CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
inst. of change [THE ELECTRIC GUITAR]
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.
take it to the bridge
The Original Color of Sin [BLUE.]
VERNON REID [ 1.]
Memories Can’t Wait
Papa Was A Rolling Stone …
Living Colour
2007 — Paris @ The New Morning Club
((( Forward Leaning )))
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Reid reinvigorated hard rock with shots of soul, jazz and hip-hop. His solos embrace the free-form abstraction of his early days as a jazz player, but they flex enough muscle to bowl over any Metallica fan.
— Rolling Stone Magazine
Describing Vernon Reid, #66 on its list of Best 100 guitar players
December 21, 2000
Living Colour @ CBGB (Impromptu Reunion)
2001 — LIVING COLOUR REUNION
9-11 Interruption
In The Post-Apocalyptic Area
James “Blood” Ulmer Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions (Grammy Nominated)
2002 — Front End Lifter (Yohimbe Brothers)
2003 — CollideOscope (Living Colour)
No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions
“MAGIC SCIENCE” —
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Experience Music Project
Seattle, Washington
Gil Evans Orchestra
(w/Medesky, Martin & Wood) performing Gil Evans’ arrangements of Jimi Hendrix
2003 — More Jack than God (Jack Bruce)
— Spectrum Road (Carlos Santana/ Cindy Blackman)
— Willisau JazzFestival (Living Colour)
2004 — The Tao of Yo (Yohimbe Brothers)
— Known Unknown (Masque)
— Back In Colour
(Living Colour Compilation/Vivid to CollideOscope)
— Music supervisor for Mr. 3000 (movie) starring Bernie Mac
2005 — Living Colour Live From CBGB
December 19, 1989
Birthright w/ JAMES “BLOOD” ULMER
2006 — w/James Blood Ulmer
Memphis Blood Live in Paris
“Spoonful”
James Blood Ulmer (guitar/vocals)
Vernon Reid (guitar)
Charlie Burnham (violin)
David Barnes (harmonica)
Mark Peterson (bass)
Aubrey Dayle (drums)
Leon Gruenbaum (piano)
2006 — Other True Self (Masque)
w/Steve Vai (Favored Nation)
2007 — Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions
— Urban Mythology Vol.#1 (Free Form Funky Freqs)
— Living Colour @ Wimbash (Sully’s Pub & Tiki Bar) Hartford, Connecticut
— Living Colour @ Paris (DVD/CD)
2008 —
2009 — Chair In The Doorway (Living Colour)
Spectrum Road
w/Jack Bruce
(Marvin Gaye 1964)
Carlos Santana
Cindy Blackman
John Medeski
Politician
Vernon Reid
2025 — Hoodoo Telemetry
((( Always Active )))
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Tongues On Fire
2010 — “Tongues On Fire“
written b/ DAVID MURRAY
performed b/ LIVING COLOUR
Produced b/ Amos Rozenberg
for Barking Dogs :BARKING DOGS PRODUCTIONS,
Valérie Malot for 3DFAMILY
Reza Ackbaraly for for MEZZO TV.
Directed by DOCTOR L.
Broadcasted on MEZZO TV (November 2010.)
A musical homage to The Black Panther Party
A political organization dedicated to raising African-American consciousness
National and International Impact [mid-1960s into the 1970s].
Emory Douglas — Black Panther Minister of Culture (Graphic Artist/Art Director)
THE LAST POETS — Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole
“Inner City Blues”
Two core members of the politically charged group of writers/rappers
Dedicated to raising African-American consciousness
2011 — Artificial Afrika
Enjoy The Silence
Vernon Reid & Masque
Other True Self (2005)
((( downtown again )))
— Artificial Afrika
AFRICAN AROMA — Richard Pryor goes to Africa. and a friend in the backseat of a cab, taking a ride on the outskirts of “town” …
2012 —
2013 —
2014 —
2015 — Day of Supreme Court Decision (Right to Marry) put “Bi” in the set.
2016 — “FREEDOM SOUNDS” — Living Colour (Washington D.C.)
September 24, 2016
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum
African American History & Culture.
“Who Shot Ya?” (EP/MixTape)
Biggie Smalls/ Black Lives Matter/ Gun Violence
2017 — Shade (Living Colour)
SF JAZZ
2018 — October 28 @ SF Jazz (Joe Henderson Lab)
Traditions In Transition
Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsies Revisited
Celebrating Hendrix’ 75th
2019 — Shade (Living Colour)
SF JAZZ
2020 — October 28 @ SF Jazz (Joe Henderson Lab)
Traditions In Transition
Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsies Revisited
Celebrating Hendrix’ 75th
VERNON REID — Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists
Living Colour bandleader (#66)
Reid plays tribute to Jimi Hendrix’s funkiest ensemble, celebrating the late guitar icon’s 75th birthday.
“Reid reinvigorated hard rock with shots of soul, jazz and hip-hop.
“His solos embrace the free-form abstraction of his early days as a jazz player, but they flex enough muscle to bowl over any Metallica fan.”
Living Colour Vivid
Guns ‘N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction
Joe Satriani Surfing With the Alien
LIVING COLOUR (BACK TO THE BEGINNING)
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