|
 Available Now!
RJ Spangler Trio - "This Is What We Do"
Eastlawn Records
is pleased to announce a new release from The RJ Spangler Trio. This
CD is all about the organ/guitar/drums format. If you dig Jimmy Smith,
Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Jack McDuff, then this is for you. The RJ
Spangler Trio plays every Wednesday night at Cliff Bell's Jazz Club in
downtown Detroit.
|
|
|
|
Planet D Nonet - "We Travel The
Spaceways; The Music Of Sun Ra"
More new music for PD9 fans! "Planet
D Nonet - We Travel The Spaceways; The Music Of Sun
Ra." is now available for purchase or download!
Since
the passing of Sun Ra in 1993, his star has continued to shine
brightly. Today there is an underground movement of musicians around
the globe performing his music live & on recordings. With this
recording, the members of Planet D Nonet document their love of Ra's
music.
The
Planet D Nonet was founded in 2007 by RJ Spangler and James O'Donnell,
both original members of the well-known Detroit band, The Sun
Messengers. The "D" in the name stands for Detroit and their
exposure to Ra and his Arkestra began in the mid-70's when
poet-activist John Sinclair first brought the band to the Motor City.
Around that same time, the nascent Sun Messengers were
actually
performing as the group Kuumba. And it was during this
formative
period that many band members were fortunate enough to meet and develop
personal friendships with Arkestra alumni, including bassist Shoo-be-do
(Reggie Fields) & drummer Tani Tabbal, both of whom were living
in
Detroit at the time. These friendships led to meeting other Arkestra
members such as fellow Detroiters Francisco Ali Mora & Jaribu
Shahid, followed by Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and Michael Ray. By
the early 80's the now established Sun Messengers were hiring Tani
& Jaribu as subs in the band and by 1988 Michael Ray joined the
group for the better part of a year.
Out
of these experiences, they became rabid Sun Ra-ophiles following
the
Arkestra beyond Detroit to Ann Arbor, Lansing, Cleveland, Dayton,
Chicago, Toronto and New York City. All of this culminated in The
Sun Messengers' Rick Steiger producing a week-long residency for the
group at John
Sinclair's Detroit Jazz Center between Christmas and New Years in
1980. The 28-CD box set chronicling that residency is
legendary
among Ra collectors to this day.
This
two CD set features guest saxophonists Salim Washington (disc one)
& Kenny Millions (disc two) and is mostly culled from live
performances, recorded between 2009 & 2010. Check it out!
http://www.myspace.com/planetdnonet
|
|
|
|
