The Black Artists Group (BAG) was a multidisciplinary arts collective that existed in St. Louis, Missouri from 1968 to 1972. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Members included saxophonists Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, J. D. Parran, Hamiet Bluiett, and Luther Thomas; trumpeters Baikida Carroll and Floyd LeFlore; trombonist Joseph Bowie; drummers Bensid Thigpen and Charles "Bobo" Shaw; bassist Arzinia Richardson; stage directors Malinke Robert Elliott, Vincent Terrell, and Muthal Naidoo; poets Ajule (Bruce) Rutlin and Shirley LeFlore; dancers Georgia Collins and Luisah Teish; and painters Oliver Jackson and Emilio Cruz. Julius Arthur Hemphill ( January 24, 1938, Fort Worth Texas - April 2, 1995, New York City) was a Jazz composer Oliver Lake (b Marianna Arkansas, September 14, 1944) is an American alto saxophonist, Flutist, Composer and J D Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator and composer specializing in Jazz and free improvised music. Hamiet Bluiett (b Brooklyn (or Lovejoy Illinois, September 16, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist clarinetist and composer Luther Thomas is an alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from St Joseph Bowie (born October 17 1953 in St Louis Missouri) is an American Bandleader, Trombonist, and founder of the seminal Jazz Charles "Bobo" Shaw (b September 5 1947 Pope Mississippi) is an American Free jazz drummer Shirley LeFlore is one of St Louis ' most influential performance art Poets. Luisah Teish is an author storyteller and priestess of the Ifá / Orisha faith from New Orleans Louisiana. Oliver Jackson ( April 28, 1933, Detroit – May 29, 1994, New York City) aka Bops Junior, was an American
External links
- BAG page from Washington University in St. Louis site
- A 2004 article on BAG's music wing
- Poets of Action: The Saint Louis Black Artists' Group, 1968-1972
References
- Looker, Benjamin. 2004. BAG: Point from which creation begins : the Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press. ISBN 1883982510
See also
The Black Arts Movement or BAM is the artistic branch of the Black Power movement The Harlem Renaissance was named after the anthology The New Negro, edited by Alain Locke in 1925Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic