Pioneering Cellist Abdul Wadud Dies at 75
Abdul Wadud, a cellist who pioneered the use of his instrument as a vehicle for jazz improvisation, died August 10 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was … Read More “Pioneering Cellist Abdul Wadud Dies at 75”
Understanding is not a masterpiece. It is a raw, sprawling slice of life. It preserves a day in 1970 otherwise lost, when Woody Shaw was 25 and newly brilliant and fearless, and Roy Brooks played volcanic drums like no one has since. On a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, in the Famous Ballroom (demolished long ago), the noisy crowd sounds oblivious to their moment in history. They think such music will play on forever. THOMAS CONRAD
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