Colors …
This is a Voyage into Sound
inst. of change
the players
instruments
[ Downtown ]
NYC
Looking for Jazz, in All the Dark Places.
“We All Had A Real Good Time”
Edgar Winter
They Only Come Out At Night
A New York City Adventure … With Dave, Cedric, and the all-knowing Thelonius Skunk.
((( underground )))
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Joining Dave, Cedric, and Thelonius Skunk on their deep dive in the the New York City night.
DOWNTOWN NYC — WHERE THE STREETS ARE MEANER, THE DRINKS ARE CHEAPER, AND THE MUSIC IS WAY “OUTSIDE” THE BOUNDS OF NORMAL.
Shut the Fuck Up!
We’re trying to make some music down here! Jive-Ass Mother Fuckers.” — John Zorn
1996 — Vernon Reid with Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson at the Knitting Factory. Fifteen years earlier, before Living Colour, Vernon played guitar in Jackson’s band, The Decoding Society. From the same stage, it was where Vernon earned his virtuosic reputation, and planted his Living Colour roots. Not to be ignored, of course, is CBGB, the Downtown club in the same area that became Vernon and so many others, a gateway to the surface.
1997 — Screamming at Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Laurie Anderson, and Lou Reed, who were talking during a Bar Kokhba show at The Knitting Factory.
Graffiti Rising
Jean Michel Basquiat
w/ Andy Warhol
Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Lou Reed (Walk On The Wild Side) Tack>>Head
The Doors @ The Factory (Movie Scene)
Oliver Stone
1990s —
1990 — Time’s Up
1991 — Living Colour Lollapalooza (Inaugural) Jane’s Addiction
1992 — Living Colour Biscuits (Annie Lennox, Madonna)
1993 — Living Colour Stain
1994 — Living Colour No Dread (Carly Simon)
1995 — Living Colour Pride
1996 — Vernon Reid Mistaken Identity
1997 — Rolling Stones Bridges Of Babylon
1998 —
1999 — It’s Prince’s Party (and he’ll jam if he wants to.)
Off To See The Wizard
Ornette Coleman — Driving his old Porsche (details), with the top down, enjoying the clear summer evening in New York City. With Oswald riding shotgun, they were on their way to see ….. Coleman, On the way from his house in the Bronx, down to Coleman’s apartment in the Village. Oswald, an antique musical instrument historian/anthropologist, and Will, a famed Rock N Roll drummer. Midtown, Paris Hilton-esque traffic light encounter. Ornette,’s father answers the door. In Will’s mind, it was as if he were face-to-face with Yoda. Ornette Coleman, legend of the Downtown NYC “Free Jazz” movement. Jamming with the master. Go into that closet he directed, and where Will found a one (high-hat?) cymbal, one stick and a headless rim. What came of it?
Memphis “Blue” Blood
Blood Ulmer —
w/ Vernon Reid
Going Back To New York
@ Smoke
Jane Getter
Rachel Z — Peter Gabriel / Tony Levin
Adam Holzman
Omar Hakim
Pete Cosey
Elliot Sharpe
Vernon Reid
Ronald Shannon Jackson
& The Decoding Society
Defunkt
Eye & I
The Knitting Factory
David Fiuczynski
Screaming Headless Torsos
Black Cherry Acid Lab
Roy Hargrove
RH Factor
Downtown
NYC UNDERGROUND
CBGB
Iridium
Zink Bar
Reggie Goods
George Cooligan
2000s —
2000 — Y2K
2001 —
— French Television
Living Colour — In the middle of a reunion tour, when the United States suffered its attack on 9-11. The tour, like seemingly everything, was cancelled. Living Colour, like so many at the time, paused to reconsidered its future. For the band, The discussion was short, all agreeing that everyone was enjoying playing together again, and the unanimous decision, was to pick up where they had left off.
2002 — SPIDERMAN
2003 — CollideOscope
2004 — Tack>>Head (Together Again)
2005 —
2006 —
2007 —
2008 —
2009 —
Sunset Over the Glades
MARLINS vs. CUBS
Joe Robbie Stadium — Last seats, largest crowd, w/Steve Pynes and 66,000 others.
“Going To New York”
Three Days In Manhattan
Jane Getter
Village bar, open to the street
Garbage Strike
Yankees vs. Red Sox
Rachel Z — In for Jane’s husband Adam Holzman
Saturday Night Live Bass
Jamie Cullum
Algonquin Hotel
Oak Room
White Cranberry and White Grapefruit Gin Martini
Vernon Reid w/ Blood Ulmer
Downtown
Run DMC — Cheisel John & Melody
I AM the woman on the Food Channel.
Uptown
Alan Harris — Aspen Jazz, Dick Stockton, Leslie Visser,
Next Stop Cuba
Great Night in Harlem
Wendy Oxenhorn — “Yes, Your Enormous”
No Pictures — Why didn’t you tell me Usher (woman) at After Show
Mayor Dinkins
Quincy Jones
Bill Cosby
Chevy Chase
Stanley Jordan
Ladell McLin
Billy Cox
Swiss Chris — Band Of Gypsys
Billy Bang
Simone — Nina’s Daughter
After Show @ Magic Johnson’s Movie Theater
Scandinavian Babe “Riding” the B3 organ in the middle of the room
Stanley Jordan — Straight Ahead, dirty blues, out of his Eleanor Rigby charachter.
Elementary school teacher, out alone, on a Saturday Night (Fever)
Benefit to build a home, and to provide health care for retired musicians who might be homeless or uninsured.
Regina Holmes outside Madison Square Garden
Kelvyn Bell – guitar
Ayodele Maakheru (Martin Aubert) – guitar
Vernon Reid – guitar
Richard Martin – guitar
Melvin Gibbs – bass
Ron Mac Jenkins – bass
Reggie Washington – bass
Lester Bowie – trumpet
Ted Daniels – trumpet
Byron Bowie – saxophone
Luther Thomas – saxophone
Charles Green – saxophone
Alex Harding – baritone saxophone
Ronnie Burrage – drums
Rishard Lampese – guitar
Skoota Warner – drums
Tobias Ralph – drums
Kahil El’Zabar – percussion
Kelli Sae – vocals>Martin Fischer – keyboards
Marcus Persiani – keyboards
Kevin Bents – keyboards
Bahnamous Bowie – keyboards
Adam Klipple – keyboards
Cliff Branch – keyboards
2021 — “WE’RE A BAND OF NERDS” Corey Glover, (Post Virus) Vernon Reid On The Bus, preferred beverage: Grape Juice (not drink) cut with seltzer. Describing new tool/machine/effect, programable (good for soundtrack work)
Spiderman
Comic Books
— French Television