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Colors …
This is a Voyage into Sound
inst. of change [ELECTRIC GUITAR]
the players
THE INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.

 

Downtown New York City
 

Where the Jazz is Free
VooDoo Pimp Stroll
2004 Known Unknown
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Yohimbe Brothers

2004 Yohimbe Brothers (Vernon Reid and Dj Logic) at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

They Only Come Out At Night.
“Voodoo Pimp Stroll”
Masque:
Vernon Reid (Guitar)
Leon Gruenbaum (Keys)
Hank Schroy (Bass)
Don McKenzie (Drums)

“A Shot In The Dark”
John Zorn
1990 Naked City
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John Zorn (Naked City)
Weegee (1940s) NYC Street Photographer

 

“Screaming Headless Trumpet”
Roy Hargrove w/David Fiuczynski
2004 Live @ The Knitting Factory
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“The Joint”
Roy Hargrove
2004 The Rh Factor
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“Hardgroove”
Roy Hargrove
2004 The Rh Factor
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Defunkt
Eye & I
Dk Dyson
Dj Logic
Yohimbe Brothers
Masque
Free Form Funky Freques

w/ Elliott Sharpe
David Torn
Bill Frisell
Roy Hargrove
Screaming Headless Torsos
24-7 Spyz

Body Count (Ice-T)
Bad Brains
Fishbone

CBGB — NYC at its Dirtiest
Opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan’s East Village. The club was previously a dive bar, frequented mostly by “Easy Rider”-inspired, gang affiliated bikers. (Hell’s Angels / Altamonte / Rolling Stones. The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, and Blues, Kristal’s original vision, yet CBGB soon became a famed punk rock venue (Ramones) that introduced a number of New Wave and Punk Rock bands (Ramones, TelevisionPatti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, King Missile, Living Colour) that rose to MTV and Pop Culture notoriety.

“Batman”
John Zorn
1990 Naked City
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Clubland
Iridium
Knitting Factory
Zinc Bar …
Blue Note
Seventh Avenue South
The Bitter End …

JIMI HENDRIX (BEYOND THE INSTRUMENT)
PRINCE AMONG US
INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE (VERNON REID)
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
SUMMER IN THE CITY (1980)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (ANI DIFRANCO)