An Evening With Vernon Reid (of Living Colour) at The Living Room At 35 East

Vernon Reid, guitarist for Living Colour, visits The Living Room for a rare evening of music and stories.

Reid founded Living Colour in New York City circa 1985 and piloted the band through a remarkable career. Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album "Vivid," released in 1988; its gold-certified successor, "Time's Up," released in 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.

In addition to Living Colour, Reid released "Mistaken Identity," his first solo album, in 1996. He has collaborated with numerous other artists including choreographers Bill T. Jones on "Still/Here;" with Donald Byrd on "Jazztrain;" with The Roots on "Party 'Til The End of Time," an end of the millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album "1999;" with guitarists David Torn and Elliot Sharp on "Guitar Oblique" (Knitting Factory Records); he was featured in the program "Magic Science," which includes Medesky, Martin & Wood and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing Gil Evans' arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix, presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Experience Music Project in Seattle; and he performed and recorded with Free Form Funky Freqs, an experimental trio with Philadelphia bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston. ...

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Vernon Reid, guitarist for Living Colour, visits The Living Room for a rare evening of music and stories.

Reid founded Living Colour in New York City circa 1985 and piloted the band through a remarkable career. Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album "Vivid," released in 1988; its gold-certified successor, "Time's Up," released in 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.

In addition to Living Colour, Reid released "Mistaken Identity," his first solo album, in 1996. He has collaborated with numerous other artists including choreographers Bill T. Jones on "Still/Here;" with Donald Byrd on "Jazztrain;" with The Roots on "Party 'Til The End of Time," an end of the millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album "1999;" with guitarists David Torn and Elliot Sharp on "Guitar Oblique" (Knitting Factory Records); he was featured in the program "Magic Science," which includes Medesky, Martin & Wood and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing Gil Evans' arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix, presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Experience Music Project in Seattle; and he performed and recorded with Free Form Funky Freqs, an experimental trio with Philadelphia bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston.

Reid has 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. Blood's album "No Escape from the Blues" was also produced by Reid. 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. Reid also composed the score for the celebrated documentary "Ghosts of Attica," which aired on Court TV in the fall of 2001 and has been featured at several film festivals.

Reid also appears on Laura Mann's single "Laughing to Myself" from her "I Got You" CD.

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