inside cover cover 1. ICONOCLAST Artist” and “Rising Star-Alto Saxophone”) Rudresh Fred Ho the struggles of the smuggled (or so-called “illegal” Letter of Distinction. and those moments are eclectic, honest, and heart No Wave Bitte (1:50) Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young 3: I Wor Kuen (3:00) or “undocumented”) workers. Fred Ho has created over a dozen revolutionary pounding. It is full-out instrumental playing, utiliz- Julie Joslyn, alto saxophone; Leo Ciesa, drums musicians and composers in jazz today. Named 4: No Home to Return to (11:11) The old Fred Ho died August 4, 2006 of ad- operas, including MONKEY: JOURNEY BEYOND ing live electronics, within a stream of conscious- Alto Saxophonist of the Year for 2009 by the Jazz Afro Asian Music Ensemble: Rudresh Mahan- vanced (stage 3b) colo-rectal cancer. The new Fred THE WEST, DEADLY SHE-WOLF ASSASSIN AT AR- ness mindset that speaks to a world in desperate No Wave Bitte is a track from ICONOCLAST’S Journalist Association, Rudresh has incorporated thappa, alto sax; David Bindman, tenor sax; Ho was born August 5, 2006 and is a revolutionary, MAGEDDON! (with Ruth Margraff), VOICE OF THE need of this level of immediate expressionism. CD The Body Never Lies (Fang Records, 2006). It the culture of his Indian ancestry and has fused Fred Ho, baritone sax; Richard Harper, piano; matriarchal and aspiring luddite socialist who DRAGON TRILOGY (VOD 1: ONCE UPON A TIME IN NYFA Fellow John Lindberg has been a seminal is a composition based on an additive rhythmic myriad influences to create a truly groundbreaking Wes Brown, bass; royal hartigan, drums and composes music, writes epic stage narratives, plays CHINESE AMERICA…THE MARTIAL ARTS EPIC, VOD figure as a composer/bassist in the world of structure where the drums and saxophone are both artistic vision. As a performer, he leads/co-leads chinese percussion the baritone saxophone, and leads musical and 2: SHAOLIN SECRET STORIES, VOD 3: DRAGON VS. creative music for well over thirty years. He has playing the drum score. seven groups, to critical acclaim. His release for Pi performance ensembles. EAGLE: ENTER THE WHITE BARBARIANS, all with toured worldwide performing his own work lead- Notes on ICONOCLAST can be found on Disc A, Recordings, Kinsmen, featuring Carnatic saxophone I Wor Kuen is the Cantonese name for the So- He leads the Afro Asian Music Ensemble (a Ruth Margraff); A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE, BAMBOO ing a variety of ensembles, with the String Trio of Track 10. legend Kadri Gopalnath, was named one of the Top ciety of Harmonious Righteous Fists, who were the sextet), the Green Monster Big Band (a 21-piece THAT SNAPS BACK TRILOGY; WARRIOR SISTERS: New York, and as featured bassist with the Human >www.iconoclastnyc.com Jazz CDs of 2008 by over 20 news sources including militant rebels also known as “The Boxers.” During chamber orchestra), the Monkey Orchestra (the THE NEW ADVENTURES OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN Arts Ensemble, Anthony Braxton, and Wadada Leo Recorded June 18-21, 2004 at Water Music, the New York Times, NPR, BBC, Boston Globe, slate. the early 1970s, the merger of two revolutionary world’s most unusual chamber ensemble/big band WOMYN WARRIORS (with librettist Ann T. Greene), Smith. Hoboken, NJ. Recorded, mixed and mastered by com, JazzTimes, and the Village Voice. His innova Asian American organizations on the east and west comprised of traditional Chinese and western and NIGHTVISION: A THIRD TO FIRST WORLD Ted Orr is a renowned guitar virtuoso and an Christopher Howard. Produced by ICONOCLAST CD, Apti, with the Indo-Pak Coalition, received simi- coasts formed a revolutionary nationalist nation- instrumentation and Chinese language vocals), VAMPYRE OPERA (with librettist Ruth Margraff). innovator in the arena of MIDI guitar performance. lar acclaim. wide organization called I Wor Kuen (which also Caliente! Circle Around the Sun duet with poet >www.bigredmediainc.com He has recorded and/or performed with a wide 2. Rudresh Mahanthappa Mahanthappa holds a Bachelors of Music Degree happened to be the name of the east coast group). Magdalena Gomez, the Afro Asian Scientific Soul Recorded July 5, 2004 at Systems Two, Brook- span of artists including Sly Stone, George Clinton Are There Clouds in India? in jazz performance from Berklee College of Music This important historical accounting is provided Duo with tenor saxophonist-scholar-revolutionary lyn, NY. Engineered by Jon Rosenberg. All composi- & P-Funk, Karl Berger, and Nana Vasconcelos. Ted (from the "Black Water Suite") (6:56) and a Masters of Music degree in jazz composition in the book LEGACY TO LIBERATION: POLITICS activist Dr. Salim Washington, and the Saxophone tions by Fred Ho and © Fred Ho/Transformation maintains a parallel career as an audio engineer; a Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone; Vijay from Chicago's DePaul University. He lives in New AND CULTURE OF REVOLUTIONARY ASIAN PACIFIC Liberation Front (a saxophone quartet). Art Publisher, ASCAP. All rights reserved. talent that has given BLOB its public voice. Iyer, piano; François Moutin, bass; Elliot Hum- York where he is widely regarded as an important AMERICA (AK Press). He has received numerous commissions and Harvey Sorgen has developed a unique and berto Kavee, drums and influential voice in the jazz world. Rudresh No Home to Return to is dedicated to the newly awards. Of recent note, he is the 2009 Harvard Arts 5. BLOB broad-based drumming vocabulary that has added K. Mahanthappa uses Vandoren reeds exclusively. arrived working-class immigrants who form part Medalist, of which there have only been 16 recipi- Robust Bog (1:44) vitality to the works of artists ranging from Hot Black Water is a musical attempt at describing Mahanthappa is also a NYFA Fellow. of the human trafficking of forced labor from “the ents. He is the youngest and first Asian American BLOB: John Lindberg, double bass and effects Tuna, Dave Douglas, David Torn, Bill Frisell, Greg my hybrid identity as an Indian-American. "Are >www.rudreshm.com third world” to the U.S. and other affluent coun- recipient of the Duke Ellington Distinguished Artist devices; Ted Orr, electric guitar and Axon Allman, and Garth Hudson, among many others. there clouds in India?" was an actual question posed Recorded by John Rosenberg at The Studio, New tries. It was originally composed in the early 1990s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Musi- MIDI guitar; Harvey Sorgen, drums. With He maintains an active presence as an interna- to my father soon after he came to the USA. The York, New York on April 8, 2002. The creation of to call attention to the vile “snakeheads” (smug- cians Conference (in 1988, Ho was 30 years old). He Special Guest Ralph Carney on clarinets, bass tional touring and recording artist in high demand. piece itself is a subtle tribute to the victims of 9/11, "Black Water" was underwritten by the American glers) and the maltreatment of their “cargo” (the is also the first artist to ever receive twice the Peter saxophone, tuba, bass trombone, flute Special guest multi-instrumentalist Ralph Car- in the use of a bass line that consists of 9 pitches Composers Forum with funds provided by the Chinese who were smuggled via cargo ships) when Ivers Fellowship from Harvard University. Ho is a ney brings his astounding musical empathy to this laid over an 11 beat cycle. Jerome Foundation, and was a sponsored project of the ship, The Golden Venture, grounded ashore off 1979 graduate of Harvard University, a sociology Vague and indefinite forms that embed recording, adding yet another spice to the BLOB Guggenheim Fellow and 2009 Downbeat NYFA with funding provided by NYSCA. New York City. I have extended the dedication to major. He is a self-taught musician and composer. themselves in your soul. A boisterous romp on wet, mix. International Critics Poll Winner (“Rising Star-Jazz indict all human trafficking globally and to support In 2010, he received the American Music Center’s spongy ground. BLOB is all about the moment, >www.blobmusic.com C Produced by Lindberg/Orr/Sorgen. Engineered, people together and creating communities. In 2007 his professional career in 1975 at the age of sixteen 8. Howard Prince been composer for the Avodah Dance Ensemble, Funded by NYFA. Special thanks to T. Nelson Baker, 11. BLOB making the pulse less stable. Love Twitters should edited and mixed by Ted Orr at Sertso Studio, Conde received the NEA “National Heritage Fellow- in New York, where he pursued private bass studies Pipe Dream (5:12) which featured his music in Mayim, A Ritual of III, Cullen Knight, and Gerry Eastman. Mire (3:25) be played as fast as possible. Woodstock, NY, June, 2009. "Robust Bog" by Lind- ship” for his artistic contributions to the people of with Dr. David Izenzon, who became his mentor. John Stubblefield, tenor sax; Howard Prince, Transformation; Newman’s Blanket; Balancing Act; BLOB: John Lindberg, double bass and effects Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) is one of berg/Orr/Sorgen, Lindy Publishing Co. (ASCAP/ America. In 1977 he co-founded the String Trio of New York trombone; Claudio Roditi, trumpet; Jon Davis, and The Forgiveness Project. He received a 2000 10. Laura Kahle devices; Ted Orr, electric guitar and Axon America’s leading composers, her works having SACEM) >www.sidikiconde.com – a composers collective performance unit that has piano; Dennis Irwin, bass; Marvin “Smitty” NYFA Fellowship for Music Composition for his solo Daize (5:17) MIDI guitar; Harvey Sorgen, drums. With been performed to acclaim throughout the world. Sekou Dembele was a lead djembe drummer in produced nineteen recordings, presented hundreds Smith, drums; Bashiri Johnson, percussion project Singin’ Drums and Drum-Suite-Life [innova Laura Kahle, pocket trumpet; Yosvany Terry, Special Guest Ralph Carney on clarinets, bass In 2007, her Astral Canticle was one of the two 6.