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| Free Radicals: 20th Anniversary Concert 3 song pre-release EP  In 1998, Free Radicals' firrst CD "The Rising Tide Sinks All" warned against the next Iraq War four years before it started. A decade later, Pakistan's leading English newspaper, Dawn, called the CD "a premonition waiting to become true." In 2012, Free Radicals' fourth CD "The Freedom Fence" warned against border walls four years before Trump made them a cornerstone of his campaign for president.Now on its 20th year, Free Radicals presents a new CD "Outside the Comfort Zone, " that warns against a white supremacist apartheid society in which consumers are oblivious to human rights abuses going on right outside the window. Free Radicals is a horn-driven instrumental dance band with a commitment to peace and justice, and is the 13 time winner for "Best Jazz" in the Houston Press Music Awards. Equally comfortable performing in clubs, street protests, punk rock house-parties, art openings, weddings, funerals, and breakdance competitions, Free Radicals prides itself in adaption and supporting members of targeted communities for whom "apartheid" is not merely a metaphor. On the new recording, Free Radicals welcomes many guests including Harry Sheppard & Damon Choice, two elder vibraphonists who played with Benny Goodman and Sun Ra Arkestra respectively, along with a dozen other long time collaborators. "The horn-heavy, continually evolving collective Free Radicals produces a wildly eclectic fusion that has as many influences as there are items in the Houston, Texas, pawnshop in which they honed their sound during all-night jam sessions." - The New Yorker Free Radicals will be releasing a 3 song EP featuring music from the upcoming (Sept. 2017) CD "Outside the Comfort Zone" Live Appearance Friday, April 28th Eastdown Warehouse 850 Mckee St Houston, TX 77002 Artist: Free Radicals Title: Outside The Comfort Zone Catalog Number: RWE017 Artist Website: freerads.com Release Date: SEPT 15, 2017 Musicians & Songwriters: Pete Sullivan: bari sax Jason Jackson: alto sax Aaron Varnell: tenor sax Tom VandenBoom: trombone Matt Serice: trumpet & keys Nick Cooper: drums & perc. Al Bear: guitar Jacob Breier: bass Nick Gonzalez: sousaphone write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |