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Melvin Van Peebles Wid Laxative at Johnny Brenda's
Courtesy of Sarah Rauers | Posted on January 22, 2014
Where
Johnny Brenda's
1201 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 739-9684
When
Sat, February 8, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Bruce Mack
synthesizerMichael Kammers
multi-instrumentalistChris Eddleton
drumsErnest Stuart
tromboneAbout
Ars Nova Workshop and Johnny Brenda’s are pleased to present a rare performance by Melvin Van Peebles wid Laxative, the exciting collaboration between Van Peebles and members of Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber. Melvin Van Peebles is considered the father of blaxploitation and to some the father of the "spoken word" genre, and his fusion of soul jazz and spoken anticipated rap music a good decade before its inception. Burnt Sugar has been described as a “funk-rock-electronic-samba-soul-jazz-fusionwhatever ensemble” and counts among its influences Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, Funkadelic, Bad Brains, Band of Gypsys, Sun Ra and Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi...