#Douglas Ewart

[b1lliesb1ues]

One of world’s best humans ❤️🎶

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Douglas R. Ewart & Ignaz Schick — Now Is Forever (Zarek)

Schick (l), Ewart (r)

When the Art Ensemble of Chicago arrived in Paris in 1969, their combination of free jazz, boundary-defying composition, sardonic humor and theater caused quite a stir. They and the other African American musicians who joined them were invited to share stages, parties and business endeavors with hippies, underground rockers, political radicals and record labels of varying degrees of sketchiness. One scene that did not rush to embrace them was the electronic music institution, Groupes de recherches musicales (GRM). Sure, there was that 1977 collaboration between Don Cherry and Jean Schwarz, but it took 46 years to make it to a record. One wonders what might have happened if the GRM had opened its doors to the first ambassadors of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). It might have sounded a little like Now Is Forever.

Ignaz Schick is one such wonderer. The German polymath’s own involvement with electronic sound was preceded by a youthful immersion in free jazz, and if you catch him in Berlin, where he now lives, he’s likely to bring an alto saxophone to a gig alongside his turntables and sampler. But Now Is Forever isn’t the product of wondering, but of action. In 2017 Schick took a break from a residency in Los Angeles to fly into Minneapolis for a couple of days, which he spent playing with Douglas Ewart. Ewart is a multi-instrumentalist, poet, sculptor and mask and instrument maker who grew up in Jamaica, then moved to Chicago as a teen, where he fell in with the AACM. He rose from being a student in the association’s school to being its chairman for a spell, and his integration of jazz sonorities, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and ceremonial staging carries on traditions initiated by the Art Ensemble in the 1960s.

While their encounter only lasted two days, there’s nothing rushed about the performances spread across Now Is Forever. Schick layers and ruptures classical piano recordings, orchestral surges, captured mechanical sounds and vinyl crackle into a seething, constantly changing backdrop. Ewart likewise moves between woodwinds, percussion and stern proclamations. His saxophone forays are like lightning rods, drawing and concentrating the powers flowing around him. His recitations direct the energy back outwards, projecting scorn towards phonies and environmental despoilers in general, Trump in particular, and the wasteful plasticity of contemporary living. He doesn’t just condemn, though; “Bamboo Paradise” suggests the titular plant as a sustainable alternative material against a backdrop of East Asian (maybe Vietnamese?) string samples. Spread across two CDs, the album is a journey, sometimes demanding, sometimes edifying, but ultimately asserting the viability of more encounters like this one.

Bill Meyer

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Douglas R. Ewart

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Wadsworth Jarrell of AfriCOBRA took this photo for the AACM in his backyard, probably in 1968. Left to right, on the ground: Wadada Leo Smith, Sarnie Garrett, Wadsworth Jarrell Jr., Muhal Richard Abrams, Wallace McMillan, Douglas Ewart, John Stubblefield, Steve McCall, and Henry Threadgill. On the stairs: Buford Kirkwood, John Shenoy Jackson, Lester Lashley, and Martin "Sparx" Alexander. Credit: Courtesy of George Lewis

(via Why the AACM and AfriCOBRA still matter - Chicago Reader)

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Events 4.8 (before 1950)

217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. 1139 – Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy. 1232 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty. 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur. 1271 – In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers. 1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. 1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in continental North America, is dedicated. 1812 – Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki. 1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos. 1832 – Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Italy and Prussia sign a secret alliance against the Austrian Empire. 1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. 1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. 1904 – The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. 1906 – Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies. 1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. 1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. 1913 – The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. 1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. 1924 – Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms. 1929 – Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest. 1935 – The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. 1940 – The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia. 1942 – World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines. 1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities. 1943 – Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities. 1945 – World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis. 1946 – Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.

[middlecoasts]

Visiting artist/performer Douglas Ewart. So grateful to have been in the audience. #douglasewart #miadcollege #woodlandpattern (at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkkDLUduz5G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[casualmenofaction]

Rehearsal for Creative Music at the DIA concert series. Backrow L-R: Marcus Belgrave, Hugh Ragin, Geri Allen, Tani Tabbal, A. Spencer Barefield, Jaribu Shahid. Front row: Douglas Ewart, Tony Holland, Roscoe Mitchell, Faruq Z. Bey, Gerald Savage, ?, Ed Gooch. Early 1980s at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Photo by © Barbara Barefield.

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Muhal Richard ABRAMS

"Lifea Blinec"

(LP. Arista rcds. 1978) [US]

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At Home #15 with George Lewis playlist:

Bill Dixon "Nightfalls piece I" from Intents and Purposes (RCA Victor)

George Lewis with Douglas Ewart "The Imaginary Suite:The Phoenix" from Jila-Save!Mon.-The Imaginary Suite (Black Saint)

George Lewis with Muhal Richard Abrams and Anthony Davis "Triple Slow Mix" from Shadowgraph (Black Saint)

George Lewis "Big Shoulders,Sharp Elbows" (Unreleased)

George Lewis "Rainbow Family with Derek Bailey" (Unreleased)

George Lewis "Morning Blues for Yvan" from Crosstalk (Bridge)

George Lewis "Anthem" from Relay (Carrier Records)

Bill Dixon "Nightfall Pieces II" from Intents and Purposes (RCA Victor)

David Murray Octet "Ming" from Ming (Black Saint)

George Lewis "Emergent" (Unreleased)

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George Lewis Quintet, Moers 1979 - Hommage To Charlie Parker (part 1)                                                                                                                                            George Lewis, trombone                                                                                  Douglas Ewart, alto saxophone, bamboo-flute, bass clarinet                            Wallace McMillan, flute, alto saxophone                                                        Anthony Davis, piano                                                                                        Richard Teitelbaum, synthesizer                                                                                                                                                                                                      Recorded in Moers, Germany 02.06.1979

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Victorian names

A selection of names for boys and girls from the Victorian era.

Boys names:

Albert Alfred Algernon Ambrose Archibald Arthur Aubrey Augustine Augustus Basil Bernard Bertram Cecil Cedric Clarence Claude Clement Clifford Cornelius Cuthbert Cyril Donald Douglas Duncan Ebenezer Edgar Edwin Edmund Edward Enoch Ernest Eugene Eustace Evan Ewart Felix Fergus Francis Frank Franklin Frederick Geoffrey George Gerald Gilbert Harold Harvey Herbert Herman Horace Howard Hubert Hugh Hugo Humphrey Ivan Ivor Jasper Jonathan Julian Julius Kenneth Laurence Leonard Leopold Leslie Lionel Llewellyn Lloyd Louis Malcolm Maurice Maxwell Miles Montague Neville Nigel Oliver Oscar Owen Percival Percy Philip Ralph Randolph Raymond Reginald Reuben Roderick Roger Rupert Rufus Septimus Sidney Silas Simeon Stanley Theodore Timothy Valentine Vernon Victor Vincent Walter Wilfred

Girl's names:

Ada Adelaide Adeline Agatha Agnes Alice Amelia Amy Annie Augusta Beatrice Blanche Cecilia Cecily Clara Clarissa Clementina Constance Cora Cordelia Daisy Delia Dorcas Doris Dorothy  Edith Eliza Ellen Elsie Emmeline Ethel  Eugenie Eva  Eveline Fanny Flora Florence Frances Freda Georgina Gertrude Gladys Grace  Gwendoline Harriet  Helen Helena Henrietta Hetty Hilda Honor Ida Isabel Irene Iris Ivy Jemima Jenny Jessie Josephine  Julia Kate Kathleen  Lavinia Leah Lillian Lily Louisa Lucy Lydia Mabel Margaret Marguerite Marjorie  Martha Matilda Maude / Maud May Mercy Mildred Millicent Minnie Olive Patience Phoebe Phyllis Priscilla Prudence Rhoda Rosa Rose Rosetta Rosina Ruby Selina Susannah Sylvia Tabitha Theodora Theresa Ursula Victoria Violet Wilhelmina Winifred

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[fearnoarts]

Douglas R. Ewart

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Godfather and trailblazer Daddy U-Roy has died | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting, Ewart Beckford, better known to the world as Daddy U-Roy, has died, his partner Marcia Smikle confirmed to The Gleaner.

He passed away at 11:10 last night at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) after undergoing surgery there.

Born on September 20, 1941, the trailblazer, who gave every toaster, rapper and MC their career, was 79.

An emotional Smikle, who has been by the legendary toaster's side for 41 years, said that U-Roy had been ailing for some time and had been in and out of the hospital.

"He has diabetes and hypertension, but those are under control because we make sure that he takes his medication. But he also had a kidney problem and was being treated at Andrews [Hospital], and then they told us to take him to UWI for surgery because the kidney had messed up the bladder, and he was bleeding," Smikle said.

"They recommended dialysis for the kidney, but he didn't want to do that," she added.

U-Roy was admitted to the UHWI, and the surgery performed on Tuesday.

"It was successful, and the bleeding stopped. But afterwards, the doctors realised that somewhere else was blocked up, and they had to take him back to theatre on Wednesday. Him heart stopped three times, and him come back and then last night he died. Him never mek it," she told The Gleaner, between tears.

Smikle said that despite his illness, U-Roy was still active on a daily basis.

"He was still doing dubplate specials here at home for people who wanted them," she said...

... An original toaster from the 60s, often hailed as the Godfather of Dancehall, Daddy U-Roy was also known as The Originator and Hugh Roy.

His melodic style of toasting, applied with a highly developed sense of timing, set him in a class by himself.

U-Roy's first two singles released on Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label, Wake the Town (1970) and Wear You to the Ball (1970), were Jamaican hits and established his reputation as one of Jamaica's most popular toasters.

U-Roy then went on to work with other major producers on the island, including Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bunny Lee, Phil Pratt, Sonia Pottinger, Rupie Edwards, Alvin Ranglin, and Lloyd Daley.

The year 1971 saw the release of Beckford's DJ version of The Paragons' The Tide Is High. Beckford first toured the UK in 1972 with the artistes Roy Shirley and Max Romeo.

In 1975, the album Dread in a Babylon was released in the United States, Europe and Jamaica by Virgin Records.

The success of Dread in a Babylon led to a series of Tony Robinson-produced albums: Natty Rebel (1976 ), Rasta Ambassador (1977), and Jah Son of Africa (1978).

Beckford's international popularity led to the album Natty Rebel being released in 1976 on Virgins' imprint Front Line label in Nigeria, as well as in France on Virgin and Polydor.

In 1980, Blondie had a world-wide hit with the reggae track The Tide Is High, which prompted Virgin to re-release the original Paragons' track from 1967 and the 1971 U-Roy version as a single that same year.

U-Roy was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Trey Anastasio, Gwen Stefani and No Doubt, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites.

In 2007, U-Roy was honoured by the Jamaican Government, receiving the Order of Distinction for his contribution to music. ...