Results for "Actual Proof"

Mike Clark: Actual Proof

by Jim Santella
October 1, 2000

Using original compositions that serve as mainstream jazz anthems, drummer Mike Clark has created a program around his taste for rhythmic drive and small band creativity. Fusion, funk and ballads sit under the umbrella of Clark’s design; however, they’re tempered with tradition. Fluid trumpet and tenor saxophone solos grace “The Viper" accompanied by just the acoustic ...

Actual Proof

By Ahmed Abdullah

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Magwalandini, Blues for Barbara Jean, Sketch, Serenade for Marion Brown, Naima, Song of Tenderness, Song of Time (for Fred Hopkins)/Shaka Zulu.

Recorded at The Spirit Room, Rossie New York, January 18 & 19, 1999.

Available through Cadence/NorthCountry Distributors (www.cadencebuilding.com)

Ahmed Abdullah: Actual Proof

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 1999

The lasting influence of Sun Ra is infinite and its always a pleasure to hear testimony from the relatively small number of his regular sidemen who are now leading their own groups. The joy is particularly palatable in the case of Abdullah whose bright brassy trumpet powered the Arkestra brass-section on their cosmic flights of fancy ...

Ahmed Abdullah: Actual Proof

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 1999

The lasting influence of Sun Ra is infinite and its always a pleasure to hear testimony from the relatively small number of his regular sidemen who are now leading their own groups. The joy is particularly palatable in the case of Abdullah whose bright brassy trumpet powered the Arkestra brass-section on their cosmic flights of fancy ...