This is the point at which I'm supposed to ponder the immediate present and near future of jazz and improvised music. Not gonna do it. No matter how dire the straits of the music industry, changing distribution and presentation, etc., this music will continue to be made because it has to be made, and artists feel compelled to keep it going despite travails. It's all about the music and its amazing power for catharsis, its ability to lift us and inspire us. So without further ado, here's what inspired me most in 2011.
1. Richie Beirach: Impressions of Tokyo (Outnote)
I was going to call this a comeback, but Beirach (above) hasn't exactly been gone, certainly not as far as recordings are concerned -- he's had 18 released under his name in the past 11 years, plus collaborations (one of those appears further down this list). I guess I think of it as a...
1. Richie Beirach: Impressions of Tokyo (Outnote)
I was going to call this a comeback, but Beirach (above) hasn't exactly been gone, certainly not as far as recordings are concerned -- he's had 18 released under his name in the past 11 years, plus collaborations (one of those appears further down this list). I guess I think of it as a...
- 12/31/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Hip-hop star Busta Rhymes has spoken of his shock after learning his pal, rapper Huddy 6, was killed in a car crash in New York City on Wednesday, October 13. Huddy 6, born Andre Hudson, was driving across the George Washington Bridge when he was involved in the fatal collision.
Port Authority spokesperson, Steve Coleman, tells MTV News, "The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington Bridge when his vehicle struck a truck. (Andre) Hudson was pronounced (dead) on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital."
Rhymes has now paid tribute to the star, writing on his Twitter.com page, "I can't believe that we just lost a good brother, friend and fellow comrade (Huddy 6). U R Already being truly missed! God bless ur (sic) whole family."
Hip-hop star Cam'ron grew up with Hudson in the Big Apple's tough Harlem neighborhood and has previously...
Port Authority spokesperson, Steve Coleman, tells MTV News, "The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington Bridge when his vehicle struck a truck. (Andre) Hudson was pronounced (dead) on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital."
Rhymes has now paid tribute to the star, writing on his Twitter.com page, "I can't believe that we just lost a good brother, friend and fellow comrade (Huddy 6). U R Already being truly missed! God bless ur (sic) whole family."
Hip-hop star Cam'ron grew up with Hudson in the Big Apple's tough Harlem neighborhood and has previously...
- 10/14/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Huddy Combs, known in the rap music world as Huddy 6 but born Andre Hudson, was a killed in a car accident in New York on Wednesday morning (Oct. 13), the Port Authority confirms to MTV News.
"The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington bridge when his vehicle struck a truck," Port Authority spokesperson Steve Coleman said. "[Andre] Hudson was pronounced [dead] on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital." A spokesperson from the hospital would not reveal the passenger's condition.
Huddy broke into the rap world as a member of Mase's Harlem World in the late 1990s. Their LP "The Movement" went gold in 1999.
Our condolences to his family and friends.
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"The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington bridge when his vehicle struck a truck," Port Authority spokesperson Steve Coleman said. "[Andre] Hudson was pronounced [dead] on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital." A spokesperson from the hospital would not reveal the passenger's condition.
Huddy broke into the rap world as a member of Mase's Harlem World in the late 1990s. Their LP "The Movement" went gold in 1999.
Our condolences to his family and friends.
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- 10/14/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Harlem Mc and Cam'ron's childhood friend died on the George Washington Bridge heading to New Jersey.
By Paul Cantor, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes
Huddy 6
Photo: MTV News
Harlem rapper Huddy Combs, a.k.a. Huddy 6 (born Andre Hudson), was killed in a car accident in New York on Wednesday morning (October 13), a spokesperson for the Port Authority confirmed to MTV News.
"The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington bridge when his vehicle struck a truck," Port Authority spokesperson Steve Coleman said. "[Andre] Hudson was pronounced [dead] on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital."
A spokesperson at the Hackensack Medical University Center confirmed that the passenger was brought there but would not reveal her condition.
In hip-hop circles, Huddy is mostly known as a close associate of Cam'ron. In 2005, Cam'ron credited his childhood friend with saving his life when he...
By Paul Cantor, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes
Huddy 6
Photo: MTV News
Harlem rapper Huddy Combs, a.k.a. Huddy 6 (born Andre Hudson), was killed in a car accident in New York on Wednesday morning (October 13), a spokesperson for the Port Authority confirmed to MTV News.
"The driver was traveling southbound towards New Jersey on the George Washington bridge when his vehicle struck a truck," Port Authority spokesperson Steve Coleman said. "[Andre] Hudson was pronounced [dead] on the scene and the female passenger was taken to a local hospital."
A spokesperson at the Hackensack Medical University Center confirmed that the passenger was brought there but would not reveal her condition.
In hip-hop circles, Huddy is mostly known as a close associate of Cam'ron. In 2005, Cam'ron credited his childhood friend with saving his life when he...
- 10/13/2010
- MTV Music News
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