All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tony' (4)

AP Quickie: Living Colour's Vernon Reid Announces New Band, Spectrum Road

Living Colour guitarist and vocalist Vernon Reid announced that the Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute band is now Spectrum Road. This is a jazz fusion group with keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Cindy Blackman-Santana (you've seen her play with Lenny Kravitz), and bassist Jack Bruce (Cream).

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Added by Afro-Punk on February 11, 2011 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

PREVIEW: Afrobeat By Fela Collaborators - 37th State Feat. Keziah Jones & More

Who likes Afrobeat as much as we do up in here? The '37th State' compilation involves original Fela Kuti collaborators Tony Allen (drummer), Dele Sosimi (keyboardist), and other artists such as AP friend Keziah Jones, Slum Village and more. We're not gonna sit here and tell ya that the tracks are as mesmerizing as Fela's original songs, nothing is anyway... But you should still check out and enjoy this piece of work blending Afrobeat with hip-hop, soul, jazz, funk... Scroll down to… Continue

Added by Afro-Punk on February 4, 2011 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

T.O.B.E.: Tony Hansberry II - The Other Black Experience

14-year-old develops a way of sewing up patients after hysterectomies.

Tony Hansberry II is a ninth-grader. The new sewing technique he has developed helps to to reduce the risk of complications and simplifies the hysterectomy procedure for less seasoned surgeons.

This neurosurgeon in the making attends Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, a magnet school in Jacksonville, Florida, geared toward all things medical. His project came about last summer during his… Continue

Added by T.O.B.E. on January 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

T.O.B.E.: Tony Hansberry II - The Other Black Experience

Tony Hansberry II

14-year-old develops a way of sewing up patients after hysterectomies

Tony Hansberry II is a ninth-grader. The new sewing technique he has developed helps to to reduce the risk of complications and simplifies the hysterectomy procedure for less seasoned surgeons.

This neurosurgeon in the making attends… Continue

Added by Afro-Punk on September 21, 2009 at 5:00pm — 10 Comments