Jazz used in torture?; Tony Williams, Herbie Nichols and Harold Land


COMMENTARY:
The restorative powers of music are being increasingly documented—as, for instance, in the Louis Armstrong Music Therapy program at New York’s Beth Israel Medical Center. But music can be used to torture, as I’ve discovered in my day job, reporting on the CIA’s “enhanced interrogations” in its allegedly closed secret prisons and during its “renditions.” The latter violations of international laws and our own involve kidnapping terrorism suspects and storing them in foreign prisons specializing in torture. There, music played incessantly at unremittingly high volume can “break” any prisoner.
Read Nat Hentoff's complete story from JazzTimes.


One of my favorites from Tony.

This piece is from the Complete Blue Note Recordings, a beautiful 3-CD set from this tragically underrated pianist. I feel lucky to own it..

Comments on Herbie Nichols:
"Man that time never moves! Art (Blakey) was amazing." --Vinnie Zummo

IN THEIR OWN WORDS:

News from guitarist Michael Powers:
Here is some of my music. The first link is from my brand new CD "SOUL SCHOOL"

And here is a DVD to watch!

News from composer and multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau:
It's good to meet you, Pete! 
Please do visit my websites:  http://www.facebook.com/l/15065;www.KALIMUSE.com and 
I have a new CD coming out very soon with the great South African drummer Louis Moholo recorded live in Harlem, and with Bobby Few, Steve McCraven and Wayne Dockery (Paris-based musicians) recorded live at the Uncool Festival in Switzerland.  Let's definitely stay in touch.

By coincidence I'm listening to Stephen McCraven's "Wooley the Newt" from 1979, with Sulaiman Hakim, Richard Raux, Michael Graillier and Jack Gregg. What a gem! -- Pete

And a Wikipedia bio of Mr. Moholo

                             

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Posted by Pete McConnell at 1/6/2010 6:10 PM
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