Harmonia :: Live 1974
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes (BBC Arena)
Broadcast BBC Four, 17 Feb 2012
2011 was the 82nd year in the extraordinary life of arguably the greatest saxophone player in the world, Sonny Rollins. Four decades ago, as a young filmmaker and aspiring musician, Dick Fontaine followed Rollins up onto the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan during one of his legendary escapes from the perils of 'the jazz life'. Today, still resisting stereotype and compromise, and revered by a new generation of young musicians, Rollins continues his single-minded search for meaning in his music and his life. Dick Fontaine's film is built around the explosive energy of Sonny's 80th Birthday Concert, where legendary figures Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman join him to celebrate his journey so far, his music and its future for a new generation.
Dick Fontaine's film, made for the BBC's prestigious art series Arena, is built around the
explosive energy of Sonny's 80th Birthday Concert, where legendary figures Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman join him to celebrate his journey so far, his music and its future for a new generation.
Sonny Rollins / Jack DeJohnette / David Murray - Jazz Jamboree Live (1983)
Sonny Rollins:
SONNY ROLLINS - tenor sax
MARC SOSKIN - piano
JEROME HARRIS - bass
AL FOSTER - drums
Jack DeJohnette Special Edition:
JACK DeJOHNETTE - drums
RUFUS REID - bass
MARTY EHRLICH - bass clarinet
JOHN PURCELL - alto sax
HOWARD JOHNSON - tuba, baritone sax
David Murray Octet:
DAVIDA MURRAY - tenor sax
JULIUS HEMPHILL - alto sax
ROY CAMPBELL - trumpet, flugelhorn
BAKIDA CARROLL - trumpet
CRAIG HARRIS - trombone
CURTIS CLARKE - piano
WILBUR MORRIS - bass
BILLY HIGGINS - drums
SONNY ROLLINS - tenor sax
MARC SOSKIN - piano
JEROME HARRIS - bass
AL FOSTER - drums
Jack DeJohnette Special Edition:
JACK DeJOHNETTE - drums
RUFUS REID - bass
MARTY EHRLICH - bass clarinet
JOHN PURCELL - alto sax
HOWARD JOHNSON - tuba, baritone sax
David Murray Octet:
DAVIDA MURRAY - tenor sax
JULIUS HEMPHILL - alto sax
ROY CAMPBELL - trumpet, flugelhorn
BAKIDA CARROLL - trumpet
CRAIG HARRIS - trombone
CURTIS CLARKE - piano
WILBUR MORRIS - bass
BILLY HIGGINS - drums
Greece: 25 trans women detained during large-scale police crackdown
Via press release from the Greek Transgender Support Association:
From news reports, it seems that this was part of a large-scale operation during which some 6,000 people were detained.
It should be remembered that this comes at a time when the Greek economy is facing its most severe crisis since 1974, and the consequent austerity package demanded by the EU and the IMF has resulted in rioting and social unrest. Against this backdrop, there has been a worrying rise in popularity of the Golden Dawn, a right-wing extremist political organisation. In this light, it is perhaps no surprise - although still by no means acceptable - that there should be a backlash which combines racism, transphobia and sexism on such a large scale. I was going to close with a smartass remark about the fate of a country which, for over 2,400 years, has taken pride in claiming it invented democracy, but my irony meter broke.
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Image made by Helen from images found at Wikipedia (here and here). Both original images are public domain and so is this one. If using elsewhere, please ensure correct attribution.
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[Cross-posted from The F-Word]
Subject: Police detention of Transgender Individuals during 'Xenios Zeus' Operations
The Greek Transgender Support Association, a recognized NGO for the support of the rights of the trans community in Greece, is hereby strongly condemning the massive police detention of twenty five (25) trans women on Thursday, August 9th, during the crackdown police operation "Xenios Zeus".
Specifically, on the night of Thursday, August 9th, during a massive police crackdown, 25 trans individuals were taken and detained at the division of Central Police Station of Athens. They were not given sufficient explanation why they were being taken. They were forced to undergo an HIV test, administered by a Center for Disease Control (C.D.C.) doctor, were subsequently found to be HIV-negative and released afterwards.
We, the Greek Transgender Support Association, express our deepest concern, and outright condemnation of the C.D.C.-assisted police crackdown operations. Especially since they target, among others, one of the more vulnerable minorities, namely trans individuals, who are deprived of basic human rights such as the right to work, be insured and access the health services, owing to the Greek State's refusal to protect trans rights.
We also deem the forced and obligatory tests by the C.D.C. to be in breach of basic human rights. This is because the way the tests are performed, coupled with the complete lack of deontology and the specific conditions under which they take place, are not those of a European country nor of a just State.
At the same time, we question the recent ruling of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA), according to which the HDPA calls itself unauthorised to judge the recent and obvious violation by the state of personal data, in the case of the publicization of the identities of hiv-positive people. The HDPA invoked the Spearation of Powers, but at the same time countradicts itself by proposing amendations to the legislature.
We, the Greek Transgender Support Association, express our solidarity towards the hiv-positive individuals who are being prosecuted, and condemns the police crackdown operations, as well as the involvement of the CDC, for endangering and creating abject conditions for the trans community. Furthermore, we express our complete opposition of all police operations that violate human rights based on nationality, race, gender, religious or other beliefs, sexual orientation, and gender identity. We demand that greek legislation protects gender identity by aligning with the Ruling 2008/913/ΔEY regarding the fight against all kinds of discrimination and racism.
We are in active cooperation with grassroots and NGO organizations inside Greece, as well as European organizations for the rights of the trans community. We will defend, in every legal way, the dignity and human rights of trans people.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Greek Transgender Support Association
Athens
17 August, 2012
From news reports, it seems that this was part of a large-scale operation during which some 6,000 people were detained.
Officers stopped mostly African and Asian people in the street for identification checks. Most were only briefly detained, but about 1,600 were arrested for illegal entry and sent to holding centres pending deportation. [Source]
It should be remembered that this comes at a time when the Greek economy is facing its most severe crisis since 1974, and the consequent austerity package demanded by the EU and the IMF has resulted in rioting and social unrest. Against this backdrop, there has been a worrying rise in popularity of the Golden Dawn, a right-wing extremist political organisation. In this light, it is perhaps no surprise - although still by no means acceptable - that there should be a backlash which combines racism, transphobia and sexism on such a large scale. I was going to close with a smartass remark about the fate of a country which, for over 2,400 years, has taken pride in claiming it invented democracy, but my irony meter broke.
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Image made by Helen from images found at Wikipedia (here and here). Both original images are public domain and so is this one. If using elsewhere, please ensure correct attribution.
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[Cross-posted from The F-Word]
A Russian hooligan speaks...
Friday, 17 August 2012
The Cure - Vieilles Charrues 20.07.2012
1. Push
2. Inbetween Days
3. Just Like Heaven
4. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
5. The Hungry Ghost
6. Wrong Number
31 minutes
Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred
"The Pussy Riot singers colluded under unestablished circumstances, for the purpose of offensively violating public peace in a sign of flagrant disrespect for citizens," the court said in a verdict being pronounced on Friday.
The women were motivated by religious enmity and hatred, and acted provocatively and in an insulting manner inside a religious building in the presence of a large number of believers," the court said.
The court also has found that the Pussy Riot activists realized that their actions during the "punk prayer" in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior were insulting and intended to communicate information on the stunt to a broad range of believers.
"Intending to make the planned actions public and ensure that they drew public response, to draw the attention of the public to their illegal actions, and to communicate the expressed disrespect not only to the clergy and people in the church, but also to other citizens who were not present in the church at the time [of the punk prayer], but shared Orthodox traditions, Samutsevich, Tolokonnikova, Alyokhina, and their unidentified accomplice informed various media assistants and active bloggers on their action," the sentence read in the Khamovnichesky Court on Friday says.
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