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| Children On The Corner-A Tribute To Miles Electric Years Oct. 26-28 at the Iridium Jazz Club Between 1969 and 1975, Miles Davis released groundbreaking music that became know as his “electric years”. That music remains not only ahead of its time, but timeless. Its influence across contemporary music spans genres - records like “Bitches Brew”, “A Tribute to Jack Johnson”, “Live-Evil”, “On the Corner”, “Dark Magus”, “Agharta”, and “Pangaea” have inspired artists from Public Enemy to Parliament-Funkadelic to Brian Eno to Radiohead to The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and hundreds of others. Collectively, CHILDREN ON THE CORNER (SAM MORRISON – SAX , MICHAEL WOLF – KEYBOARDS , BADAL ROY – TABLA’S, MICHAEL HENDERSON – BASS VICTOR JONES – DRUMS , SPACEMAN – GUITAR)have helped to build a wall of sound that is still reverbating. You've heard them on records; you've felt their influence directly or indirectly in much of the music that you've heard. Now they're here, working together to bring funk and fusion to new heights. Bassist Michael Henderson played with several Motown artists (Fantastic Four, Detroit Emeralds, Billy Preston) from age 13, and toured with Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin by age 19 before being plucked away by Miles Davis. He spent 1970 - 75 providing a musical anchor for the Miles Davis band. Saxophonist Sam Morrison toured the U.S. with Miles Davis, including concerts in Central Park, and the Bottom Line. He's recorded as a leader for the Inner-City label, and won critical acclaim for his groundbreaking fusion album Natural Layers on the Chiaroscuro label. Pianist Michael Wolff began his professional career at age 19 with Latin jazz pioneer Cal Tjader. In 1975, Wolff was hired by the great alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, which was followed by stints with Sonny Rollins, Airto Moreira and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra before Wolff became the musical director, arranger and pianist for singer Nancy Wilson. Taking his talents to television, Wolff became the musical director for the popular “Arsenio Hall Show.” Badal Roy is the foremost exponent of tabla in jazz music. He has played with not only Miles Davis and John McLaughlin, but also artists as diverse as Herbie Mann, Dave Liebman, Don Cherry, Pharaoh Sanders, Dizzy Gillespie, Lonnie Liston Smith, Andreas Vollenweider, and Yoko Ono. Guitarist Spaceman is a popular musician who performs, produces, composes and arranges all genres of music. His musical credits read like a who’s who in music. Spaceman has performed and/or recorded with Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder, George Clinton and Ornette Coleman to name a few. Drummer Victor Jones is internationally recognized as a major jazz drummer and musical innovator. He has recorded and performed with Stan Getz, Stanley Turrentine, Michel Petrucciani, and the Mingus Big Band. Originally a classical trumpet player, his strong melodic background contributes to his reputation for subtlety and style in group performance, and for his powerful solos. Children On The Corner's latest CD is Rebirth on the Sonance label. Writing in Jazziz Magazine Bill Milkowski had this to say… Their sound as a group often evokes the intensely visceral grooves that fueled Davis' electric juggernaut 30-some years ago write your comments about the article :: © 2004 Jazz News :: home page |