Here is the recording of "Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A." which was performed at The Promontory. Saalik's on vocals, and he also wrote the lyrics to this Mingus composition.
The multi-talented vocalist, composer and arranger Saalik Ziyad passed away earlier this month. He was active on Chicago's music scene, and was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). He performed during several Mingus Awareness Project concerts. His musicality and spirit will be missed.
Here is the recording of "Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A." which was performed at The Promontory. Saalik's on vocals, and he also wrote the lyrics to this Mingus composition.
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2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the crisis with Little Rock Central High School, most well-known as the situation during which the Little Rock Nine were brought to Little Rock Central H.S. -- and racist white people including Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus virulently opposed this action to desegregate the high school.
Charles Mingus wrote and recorded "Fables of Faubus," a sonic portrait of Governor Faubus. Here's the MAPtet performing "Fables of Faubus" at Martyrs', with Saalik Ziyad singing the original vocals that Mingus penned in 1959. |
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