Jazz Articles about Andrew Barker

Andrew Barker / Matthew Shipp / Charles Waters: Apostolic Polyphony

by Frank Rubolino
May 1, 2003

In the late 1990s, New Yorkers became enamored with a brash group of freewheeling improvisers from Atlanta going under the name Gold Sparkle Band. The chemistry of their fresh and ambitious style clicked with the New York establishment, and the group members soon began integrating with the entrenched Downtown musicians in taking the music forward at events like the Vision Festival and venues where free speech was practiced.

Drummer Andrew Barker and reed player Charles Waters are ...