Charles Tolliver - Live in Paris.

Format:

Video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-Bop.

Jazz.

African American Music.

United States and Canada.

African Americans.

Local Subjects:

Post-Bop.

Jazz.

African American Music.

United States and Canada.

African Americans.

Genre:

Performance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 1973.

Language Note:

In French.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

While Charles Tolliver's name might not mean anything to viewers, the name of Strata-East, the label he founded, will certainly echo more generally. From Gil Scott-Heron and his "Winter America" (and the hit “The Bottle”), to Clifford Jordan and Pharoah Sanders, Strata-East remains probably the most representative of the independent labels that emerged at the end of the civil rights movement, promoting spiritual jazz, post-bop and afro-jazz. After a brilliant start to his career with Jackie McLean and Roy Ayers, trumpeter Charles Tolliver established himself as a leader in the late 1960s, delivering all his creativity in incisive compositions, before launching Strata-East in 1970 with his accomplice, pianist Stanley Cowell. Although Cowell did not play in this 1973 concert at ORTF Studio 104, his presence was felt as the quartet played one of his compositions as an opener (“Prayer For Peace”). Cowell is replaced here by John Hicks, a pianist who played in Woody Herman's big band, but the rest of the team comes from the record "Live In Tokyo" (Strata-East, 1973), a young quartet full of ardor, led by an exceptional trumpeter. Etienne Geremia

Notes:

Performed Office de Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise, France

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