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robklurfield

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from a concert earlier tonight... The World Saxophone Quartet with M'Boom at Birdland in New York. Great show.

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These are not mine but I'd thought that you guys might like to see the following photos taken by my flickr-buddy, Fernando Ricardo.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=jazz&w=25628932@N08&ss=2&z=m

They were taken during the first "Jazz Cascais" festival in 1971. It was a very politically charged event. At the time, Portugal was ruled by a totalitarian and fascist government and its people were drained by the colonial wars in Angola and Mozambique. The festival was heavily patrolled by the state and secret police services. Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden performed a song dedicated to the African liberation movement and to Che Guevara, who was in Angola and the Congo fighting against the colonial powers. Charlie Haden, who announced the dedication, was jailed and interrogated by PIDE, the secret police, after the concert but released on the condition that he and his band leave Portugal immediately. He was very lucky as PIDE imprisoned and tortured thousands of citizens in Portugal and in the colonies. However, despite the danger, jazz artists kept returning to Portugal and the festival carried on and saw the end of the fascist Portuguese government and Portuguese colonial rule in Africa.
 
thanks for that link. I love that first shot of Roy Haynes who is still out there playing at 81+ years old. Haden still puts his Liberation Music Orchestra together from time to time, too. Ornette's stuff is more out there/outside than ever.

Nando said:
These are not mine but I'd thought that you guys might like to see the following photos taken by my flickr-buddy, Fernando Ricardo.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=jazz&w=25628932@N08&ss=2&z=m

They were taken during the first "Jazz Cascais" festival in 1971. It was a very politically charged event. At the time, Portugal was ruled by a totalitarian and fascist government and its people were drained by the colonial wars in Angola and Mozambique. The festival was heavily patrolled by the state and secret police services. Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden performed a song dedicated to the African liberation movement and to Che Guevara, who was in Angola and the Congo fighting against the colonial powers. Charlie Haden, who announced the dedication, was jailed and interrogated by PIDE, the secret police, after the concert but released on the condition that he and his band leave Portugal immediately. He was very lucky as PIDE imprisoned and tortured thousands of citizens in Portugal and in the colonies. However, despite the danger, jazz artists kept returning to Portugal and the festival carried on and saw the end of the fascist Portuguese government and Portuguese colonial rule in Africa.
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