| Vernon Reid | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 22, 1958 , London, England |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock Heavy metal Funk metal |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Associated acts | Living Colour |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Guitar, banjo | |
Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is an English guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983 Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983 Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
Critic Steve Huey writes, "[Reid's] rampant eclecticism encompasses everything from heavy metal and punk to funk, R&B and avant-garde jazz, and his anarchic, lightning-fast solos have become something of a hallmark as well. "[1]
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Biography
Early life and career
Reid was born in London, England but grew up in New York City, USA. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Reid first came to prominence in the 1980s in the band of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. Ronald Shannon Jackson (born January 12, 1940) is an American Jazz Drummer. 1984's Smash & Scatteration was a duo record with guitarist Bill Frisell. William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American Guitarist and Composer.
In 1985, Reid co-founded the Black Rock Coalition with journalist Greg Tate and producer Konda Mason. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The Black Rock Coalition is a US-based artists' Collective and Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black Through the BRC, Reid hoped to counter the pigeonholing and marginalization of black musicians.
Living Colour
Reid is probably best known for leading Living Colour. Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983 Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983 Early versions of the group formed in New York City in 1983, but the personnel solidified a in 1985-86, and Reid led the group for about another decade. The City of New York
Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album Vivid, released in 1988; its gold-certified successor, Time's Up, released 1990; two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance; opening for the Rolling Stones' 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour; and appearing on the first Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991. Vivid is Living Colour 's Debut album, which was released on May 3, 1988. Time's Up is the second album by Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Steel Wheels is an album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1989 Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances Living Colour released Collideøscope in October of 2003 on Sanctuary Records. Collideøscope is the fourth Album by Living Colour. Released in 2003 it is the first studio album by the band in over a decade Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
Equipment
The only known guitar Vernon Reid performed with was a Hamer guitar with a custom multicolor paint job.
Solo career
In addition to his work with Living Colour, Reid has been engaged in a number of other projects. He released "Mistaken Identity", his first solo album in 1996 and has collaborated with the choreographers Bill T. Jones on "Still/Here" and Donald Byrd on "Jazztrain". He performed "Party 'Til The End of Time" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with The Roots, an end of the millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album "1999". He also composed and performed "Bring Your Beats" a children's program for BAM.
Reid has also produced records by Resort (a Mexican hard rock group) and two Grammy-nominated albums: "Papa" by the great African singer Salif Keita and "Memphis Blood: The Sun Studio Sessions" by James "Blood" Ulmer. Salif Keita (born August 25, 1949) is an internationally recognized Afro-pop Singer - Songwriter from Mali. James "Blood" Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St Matthews South Carolina) is an American Jazz and blues Blood's most recent album, released in September of 2003, "No Escape From the Blues", was also produced by Reid. Reid also appears on "Guitar Oblique" (Knitting Factory Records) with guitarists David Torn and Elliot Sharp. David Torn (born 1953 in Amityville New York) is an American Composer and Guitarist known for the organic blending/manipulation of Reid was also featured in the program presented by BAM and the Experience Music Project in Seattle entitled "Magic Science", which includes Medeski Martin & Wood and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing Gil Evans' arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix. Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American Jazz trio formed in 1991 consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and Piano Gil Evans ( 13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Jazz James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
Reid composed the score for the film Paid In Full, directed by Charles Stone III (well known for creating the "Wasssup!" series of commercials for Budweiser as well as directing three videos for Living Colour) and released by Miramax in the fall of 2002. Paid in Full is 2002 film that was produced by Roc-A-Fella Films and directed by Charles Stone III. Charles Stone III is a Film director, known for films such as Drumline starring Nick Cannon, Mr Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Reid also composed the score for the celebrated documentary "Ghosts of Attica" (directed by Brad Lichtenstein) which aired on Court TV in the fall of 2001 and has been featured at several film festivals. truTV is an American Cable Television network owned by Time Warner through its subsidiary Turner Broadcasting. He composed the score for another documentary directed by Lichtenstein, "Almost Home," which aired in 2006 on the PBS series, Independent Lens.
Reid and DJ Logic, calling themselves "Yohimbe Brothers", released an album in September, 2002 called "Front End Lifter". DJ Logic (born Jason Kibler is a turntablist active primarily in Jazz and with Jam bands Kibler was raised in The Bronx. The Yohimbe Brothers have been touring on and off since the release of the album. Reid is also the music supervisor for the film "Mr. 3000" starring Bernie Mac and directed by Charles Stone III; "Mr. Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5 1957 &ndash August 9 2008 better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American Actor and Comedian 3000" is scheduled for release in the fall of 2004. Vernon's album with Masque (Leon Gruenbaum - keyboards, Hank Schroy - bass and Marlon Browden - drums), an instrumental album entitled "Known Unknown", was released in April 2004, and On April 18th, 2006 Vernon Reid and Masque released "Other True Self", both on Favored Nations records, owned by another guitarist, Steve Vai. The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in sixteenth and early seventeenth century Europe though it was developed earlier in Italy The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in sixteenth and early seventeenth century Europe though it was developed earlier in Italy Favored Nations is a Record label started by guitarist Steve Vai and former Guitar Center owner Ray Scherr in 1999 Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist
Reid has a prolific session output in a variety of contexts. He has played live or on record with the Roots, Eye & I, Mick Jagger, Rollins Band, Spearhead, Public Enemy, Mariah Carey, Tracey Chapman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Don Byron, Defunkt, Santana, Bernie Worrell, MC 900 Foot Jesus, B.B. King, Madalyne Peyroux, Meridiem, Jack Bruce, Terry Bozzio, and DJ Spooky among many others. Ronald Shannon Jackson (born January 12, 1940) is an American Jazz Drummer. Defunkt is a musical group founded by trombonist/singer Joseph Bowie 1978 in New York, United States, and still active MC 900 Ft Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, a classically-trained musician turned rapper and experimental musician born in Dallas, Texas B B King (born Riley B King, September 16 1925 is an American Blues Guitarist and Singer-songwriter. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called "
In March of 2007, Vernon played with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and G. Calvin Weston at Tonic in NYC, and Tritone in Philadelphia, which led them to record as Free Form Funky Freqs with the title of the recording called Urban Mythology Volume 1. European Tour in November and a soon to be released CD.
Discography
- Smash & Scatteration (with Bill Frisell) (1984)
- Mistaken Identity (1996)
- GTR OBLQ (with Elliott Sharp and David Torn) (1998)
- This little room (2000) unreleased
- Front End Lifter - Yohimbe Brothers (2002)
- Known Unknown (2004)
- The Tao Of Yo - Yohimbe Brothers (2004)
- Other True Self (2006)
References
External links
- Vernon Reid @ MySpace
- Favored Nations
- Yohimbe Brothers @ Myspace
- Living Colour @ Myspace
- Free Form Funky Freqs @ Myspace
- Living Colour Blog
- 1Black Rock Coalition
- Vernon Reid video interview
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