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HAR-YOU Percussion Group: Sounds of the Ghetto Youth

Read "Sounds of the Ghetto Youth" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
April 3, 2009

Just after the Harlem riots in 1964, Roger “Montego Joe" Sanders was given the opportunity to mentor a group of young men. He was involved with HAR-YOU, the acronym for Harlem Youth Unlimited--his role including teaching them Afro and jazz percussion. After four years of practice, Sanders felt that the group was ready to record and his instincts were on the spot. As Sounds of the Ghetto Youth reveals, the youngsters--whose ages ranged from 16 to 19--had an innate feel ...

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HAR-YOU Percussion Group: Sounds of Youth

Read "Sounds of Youth" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 27, 2009

The 1964 events that led to the creation of the HAR-YOU project and the formation of the HAR-YOU Percussion Group out of the Harlem Youth Act were the stuff of legend: consider, for instance, the fortuitous meeting of extraordinarily talented bassist and Charles Mingus student Julien Euell, in his incarnation as Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Division of the HAR-YOU Act, and Musical Director Roger “Montego Joe" Sanders in 1965. The mandate was to create a music outreach ...