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Dr. Cornel West
SoSaLa: Nu World Trashed
by Glenn Astarita
Per the press release, saxophonist, vocalist SoSaLa (Ornette Coleman, Salif Keita) is the abbreviation of his birth name, Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi. He's a Swiss-born Iranian American and a well-known activist, educator, author and the president of Musicians for Musicians (MFM) who exhibits complete command of his saxophones during two live tracks and seven studio tracks, recorded between 2014 and 2020. As the title describes, the music draws inferences to the Nu World" created by the Internet, and how some may ...
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First Album: Dr. Cornel West
My first album would probably be What's Going On. I had purchased so many albums before that had meant much to me, but in terms of a sophisticated, musical piece of art that was political and spiritual, it would probably be What's Going On. I already was politically oriented, but to see someone like Marvin Gaye, who was already a towering figure within popular music but had not really made any type of political intervention, ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson