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Topic: A symphonic prog band made of black members Posted: October 27 2011 at 17:51
I was thinking of how rare this is and of the fact that I know none. I would like you to help me find some symphonic prog (or even eclectic or crossover or heavy prog) bands wich are made of black people.
Like classic prog bands made of afroamericans.
Edited by The_Jester - October 27 2011 at 18:59
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Posted: October 27 2011 at 18:41
Why? Can't I ask about afroamerican or african or whathever prog band made of black people for my personal culture. It's just that I find it rare, maybe it's not.
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Posted: October 27 2011 at 18:49
Tosin Abasi in Animals as Leaders immediately comes to mind.
Other than that, I can think of Jimi Hendrix (Personally I consider him progressive as he did a lot of things that weren't being done during his time)... Honestly I can't think of many, either. Metal bands like F5, Stuck Mojo, Rage Against the Machine, and Killswitch Engage, all have one or more black members.
There's a local artist where I live who plays really awesome proggy music and is black; he's one of the few local artists I actually enjoy listening to.
Race isn't really important in life, but I can see where it's worth pointing out that black people in prog are a bit of a rarity.
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Posted: October 27 2011 at 18:51
In JRf there is the band Osibisa. There are jazz fusion artists in PA that are black, of couse, such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, just to choose two of the biggest names, and one night consider the groups they worked with as bands -- for instance, the Mwandishi group, bit then it depends on what you would classify as a band and what can be considered Prog. There are many black jazzers in PA who worked on Fusion albums and in electric jazz, but I don't consider itjem to be Prog genre artists even though I think they are perfect for JRF. I'm having problems typing on my iPod now and wrote much the same thing before, but accidentally deleted it.
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Posted: October 27 2011 at 18:58
There's a lot of black band in jazz-rock/fusion but my real point (sorry for not specifying it :) ) is that I was trying to find some symphonic prog (or even crossover, ecletctic or heavy prog) bands made of black members (or even just one).
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Posted: October 27 2011 at 19:07
The_Jester wrote:
There's a lot of black band in jazz-rock/fusion but my real point (sorry for not specifying it :) ) is that I was trying to find some symphonic prog (or even crossover, ecletctic or heavy prog) bands made of black members (or even just one).
Tall order.. Omar RL is Puerto Rican, so he may be part black
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Posted: October 28 2011 at 08:41
A symphonic prog band made of black members, I would say is extremely rare, especially given the current attitude of the music industry executives. These folks are very visually oriented. To them, a symphonic prog band doesn't look like Kool and the Gang. Bands like this have had to go the jazz/fusion route or under made up genres like "space funk" or some other kind of nonsense. David Sancious and Tone came close but had limited recognition and limited push from the record company, probably because of that visual thing (or something even more sinister). A group like Mandre might fit but again their sound may have had to appeal to a broader market (folks have got to eat you know).
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Posted: October 28 2011 at 10:03
Mandré is really cool! And your opinion is just what I thought about the music industry. There must have been black symphonic prog band but they probably got rejected because they ''did not fit esthetically''. That's horrible, racism in our today society...
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