly changed his life. So did the infamous race riots in the summer of 1967. Bey was a serviceman in the Air Force, and upon release, changed his name to Malik, then Faruq Zinji Bey. In the late ‘60s-early ‘70s, Bey emerged as a member of the developing progressive jazz scene, and participated in concerts sponsored by the Detroit Artists Workshop and the Creative Arts Collective. As a member of the Bey Brothers with Sadiq Muhammad and Jalil Bey (all who adopted the surname) they played regularly at the Concept East Theatre. He performed prominently with drummer Roy Brooks, Sun Ra's Arkestra and various bands like Black Choreology, the First Afrikan Primal Rhythm Arkestra, As (Is), the World Space Ensemble and Onyxz. Originally established in 1972 with Elreta Dodds, Kenn Thomas and Kofi Patrice Nassoma, the seminal progressive jazz ensemble Griot Galaxy was founded by Bey. The group changed to sport a three-horn front line with David McMurray and Anthony Holland, supported by guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer Tani Tabbal. As Detroit's answer to the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Griot Galaxy stood club and concert audiences on their collective ears with a fiery, passionate and driven multi-layered and polyrhythmic music that was revolutionary for its time in the 1980s. But health and physical issues due to a serious motorcycle accident plagued Bey, and when Griot Galaxy was disbanded in 1991, the saxophonist in recovery was determined to forge new pathways for expressionism. He formed a partnership with the Northwoods Improvisers from mid-Michigan, merging their world fusion sound with his creative concepts. The combination added saxophonists Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton to revive the three saxophone collective that made Griot Galaxy such a potent band. As Bey's health allowed, he also formed several new groups including the Conspiracy Winds and Speaking In Tongues, has accompanied M.L. Liebler's Magic Poetry Band, Hakim Jami's Street Band, Kindred with keyboardist Kenneth Greene, Ajaramu, bluesman Robert Jones, and is a member of the Odu Afrobeat Orchestra. Bey has published poetry compendiums "Year Of The Iron Sheep," "Etudes In Wanton Nasses," and the theory instructional "Toward A Rational Aesthetic."
---Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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