Copy and Paste : Wax Poetics #32 is out now
Publié : décembre 6, 2008 Filed under: Music | Tags: Ahmad Jamal, Alton Ellis, Jimmy Cliff, Sly Stone, Waxpoetics 2 Commentaires »
Credits: Mr Richie "Spice" Smith
Issue 32 offers a rare and insightful look at funk visionary Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone. We also follow reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff through a long and textured career which spanned five decades and encompassed several milestones in the music and movie mediums.
Purchase at: Wax Poetics Storefront
Featured Articles:
Sly Stone
“I don’t read much of what anybody writes about me, but I know that it’s mostly secondhand stuff that looks like it’s supposed to be firsthand. I don’t know nobody, and nobody knows me, and they don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Jimmy Cliff
At last, Jimmy Cliff was off and running, with hit singles at the top of the Jamaican charts. The mode was ska, and the music forceful and bright.
Ahmad Jamal
I In 1958, a Pittsburgh-born pianist named Ahmad Jamal recorded a show tune entitled “Poinciana” at a venue called the Pershing Lounge. His elegant pianisms transformed that song into something rare for the jazz world—a hit record.
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
Hildegard Knef, Purple Image, Clive Smith and Brenda Hutchinson, Alton McClain and Destiny, Odyssey Five
Obituaries
Earl Palmer, Norman Whitfield, Jerry Wexler, Alton Ellis
Houston Rennaissance
H-Town rappers HISD initiate a Lone Star rebirth
Poetic Justice
Jean Grae‘s daring wordplay propelled her to hip-hop’s forefront
Electro Shock
Terry Lynn upends traditional reggae with charged Kingston commentary
The Fifth Element
Cey Adams established the visual constituent of the hip-hop nation
The Producer’s Producer
Large Professor laid the groundwork for a generation of beatmakers
Breaking Free
Filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka escaped the confines of blaxploitation
Machine Funk
Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince electrified hip-hop in the ’80s
There’s a Riot Goin’ On
An excerpt from I Want to Take You Higher — The Life and Times of Sly and the Family Stone published by Backbeat Books
Island Ambassador
Jimmy Cliff reached global audiences without toeing the line
Gold Standard
Pianist Ahmad Jamal charted a new popularity for jazz
Seoul Power
The South Korean B-Boy Cipher
Hey Richie!
haha I love your mini reports on facebook too
Thanks for the pics
E.
I love your blog!