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DVD/VIDEO: Erika Stucky Interview

6342 days ago
All About Jazz — Erika Stucky interview is part of the book project "Under your skin". Interviews to include: Korn, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Marilyn Crispell, Bil... more info

Ornette Coleman and friends

6351 days ago
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonLong after the last note, the crowd was still in the hall. Ornette Coleman's final gig, at the Meltdown festival he curated and played at, was carried off with typically wayward flair. His 50-year career has been stuffed wi... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Christian

6352 days ago
Guardian Music — The pioneering guitarist dazzled contemporaries and put the now ubiquitous sound of the electric guitar on the mapSaxophonist Ornette Coleman's arrival in the late 1950s stunned the jazz world, and the biggest shock was his demolition of the chord-pr... more info

Imagine all the people...

6353 days ago
Guardian Music — This year's magical Meltdown finds Yoko Ono backed by Sean Lennon, the Roots rapping up a storm, Baaba Maal and friends in dazzling harmony and Patti Smith hypnotised by a pagan sound of wallNow in its 16th year, the Southbank Centre's Meltdown festi... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Omar Sosa Interview

6354 days ago
All About Jazz — This interview is part of the book/dvd project "Under your skin" which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Korn, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Living Colour, M... more info

Patti Smith

6355 days ago
Guardian Music — London Royal Festival HallPatti Smith regards the audience in the Royal Festival Hall with an affectionate, rather maternal smile and sighs. "In the true spirit of Ornette Coleman high-pressure Meltdown," she announces, "I'll be joined by many people... more info

The Roots with Ornette Coleman

6357 days ago
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt seems fitting that Philadelphia hip-hoppers the Roots should help kick off Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival. Like Coleman, they've worked with guitarist James Blood Ulmer; like Coleman, they feature a nerdy-looking wh... more info

Who should curate next year's Meltdown?

6358 days ago
Guardian Music — The Meltdown organisers want your suggestions as to who should put together next year's festivalAnyone in attendance during Sunday's performance at London's Southbank Centre would have been treated to the unusual sight of Yoko Ono performing alongsid... more info

AWARD: Yoko Ono Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at "Mojo" Magazine Awards

6358 days ago
All About Jazz — June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty and Mark Ronson. DON'T ... more info

Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band

6358 days ago
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonMidway through the third night of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival, Yoko Ono is yelping like someone walking barefoot across hot sand. Sean Lennon's guitar is emitting vomitous gouts of noise. On the screen above the sta... more info

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