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Strata-East At 50! at Birdland
Courtesy of Michael Ricci | Posted on May 24, 2021
When
Tue, August 31, 2021
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Charles Tolliver
trumpetBilly Harper
saxophoneGeorge Cables
pianoBuster Williams
bass, acousticLenny White
drumsAbout
Special guest Danny Glover!
This is a private, no audience, streamed event only.
STRATA-EAST Records, now in its 50th year, was created by CHARLES TOLLIVER & STANLEY COWELL. Their first recording in 1970, “MUSIC INC" & BIG BAND, launched the label in 1971. Since then the Strata-East concept, a first of its kind provided the professional vehicle by which many important artist-produced recordings reached the marketplace. Some of the artists that the label created and issued original LPs & CDs through its history making conduit include Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Heath/The Heath Brothers, Cecil McBee, Billy Harper, John Hicks, and Gil Scott-Heron whose Strata-East “Winter In America” album, with the hit single “The Bottle", was a prime example of the efficacy of the label’s Condominium concept....