#Leon Gruenbaum

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April 15th 2024 /// Aaron Comess Group – LIVE @ The Bitter End

I asked Aaron if I could film as I was going to show up anyways, and he gave me permission! If any of y’all are fans of these guys’ respective projects, this group showcased their raw talent and it’s imperative to catch them!

I personally have been a fan of Spin Doctors since I was a kid and Living Colour since high school/becoming a musician – so seeing these two worlds collide was such a trip! Chris, the singer of Spin Doctors, showed up to support his friends too! This was such a great night and I’m glad to have “documented” it 🙂

Shoutout to all the musicians! I found myself new musical idols to learn from…

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B-MACK Speaks: New Music, Creative Processes, and Future Plans Hey boys, guess what… I had an opportunity to speak to the one and only Bruce Mack, the B-MACK!This male individual is really versatile and has multiple gifts or skills. I was happy to be able to talk to him after he released his latest funky tune “Duckgrease Burning at The Crabhouse. “ In this particular convo, Bruce was very much willing to share the meaning of his song as well as the creative process in this new track. As you would ask, it is a straight vibe!B-MACK distinctive vocal section complement each other so well with the soulful recording by MsLarayne. It is this soulful mix of funk, rhythm and blues that you will be dancing to. However, Bruce is not only a dope composer combined with the lead vocalist but a total maestro when it comes to sound production. With this attitude, he masterfully incorporates hip-hop, funk, soul, and R&B steadily into the album. It has been like that since B-MACK and his crew Michael cox on bass, Ben tyree on guitar, chris Eddleton on the drums, Leon gruenbaum on keys since their formation in the year 2017. They primarily take influence from greats such as Funkadelic and the late Charles Bradley. Bruce shared with me more about his whole journey into the world of creativity – starting from the young man who first witnessed the musical revolutions in Harlem and the Bronx and up to the present-day home studio experimenting in Staten Island. He is not only an amazing singer, his story is equally interesting, for real!You have to come with me to enter the fantastic world of B-MACK!Let's goooo! Listen to ‘Duckgrease Burning at The Crabhouse’ below https://open.spotify.com/track/3EqJNaVj6lUpURU62thKUM?go=1&sp_cid=bd24a14b968c0f6b344048ee4e7aabff&intent=addToLibrary&utm_source=embed_player_v&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=fa4c4ed776284865 Follow B-MACK on Facebook Twitter Soundcloud Bandcamp Youtube Instagram Tiktok   What is your stage name B-MACK Is there a story behind your stage name? It’s actually the short version of my name (Bruce Mack) that became a nickname started by the late Greg Tate - founder of the band Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, which I’m also a contributing member of. I’ve always liked the sound of “B-MACK” as it feels simultaneously strong and joyful when I hear it. All the other band members followed suit, affectionately referring to me as B-Mack, so when I put the press release together for the recent singles I decided to relinquish using my full name and call the whole band “B-MACK”. It is more inclusive of the players as they contribute to the sound that is based around my songwriting & voice. Did it with all caps because the name is unpredictable as are the songs and I’m a big dude. Where do you find inspiration? I find inspiration in the observation of nature. I love camping, hiking and while doing so, I gaze at nature’ often making comparions to or how it applies itself to urban life. What was the role of music in the early years of your life? In my early years (1960’s-70’s), music was like a moderator for everything I witnessed going on in my neighborhoods (Harlem & the Bronx) and around the world such as the heroin epidemic, corrupt police, racism, Vietnam war, the assasinations of the Kennedy’s, Malcolm X, and MLK. Music provided a language that helped me understand it all and was therapuetic in learning that an artist could speak, sing and/or play out their social awareness. Are you from a musical or artistic family? I guess to some extent we were… there were six of us, four girls and two boys. The oldest - Emmajane has passed on leaving 3 older sibling - Florence, Delores, Walter and younger sister Lydia, all talented. Emma was a hair & make-up stylist, Delores & Florence could replicate and resize images from magazine onto a wall via drawing or painting. Walter loved singing as he does to this day in church and I often imitated him when he babysat me. But aside from Emma who had a career as a hairstylist, they never pursued careers in the arts.

Youngest sibling Lydia is a wonderful singer and went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of Performing Arts in New York City to do so. I always felt she was “the real deal” and remember being so impressed by her making it into that school, it is probably the most well respected performimng arts high school in NYC. She actually did pursue a career in music and invited to sing in one of her groups for a short period, but life as it can do took her in a different direction. But she did teach one of her daughters to sing and that happens to be LaRayne aka MsLaRayne who is featured on the bridge of Duckgreaser… I went to DeWitt Clinton H.S. at that time, a bit of a scatter-brain and torn between sports and music. But the vapors from my early love of music kept flowing around me… Our mother, Sallie Catherine Mack loved the performing arts, particularly dance and music, and in my formative years she always set aside time to address curiosities about what and who Lydia and I were listening to. I was a bit more curious being 3yrs older, so ‘Ma (as I called her) would tell me who the artist were and introduced me to who they were inspired by. That knowledge became important to my development in the business of music in later years and as an educator. Who inspired you to be a part of the music industry? Well, when you say “music industry” I think of the creative side as well as the business side… creatively I would say Sly&The Family Stone, business-wise I would say Tommy Boy Records. Tommy Boy was an independent record label based in NYC that made me feel empowered to create my own path to expose my writing and performing skills, which I eventually did with my good friend Kenneth A. Edmonds when we formed our own indie record labe Attic Sounds, in the mid-eighties, releasing an extended-length double-sided single ‘Chemical Pollution’ b/w ‘You Got Me’ with our band (the original) PBR Streetgang. How did you learn to sing/write/to play? I was inspired to sing by listening to recordings of Lambert Hendrix & Ross, King Pleasure, Betty Carter and other greats. I learned to sing by mimicking horn solos on James Brown recordings that featured Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley. After high school, I took voice lessons at the JazzMobile Workshop and then studdied classical voice in college. Writing came naturally to me because I connected it to abstract painting, which allowed me to put words&thoughts together in unconventional ways. This worked well for me being someone not well-read or knowledgeable with figures of speach, yet I’ve always been socially aware, historically informed, romantic with nature and empathetic. I’m also a student of Sly Stone, Joni Mitchell and Brenda Russell. I play several instruments… piano, electric bass, drumset and various percussion all self-taught. I generally acquired those skills when I would pick up an instrument attempting to create an ostinato or rhythm pattern because it would at least sound or feel like I had some ability. If it felt easy to be creative on, I would continue with it. I played around with piano and synths quite a bit because aside from it being great accompaniment with my voice, I could also convey feeling and/or the rhythm I wanted other players to capture. [caption id="attachment_55619" align="alignnone" width="2000"] I learned to sing by mimicking horn solos on James Brown recordings that featured Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley.[/caption] What was the first concert that you ever went to and who did you see perform? The P-Funk Earth Tour, 1976 at Madison Square Garden. The headliner was Parliament-Funkadelic with opening act Booty’s Rubber Band. How could you describe your music? Quirky original songs fused with an eclectic blend of edgy funk and rock. Describe your creative process. My creative process is more like a short manual of approaches. One approach very personal to me often starts with the rhythm of a melodic or lyrical phrase in my head that I’ve been repeatedly singing for days,

sometimes months at a time before dropping it on a rhythm track with chord changes in Logic Pro or GarageBand. Then I will start to layer it with other sounds or instruments I am hearing. Sometimes the ideas come to me as complete arrangements and or lyrics all at once! Which is fun because I then open up the recording software and work feverishly to capture the idea and feeling. This was the case with Duckgrease Burning at The Crabhouse. Another favorite approach is jamming or collaborating live with other musicians… I’ll bring a notepad of lyrics, and as we establish grooves we like…I’ll attempt to see which what lyrics or poem might fit, then I record the session with a handheld stereo (in case the idea is sonically sound and salvageable) device, take it home, drop it into one of the DAWs (digital audio workstation) and begin experimenting, doubling instruments, adding keys, vocals, etc.. What is your main inspiration? Nature. What musician do you admire most and why? Guitarist/composer/producer Vernon Reid. Because of his ability to instigate exploration and experimentation in any genre of music. To be that is beyond self-gratification because it is inclusive of all musicians involved in projects he is at the helm of or as a side contributor. Did your style evolve since the beginning of your career? Although my style has always centered around funk, it has evolved in that I now incorporate elements, concepts and genres of Afro-Caribbean, West Africa, South America and electronica. Who do you see as your main competitor? That’s an interesting and excellent question. I haven’t given it much thought, but if the late great Charles Bradley (R.I.P.) were alive… I would consider him my competition because of our closeness in vocal range, tone, how we apply our voices to song, similarity in genres and band instrumentation. Although his palette of meloncholy was much deeper. So who’s left? Hmmm…. I’ll have to say this fantastic artist based here in NYC called Blak Emoji. What are your interests outside of music? Cooking, hiking, camping, I love the outdoors! If it wasn't a music career, what would you be doing? I think I would be a forest ranger or something in that field - no pun intended. What is the biggest problem you have encountered in the journey of music? Although I have changed, it was my fear of trusting and giving 100% of myself to the music. Doing other jobs to earn money caused me to waste energy, which resulted in a lack of discipline to practice, which in turn made it stressful for me to work as a sideman because I had to put so much more in with short periods of time to get the music together for whatever gig I was on. If you could change one thing in the music industry, what would it be? Increase the royalty fees paid to artist by streaming platforms. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4laJvxjPZv91uVjkRj3bbf Why did you choose this as the title of this project? During the fall of 2023, I was cooking, testing different spices and temperatures to use for cooking Duck breast and rendering duck fat aka duck confit aka duckgrease, and found in all cases it came out well and was easy to do. So after a few bites, a couple glasses of wine, and some solo dancing in the kitchen… I started using the term “duckgrease” as a metaphor for making it easy to have a good time. I was having a moment and such a good time, It made me forget my woes and the state our country is in… Then I began to imagine there being a place for everyone to go enjoy themselves as well and sat down to write this mini tale of a fictitious getaway. Pure escapism. That’s why I called this project “Duckgrease Burning at The Crabhouse! What are your plans for the coming months? Plans for the coming months include recording new songs to combine with previous releases for a full length album that will include vinyl & CDs. The release of a concept video for Silent Witness, booking B-MACK band in venues, and get to the woods! Oh and one small thing… Come

August 9th & 10, I will be performing several songs with and conducting Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber at Lincoln Center in a concert tribute to Melvin Van Peebles, directed by his son & film director Mario Van Peebles. Do you have any artistic collaboration plans Yes, producer Michael Cox and I are planning to do an album of electronica dance music with various singers and featured instrumentalists. Also looking forward to recording a duet with NYC Blues Hall of Fame bassist Pete Cummings in early summer. What message would you like to give to your fans? Thank you for indulging my work with your continuous support, and to keep yourself and children creative and uplifted with positivity during these complex times. When we all get pass the madness, there will be banana pudding waiting for us at the ‘Crabhouse! One Love.

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Sky. NOW. Unfiltered. 6:00a (ship time PST) 03/09/23. Thursday. In Loving Memory of Michael “Misha”Gruenbaum, father of my longtime friend & sonic co-conspirator, @samchillian, Leon Gruenbaum. Mr. Gruenbaum was a wonderful, warm & inspiring man, a great father, and a published author. (at North Pacific Ocean) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpkj3kPLTWq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🙌🏿#ArtIsAWeapon This is fantastic news, and the @themuseumofmodernart #JustAboveMidtown exhibition was inspiring and empowering!!

"MoMA announces the establishment of the Just Above Midtown Archives in the Museum’s Archives, Library, and Research collections, following the Museum’s recent exhibition Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces. Started by #LindaGoodeBryant in 1974, Just Above Midtown (JAM) was an exhibition and creative space started by #Blackartists and curators that welcomed people of many generations and races in New York City until 1986. A hub for Conceptual art, abstraction, performance, and video, JAM proposed an expansive idea of #Blackart and encouraged thinking beyond its commercialization. The exhibition used archival photos, videos, and other contextual historical material from the #JAMArchives to give visitors a sense of the alternative model of art it championed to respond to a society in need. As a part of MoMA’s collection, the JAM Archives will be available for activation in the Museum’s galleries and for consultation and research at MoMA by curators, art historians, artists, journalists, researchers, students, and the public."

Reposted from @t.jeanlax “Artists’ imaginations and creativity shaped and made JAM what it was and what it continues to be today, fresh and alive. After 50 years in storage, the JAM archive has a home at MoMA where it can continue to energize, challenge, and inspire current and future generations of artists and those of us who are fortunate to engage and experience their work.” —Linda Goode Bryant 💐

S/o @michelleelligott chief of moma archives library and research collections who co-led on the establishment of the jam archives 💫

🎶: Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris Conduction® Conducted and conceived by #VernonReid, played by #GregTate’s Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber including Shawn Banks, Lewis “Flip” Barnes, Lisala Beatty, Jason Tobias DiMatteo, Chris Eddleton, Leon Gruenbaum, Bruce Mack, Jared Michael Nickerson, Shelley Nicole (first vocalist), Ms. Olithea (second vocalist), LaFrae Sci, Dave “Smoota” Smith, V. Jeffrey Smith, Mazz Swift, Ben Tyree, and J.S. Williams. Special guests: James Blood Ulmer and David A. Barnes. Projections: Allison Costa. Documentation by @orestionline Feb 9, 2023

#BlackGirlArtGeeks

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Burnt Sugar ft. Queen Esther - Sometimes It Snows In April

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Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber presents Oakanda Overdrive

From the September 23rd release … ‘Angels Over Oakanda” on the AvantGroidd Musica label. Track Composition: Jared Michael Nickerson Leon Gruenbaum - Fender Rhodes ~ Satch Hoyt - Flute ~ V. Jeffrey Smith - Tenor & Soprano Sax ~ Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes - Trumpet ~ Avram Fefer - Alto Sax ~ ‘Moist' Paula Henderson - Bari Sax ~ Shelley Nicole, Greg Gonzalez & Jared Michael Nickerson - Percussion  ~ Greg Gonzalez -Trap Drums ~ Greg ‘Ionman’ Tate - Loops ~ Jared Michael Nickerson - Electric Bass

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(577 Records)

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance day, here are some titles available on Open eBooks that show readers the tragedy through the eyes of other children. 

The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11 Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson’s life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory—a list that became world renowned: Schindler’s List. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you’ve ever read.

Then by Morris Gleitzman Macmillan, Ages 12-14 Felix and Zelda have escaped the train to the death camp, but where do they go now? They're two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland. Danger lies at every turn of the road.With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix and Zelda find a new home and begin to heal, forming a new family together. But can it last?Morris Gleitzman's winning characters will tug at readers' hearts as they struggle to survive in the harsh political climate of Poland in 1942. Their lives are difficult, but they always remember what matters: family, love, and hope.

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the Holocaust by Michael Gruenbaum Simon & Schuster, Ages 12-14 Michael “Misha” Gruenbaum enjoyed a carefree childhood playing games and taking walks through Prague with his beloved father. All of that changed forever when the Nazis invaded Prague. The Gruenbaum family was forced to move into the Jewish Ghetto in Prague. Then, after a devastating loss, Michael, his mother and sister were deported to the Terezin concentration camp. Collaborating with acclaimed author Todd Hasak-Lowy, Michael Gruenbaum shares his inspiring story of hope in an unforgettable memoir that recreates his experiences with stunning immediacy. Michael’s story, and the many original documents and photos included alongside it, offer an essential contribution to Holocaust literature.

Escaping into the Night by D. Dina Friedman Simon & Schuster, Ages 12-14 Halina Rudowski is on the run. When the Polish ghetto where she lives is evacuated, she narrowly escapes, but her mother is not as lucky. Along with her friend Batya, Halina makes her way to a secret encampment in the woods where Jews survive by living underground. As the group struggles for food, handles infighting, and attempts to protect themselves from the advancing Germans, Halina must face the reality of life without her mother. Based on historical events, this gripping tale sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust: the underground forest encampments that saved several thousand Jews from the Nazis

Odette’s Secrets by Maryann McDonald Bloomsbury, Ages 12-14 Odette is a young Jewish girl living in Paris during a dangerous time. The Nazis have invaded the city, and every day brings new threats. After Odette's father enlists in the French army and her mother joins the Resistance, Odette is sent to the countryside until it is safe to return.On the surface, she leads the life of a regular girl--going to school, doing chores, and even attending Catholic Mass with other children. But inside, she is burning with secrets about the life she left behind and her true identity.Inspired by the life of the real Odette Meyers--and written in moving free-verse poetry--this is a story of courage, of determination to survive, and of a young girl forced to hide in plain sight.

The Fighter by Jean Jacques Grief Bloomsbury, Ages 12-14 Moshe Wisniak grew up malnourished and fatherless outside Warsaw at a time when Jews and Poles lived in poverty and violence. When Moshe's brothers emigrate to Paris in the 1930s, it means a new life for the whole family, who follow soon after. A decent job, a lovely young wife, and a hobby as an amateur boxer vastly improve Moshe's prospects until the day he is rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. There he is tortured, starved, and most shockingly, asked to entertain Nazi soldiers by boxing against dying prisoners. Moshe wants to survive without killing his comrades, but how? Based on the memoir of his family friend, Jean-Jacques Greif has taken the facts and turned them into a gripping novel about life and death in Auschwitz.

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal Hachette, Advanced Reader Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship.

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If I didn't have a gig and I was in Brooklyn this is where I would be! Reposted from @burntsugararkestra - Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber celebrates twenty years of one-of-a-kind performances. Entitled NOTHING IS: How Sun Ra, Amiri Baraka, and Octavia Butler Supercharged the Black Arts With Post-Apocalyptic Cosmic Consciousness, the evening opens with 1960s and 1970s Black Power anthems in conjunction with our special exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. Then, noted author and critic Greg Tate offers an interactive lecture on the cross-influence of politics and music during the Black Power era. BSAC closes the evening with selections from Volume Two of their recently released Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes Groiddest Schizznits trilogy. With Special Guests Carl Hancock Rux, Bazaar Royale, Vijay Iyer & Ronny “Head” Draytone. Between sets, Greg Tate offers an interactive lecture on the cross-influence of politics and music during the Black Power era.. Burnt Sugar Arkestra ( Brooklyn Museum Black Power Edition ) Greg Tate (conduction, guitar, laptop) Bazaar Royale (vocals) Carl Hancock Rux (vocals, spoken word) Shelley Nicole (vocals) Mikel Banks (vocals) Julie Brown (vocals) “Moist” Paula Henderson (baritone saxophone) V. Jeffrey Smith (tenor saxophone, effects) Avram Fefer (soprano & tenor saxophones) Vijay Iyer (acoustic piano, electronics) Leon Gruenbaum (keyboards, samchillian) Ronny “Head” Drayton (guitar) André Lassalle (guitar) Ben Tyree (guitar) James "Biscuit" Rouse (trap drums) Jared Michael Nickerson (electric bass) Thursday, January 31st 2019 7–9 pm Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Tickets are $16 and include Museum admission. Member tickets are $14 All Ages Ticket link in bio. __ “God is Black” - from “More Than Posthuman – Rise of the Mojosexual Cotillion" & Groiddest Schizznits Volume 3 VOCALS Dilla-X | GUITARS Akan, Greg Tate |ELECTRIC BASS Jared Michael Nickerson | ACOUSTIC BASS Jason DiMatteo | DRUMS Christ Eddleton | PIANO W.Myles Reilly | FLUTE Satch Hoyt | WORDS & MUSIC Greg Tate | GRAPHICS by @theamygrail (at Brooklyn Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtH05BsFa6R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xtizh2jus25l

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NYC's Avant-Pop Artist Micah Gaugh Releases Jazz-Imbued Album 'Stars Are A Harem' + New Video

NYC-based jazz-inspired avant-pop artist Micah Gaugh is celebrating the release of his fresh album ‘Stars Are a Harem’ by unveiling the new video for the second single ‘Stars Are a Harem’. This follows up his first single 'Remembering'.

Released via Se-lo Net Label and recorded in Harlem, ‘Stars are a Harem’ is a modern day answer to Miles Davis ‘Kind of Blue’, where the music is steeped in the avant-garde tradition while being accessible to the public ear thanks to "pop" recording techniques and a softening of the harsh sounds associated with the 1960s avant-garde amidst American jazz music.

Virtually transported to the “cool jazz” of the 1950s, a deeper listen shows the words are a modern version of Cole Porter’s witty romance writing or songs popularized by Billy Holiday and Betty Carter. Inspired by Debussy, Micah Gaugh understands that the subtleties of improvised music can make as strong an impact as the frenetic tones of the avant-garde. The songs on this album are portraits about women – while not completely romantic, each composition is the soundtrack to a mind-painting focused on an experience with an individual woman.

"This is an inside/outside sound of dissidence or even rebellion, in its soft and inviting beauty, the power of love overcoming the love of power," says Micah Gaugh.

Born in Panama, Micah Gaugh spent most of his adult life in the East Village, New York, leading him to many adventures through music and visual art. Other members of Micah Gaugh’s band are Kevin Shea, Henry Schroy and Leon Gruenbaum. Ahead of releasing this 13-song collection, Micah presented the first single from this album. 'Remembering' is a minimalistic, tranquil and spacious ballad resting on an underlying bed of jazz.

Micah Gaugh first coined the phrase "avant-pop" in 1994 to refer to music that sounds quite like pop music, but the underlying creation of the music, chords, rhythms, words, etc. are more complex than the normal methods used to create popular music. He has collaborated, live and in studio, with dozens of renowned musicians, including Lady Miss Kier of Dee-lite, John Zorn, Cecil Taylor, Bootsy Collins, Meshell Ndegeocello, Burnt Sugar, DJ Logic, Thurston Moore, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, DJ Spooky, Vernon Reid of Living Colour. He also participated in remixes by James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) for The Sounds, Ladytron, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as being a member of groundbreaking alternative rock band Apollo Heights (now The Veldt).

Micah acted in the season five premiere of ‘Sex in the City’ and the play ‘American Book of the Dead’. He also composed the score for the ballet ‘Highrise’ and for the musical version of ‘Sweet Sweetbacks Badass Song’ with Melvin Van Peebles.

His previous albums include ‘Everything’ (2006), 'The Blue Fairy Mermaid Princess' (2013), and ‘Pessego do Verao’ (2016). He has written two operas: ‘Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights’ and a piece for the artist Rirkrit Taravanija featured in ‘il Postino di Tiempo’. He composed the music for and acted in the Matthew Barney film ‘Di Lama Lamina’ and engaged in the ‘Noise Mass’ choral work, commissioned by the Chiesa Rosa in Milan. Micah also paints and writes novels. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across the USA and as far away as Brazil, France, Japan and the UK.

'Stars Are a Harem' is now available on Sê-lo Records’ Bandcamp. The album includes a 14-page music booklet "13 piano pieces for children - Stars Are a Harem (Micah Gaugh)", as well as a 13 piano song suite midi file for those wishing to remix, sample and loop. 

Catch the Micah Gaugh Trio live on July 2 at New York's Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave, New York, NY 11206), along with Tarana and Digital Diaspora. He will also join The Veldt at NYC's Mercury Lounge on June 2, performing at their 'The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur' EP launch party. 

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🕊🎶#ArtIsAWeapon #GregTate "Celebrating Greg Tate: More Than Posthuman: Rise of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra Mojosexual Cotillion" this Sunday, July 17, 2022, 7:30 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM), @lincolncenter #SummerForTheCity. Limited advance reservations: www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/celebrating-greg-tate-more-than-posthuman-rise-of-the-burnt-sugar-arkestra-mojosexual-cotillion **This celebration honoring Greg's life and legacy will be live-streamed for folks who are unable to attend - go to Lincolncenter.org ** Reposted from @lincolncenter: Gregory Stephen Ionman Tate (1957-2021) was a giant of Black radical thought and creativity, and a conductor of incandescent, community-driven music. Tate's body of writing as an influential critic would be enough to enshrine him as a cultural icon, but he is equally important to a generation of musicians as both the co-founder of the @blackrockcoalition, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the complete creative freedom of Black artists; and the creator of @burntsugararkestra, a sprawling, omnivorous, and outrageously accomplished improv collective. Reposted from @burntsugararkestra - For this homecoming concert, curated & presented with The Tate Family at one of his favorite venues, more than thirty Burnt Sugar Arkestra members will perform in celebration and tribute to one of the most essential voices in the history of 21st Century Avant Groidd music and thought. On the same day, The Tate Family, Lincoln Center, and Photoville will honor Tate's life and work with the presentation, “In Praise of Shadow Boxers, Dissonance & Dissidents: A Pop-Up Tribute Exhibition to Greg Tate”. The exhibition will feature six-foot prints by 24 artists with whom Tate was in community and whose work he championed. Each image is accompanied by a personal statement by that artist about Tate. The band: Liza Jessie Peterson – MC, Freedome Bradley – MC, Pastor Kaji Dousa – MC Vernon Reid – Conduction, Lisala Beatty – Vocals, Shelley Nicole – Vocals & Conduction, Bruce Mack – Vocals/Synthesizer & Conduction, Karma Mayet – Vocals, Abby Dobson – Vocals, Sequoyah Murray – Vocals, Shariff Simmons – Vocals, Simi Stone – Violin, Satch Hoyt – Flute & Percussion, Lewis “Flip” Barnes – Trumpet, Avram Fefer – Soprano Sax, V. Jeffrey Smith – Tenor Sax, “Moist” Paula Henderson – Bari Sax, Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone, Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards & Samchillian, Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar, Andre Lassalle – Electric Guitar, Jason DiMatteo – Acoustic Bass, Shawn Banks – Congas, LaFrae Sci – Trap Drums & Electronics, Marque Gilmore tha’ Inna•Most – Trap Drums & Electronics, Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric Bass & Conduction, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs - Vocals/Electronic Soundscapes. Bill Toles – BSAC Media Design, LaRonda Davis – BSAC Stage Crew, Ginny Suss – BSAC Stage Crew. Image 1: 🎨Poster art by Amy Gail. Created with photos by Nisha Sondhe, Laura Williams, Daryl Tillman, Ginny Suss, Simone Cassas, & Sachyn Mital. . Image 2: 📸 by Nisha Sondhe #BlackBrilliance #BlackGenius #GregTateCelebration #LincolnCenter #burntsugararkestra (at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, Damrosch Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgCILUOgl0N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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(577 Records)

[burlveneer-music]

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber - Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes Groiddest Schizznits Volume One - one of three HUGE anthologies just released on Bandcamp (Volume Two, Volume Three)

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber always gives tribute to our sonic Sensei, The Maestro Lawrence Butch Morris (1947--2013) for showing us the way of 'never playing anything the same way once'. In 2019 Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber celebrated two decades of never playing anything the same way once. As always we give tribute to our Sonic Sensei, The Maestro Lawrence Butch Morris (1947--2013) for showing us THE WAY of Conducted Improvisation. Over the course of 18 albums we've covered a broad panoply of styles and genres. Consider this Trilogy of 20th Anniversary Mix tapes as invitational samplers--Astro-Black star gates to our many-splendored darkly energetic & celestial realm of cosmic riddim, esoteric rambunction, eclectic blue cheer & Oh ... The Utter Negrocity Of It All. Over the years we've made music, broken bread, and covered thousands of road dogg miles worldwide with a host of alumni badasses among them: Matana Roberts, Vijay Iyer, Okkyung Lee, Captain Kirk Douglas, Melvin Gibbs, Tamar-kali, Carl Hancock-Rux, Jeremiah Abiah, Queen Esther, Rene Akan, Marc Cary, Somi, Pete Cosey, Morgan Michael Craft, Val Inc., Justice Dilla-X, Trevor Holder, Satch Hoyt, Julia Kent, Ronny "Head" Draytone, Omega Moon, DJ Mutamassik, Qasim Naqvi, Vernon Reid, Petre Radu Scafaru, Latasha Nevada Diggs, Swiss Chris, Amasa Bruce, Imani Uzuri, Michael Veal and Christina Wheeler just to name a few. The current BSA crew includes Sugar Lifers Jared Michael Nickerson, Lisala Beatty, Lewis “Flip” Barnes, Mazz Swift and Bruce Mack with a current crew of righteous rompers Shelley Nicole, Mikel Banks, Abby Dobson, Marque “Inner Most” Gilmore, Julie Brown, J.S. Williams, V. Jeffrey Smith, LaFrae Sci, Avram Fefer, “Moist” Paula Henderson, Dave “Smoota” Smith, Sophia Ramos, Leon Gruenbaum, Andre Lassalle, Ben Tyree, Greg Gonzalez, Chris Eddleton, Marika Hughes and James “Biscuit” Rouse. Burnt Sugar Baby! Never smooth always bumping some ol' neo-TrapJass+ WTF comes next Avant-Groiddnuss. Dig in as deep as the spirit moves thee.

[donaldmckenzie]

Listen/purchase: Forward Festival 2018 Mixtape by 577 Records