Dutch Masterpieces • Fontana Recordings from the 1960s
28 Friday Jun 2013
Written by William E (Bill) Smith in On The Radio
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The sixties were a turbulent time, a time of the Vietnam war when thousands of us in opposition to the war took to the streets. One chant – Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today? – remains embedded in my consciousness. The assassination of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The blossoming of a counter culture, a social revolution, a time when artists used their art forms as affirmation of rebellion. A time of important change in jazz and improvised music.
The recordings in this program were released on Dutch Fontana and cover a period of three years from 1963 though 1966 and feature the music of some of the leading figures of the musical revolution: Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur, Dave Burrell, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Dollar Brand, Roswell Rudd and Milford Graves among them.
Another Edition of Some Other Stuff
Music From The Other Side
Broadcast on CHFR Radio – 96.5FM, Hornby Island on June 23rd, 2013
End Notes:
I’ve posted a conversation with Archie Shepp from 1985 as a companion to this radio show. See Chronicles – Archie Shepp • Fire Music.
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