Wax Poetics Issue 7
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Featured Articles:
Roy Ayers: Music of Many Colors
British scribe Zaid meets up with vibist Roy Ayers to discuss the current state of the music industry.
Also Sprach Deodato
Brazilian keyboardist, arranger, and producer speaks about his career.
Pete Rock Reminisces
New York's Monkone catches up with basement-to-riches producer Pete the Rock for an inspiring conversation on what makes hip-hop special. Support Wax Poetics, people, you're not getting this anywhere else.
Also Includes:
- Academic Archive Volume VI, part II: Eldred v. Ashcroft Part 2 of Joe Allen's Eldred v. Ashcroft discussion eyeballs the funk compilations; interview with Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow regarding Mickey and the Soul Generation, Egon of Stones Throw and The Funky 16 Corners, and Gerald of Jazzman Records.
- On the Blackhand Side: Bill Gunn and Ganja and Hess There's at least three versions of this cult vampire/blaxploitation film, and at least one of them is deconstructed by Mark Randolph.
- The Aural Adventures of Savath and Savalas Prefuse 73 aka Scott Herren teams up with Barcelona housemate Eva Puyuelo Muns and makes a psychebrasilianfolk record, wading through records the whole way.
- Sound Savior Hall-of-Fame radio disc jockey Billy Bass tells his barrier-breaking story.
- History of a Break Record: The Incredible Bongo Band From session musicians and producers to Bronx DJ Kool Herc, we unravel a little bit of mystery around the Incredible Bongo Band.
- When Fusion Was Fun "I'm like 'Sweetie Pie' by the Stone Alliance / Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science."
- All the Urban Scrawl That's Fit to Print The New York Times and their war through the '70s and '80s on subway graffiti.
- Jack Ashford: The Unknown Tambourine Man Motown's now-famed Funk Brothers were but a whisper, a rumor, in the days when Jack Ashford loudly defined a sound with an underappreciated percussion instrument.
- In Pursuit of Joe Henderson You know when an artist quietly goes about his business that he means business. Writer Andrew Schrock explores Joe's Milestone years.
- Mr. Magic's Be-Bop Convention Eothen Alapatt connects with the old school Connecticut originals who propelled hip-hop in the early days.
