Haiti Earthquake Humanitarian Emergency

The people of Haiti need food assistance as quickly as possible to prevent hunger worsening the misery already caused by the disaster.

There is more info on how to donate at the Center for International Disaster Information.

Click here to see the guidelines for tax deductions.

New Years Resolution

Happy new year!! Here's to a prosperous and productive year. My new year's resolution is to stay healthier and make better (hopefully more) music. What's yours?

-Cosiner

Sirone (1940-2009)

This year we lost another great musician, bassist and composer Norris Jones, better known as Sirone. He co-founded the Revolutionary Ensemble with Leroy Jenkins and Frank Clayton in 1971 (Jerome Cooper later replaced Clayton in the ensemble), one of the most innovative groups of its time. Here's Sirone's bass solo from "La Sorrella."

Aoki - A Documentary Film

This documentary features extensive footage of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party, and exclusive interviews with his comrades, friends, and former students. Viewers will learn about Richard’s childhood in a WWII Japanese American concentration camp, growing up in West Oakland, and serving eight years in the U.S. military. The film explores previously unknown facts about the formation of the Black Panther Party such as how Richard became intimately involved in its founding and contributed the first two firearms to the Party. AOKI highlights how Richard’s leadership also made a significant impact on individuals and groups in the contemporary Asian American Movement. Richard’s contributions to the groundbreaking organization Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) and its involvement in the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) student strike led to the formation of ethnic studies at U.C. Berkeley. Above all else, AOKI is a film that demonstrates the incredible dedication to justice that one man’s life has had and how the lessons of solidarity, commitment, and discipline can carry on from one generation to the next.

For more info:
www.aokifilm.com
www.twitter.com/AokiFilm

One Step Beyond

Jackie McLean had such a signature sound, you can recognize him in two notes. Sharp and bittersweet yet with so much intensity. This album says it all.

Visions of Cosiner and James Andrews available on iTunes 10/22/09

Visions of Cosiner and James Andrews available on iTunes 10/22/09.
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Visions of Cosiner and James Andrews available on eMusic

"Visions of Cosiner and James Andrews" now available on eMusic. iTunes and other fine digital retailers on 10/22/09.

Beautiful Angry Music Online Store

Beautiful Angry Music Online Store now open 24/7.

Other merchandise also available at The Giant Peach.

Bill Dixon Interview

There's a nice article on the trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon up on Allaboutjazz.com. I've always been inspired by his approach to sculpting sounds with painting and writing at the same time. Very complex stuff.

Visions of Cosiner and James Andrews

Here's the full track listing of the upcoming album (September 2009):

<<
1. Visions Intro: Cosiner meets James Andrews
2. Pathways To Hidden Dreams
3. Flight of the Guilded Crane
4. While This City Sleeps
5. Further Flight
6. Spirit for Free
7. The Outward Bound
8. The Time Is Now
9. Every Sense of the World
10. Visions Outro: James Andrews meets Cosiner
>>