Results for "Jodie Christian"

Jodie Christian

Born: February 2, 1932

Leonard E. Jones: Taking Control Of Destiny

by Barbara Ina Frenz
January 6, 2023

Bassist and photographer Leonard E. Jones laid the foundation of his musical and artistic ideas as an original member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The AACM ranks as the most well-known and influential organization of the 1960s under African American leadership that created American experimental music through challenging “racialized limitations on venues ...

Reminiscing

By Jodie Christian

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: How Insensitive/ I

Jodie Christian Trio: Reminiscing

by Derek Taylor
October 1, 2001

P>Jazz, like most kinds of music, is a migratory art form. Regional enclaves abound and players are continually traveling and relocating between them trading ideas and innovations. It’s this continuous cross-pollination that is one of the primary ways the music continues to develop and sustain itself. Still, there are certain musicians who set up shop in ...

Soul Fountain

By Jodie Christian

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998

Jodie Christian: Soul Fountain

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 1998

This album, recorded more than three years ago, is dedicated to the memory of Art Porter, whose enlivening presence serves to remind one how much ripening talent was lost when the 35-year-old saxophonist was drowned in November 1996 while on a tour in Thailand. Porter more than holds his own in the company of a couple ...

Blue Stroll

By Ira Sullivan

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1988