MIKIVERSE SPACE JAZZ primarily celebrates the sonic contributions of the cats who've delved into inner or outer space in their musical odyssey's. That said, you may also other jazz-sonics in this habitat that may not strictly be defined as "space jazz".
Saturday, October 30, 2010
STEVE REID ENSEMBLE-DAXAAR:MADE IN AFRICA
Steve Reid: Dakar 2007 - Getting Jiggy..."I knew how much Trane wanted to go to Africa and he inspired me to go. Art Blakey, my first inspiration, also spent a lot of time in Africa because it was the root. So, I went on a freight liner, it was carrying diesel engines, it only cost 75 dollars. I took my drum set... it was really strange, we got to the Canary Islands and changed to another boat, I remember it was called African Moon on Pharaoh Lines. This guy came running up to me and said, "Are you the drummer?"... as they were unloading my drums had fallen in to the sea and I was like 'Oh no...' but then, to me, it was like a baptism. I thought, this is heavy 'cause to me I was like recreating the slave journey backwards. I was reversing history."
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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