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Taboo included 10 of his own compositions, and introduces a diverse collective of gifted musicians from the harmolodic metaverse. Vernon Reid, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Melvin Gibbs, Robin Eubanks and many others. Produced by frequent collaborator, Bill Laswell.
Taboo is an album by the American musician Ronald Shannon Jackson. [1] [2] It was released by Venture Records in 1990. [3] . Jackson supported the album with concert appearances in the UK. [4] Production. Recorded in the mid-'80s, the album was coproduced by Bill Laswell. [5] [6] Vernon Reid played guitar on all of the tracks. [7] .
- Early Life
- Career
- Personal Life
- Influences
- Equipment
- Selected Discography
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Born in London, England, to West Indian parents, Reid was raised in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, then New York University.
Early career
He first came to prominence in the 1980s in the band of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. 1984's Smash & Scatteration was a duo record with guitarist Bill Frisell. In 1985, Reid co-founded the Black Rock Coalition with journalist Greg Tateand producer Konda Mason.
Living Colour
Reid formed Living Colour in New York City in 1984, and its lineup was solidified in 1986. Their debut album Vivid was released in 1988 and sold double Platinum. Its successor Time's Up was released 1990 and was gold-certified. They received two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance. They opened for the Rolling Stones' 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour; and appeared on the first Lollapaloozatour in the summer of 1991. Living Colour broke up in 1995 but reformed in 200...
Solo career
In addition to his work with Living Colour, Reid has been engaged in a number of other projects. He released Mistaken Identity, his first solo album, in 1996, and has collaborated with the choreographers Bill T. Jones on Still/Here and Donald Byrd on Jazztrain. He performed "Party 'Til The End of Time" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with The Roots, an end of the 2000 millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album 1999. He also composed and performed "Bring Your Beats" a chil...
Reid resides in Staten Island with his wife Gabri Christa, a choreographer and filmmaker, and their daughter born in 2003.
Reid has cited Miles Davis, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Eddie Hazel, John McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, and Dr. Knowamong his influences.
During the early years of Living Colour, Reid used a multi-colored ESP Mirage with EMG pickups, and he was an endorser of the A/DA MP-1 preamp. During the mid-1980s, Reid commissioned a highly figured maple custom guitar from Vancouver-based luthier Martini Guitars. This guitar was later acquired by Bob Wiseman, a founding member of the band Blue R...
With Masque
1. Mistaken Identity(Sony, 1996) 2. Known Unknown(Sony, 2004) 3. Other True Self(2006)
With Yohimbe Brothers
1. Front End Lifter(2002) 2. The Tao of Yo(2004)
Obscure and/or unreleased
1. This Little Room(Sony, 2000)
Vernon Reid at FacebookVernon Reid Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection(2016)Vernon Reid hat mit zahlreichen Aktionen die stilistischen Stereotype des Musikbusiness attackiert und mit dem Journalisten Village-Voice-Autor Greg Tate und mit anderen schwarzen Musikern 1985 die Initiative Black Rock Coalition ins Leben gerufen, „eine vereinte musikalische und politische Front von progressiven schwarzen Künstlern und Unterstützern“.
Unlike many of Jackson's contemporaries, The Decoding Society incorporates pop music elements into its avant-garde approach. Guitarist Vernon Reid has said of Shannon that he "wasn't an ideological avant-gardist. He made the music he made from an outsider's view, but not to the exclusion of rock and pop – he wasn't mad at pop music for being ...
3. Mai 2018 · “Cult” Classic. How Living Colour made one of the most prescient albums of the 20th century, and conquered rock ’n’ roll in the process. By Alan Siegel May 3, 2018, 6:20am EDT. Getty Images/Ringer...
21. Dez. 2021 · Players. “There’s a Special Place in Hell for Musicians Who Have a Hit Song That They Despise”: Vernon Reid Talks “Cult Of Personality” By Joe Bosso. published 21 December 2021. The innovative Living Colour guitarist opens up about the band’s 1988 breakthrough hit.
