B. Goren. Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm so happy that I had the opportunity to see him on stage in Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival several years ago. RIP Mr. Campbell. You will always be remembered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 http://jazztimes.com/articles/116780-trumpeter-roy-campbell-jr-dies-at-61 RIP, Roy Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I did not know he had a filmography. Sad to hear of his passing, but glad to know there is more of his work to explore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bivins Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 RIP, Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 At present, no major news agencies are carrying this story. Roy's Wiki entry, which had earlier noted his death, has removed any mention of his passing. Only JazzTimes features an obituary, attributing the news to "multiple reports on social media sites," while at the same admitting "The cause and place of death were not reported." All of this painfully familiar, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I had the good fortune of seeing Roy Campbell with Spiritual Unity in Cleveland a few years ago from the front row. I got to talk to the great Henry Grimes and Margaret afterward, but now I wish that I had taken the time to thank Roy Campbell, who was impressive that night. He's on the Variable Density Sound Orchestra recording that was funded on Kickstarter a while back; it's incredibly sad that both he and John Tchicai have passed since making that exceptional album. Thank you for the music, Mr. Campbell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Yep. Which is why I still remain skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 here's a great tribute, including a run-down of a ton of records: http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/01/roy-campbell-jr.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Just became aware of this picture of Roy and my friend Roger Ruzow of the Gold Sparkle Band, now leader of the 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra. I don't know what the gig was, but this is from the First Existentialist Congregation in Atlanta, 1999. Why wasn't I there? Edited January 11, 2014 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Taylor Ho Bynum wrote (yet another) great tribute: Campbell was deeply grounded in the jazz tradition, and exhibited a working musician’s flexibility, with experiences ranging from R. & B. bands to off-Broadway shows, from reggae gigs to electronica d.j.s. Like Don Cherry, one of his heroes, Campbell was a global traveller and an omnivorous collaborator, working with hundreds of musicians around the world and even living in the Netherlands for a period in the early nineteen-nineties. But at his core he was a true New Yorker, representing a particularly rugged and independent streak of African-American improvisational music that has stubbornly survived in the city despite gentrification and changing trends. Drawing from the ecstatic spiritualism of Albert Ayler and John Coltrane in the nineteen-sixties, which developed in Lower East Side lofts and alternative-art spaces in the nineteen-seventies, Campbell was committed to a kind of free-improvisational music that prized passionate individualism over faceless technique, and advocated for a shared sense of community over the fickle rewards of the music industry. read the full article here:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/postscript-roy-campbell-jr.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 here's a great tribute, including a run-down of a ton of records: http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/01/roy-campbell-jr.html Thanks Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 wkcr, during it's campbell tribute, is now playing spiritual unity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Roy Campbell Day Memorial http://roulette.org/comm_events/roy-campbell-day-memorial/?utm_source=Roulette+Email+List&utm_campaign=f8993891f1-10_8_13_THIS_WEEK&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7aebcc5ee1-f8993891f1-283502813 Edited February 25, 2014 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 roy & billy wearing ties, william parker skinny-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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