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R.I.P. Dept.: Jazz Legend Yusef Lateef, Dead at 93

Yusef Lateef (left).

Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston), a Grammy-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, died today at his home in Shutesbury, Mass. He was 93.

Lateef’s main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, but he also played oboe and bassoon, and used a number of world music instruments, notably the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, Xun, arghul, sarewa, and koto. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with “Eastern” music, according to Wikipedia.

For more on Yusef Lateef, head to Billboard and TheChattanoogan.com and the Detroit Free Press.

Yussef Lateef Norwegian TV rare = flute solo + “Robot man”

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Eastern Sounds – FULL ALBUM

The Centaur and the Phoenix – FULL ALBUM

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RIP Dept.: Bernard Parmegiani, French Avant-Garde Electronic Music Pioneer, Dead at 86

Photo, via Spin, by Roberto Serra.

The influential French electronic music pioneer Bernard Parmegiani died today. He was 86.

There’s a good overview of Parmegiani over at Spin.

Check out his music now:

More videos over at Simon Reynolds’ blissblog.

Watch: Another Teaser Video From Arcade Fire, “Afterlife”

Footage was shot in Haiti where Arcade Fire recorded the new album, Reflektor. There’s also footage from a show at Montreal’s La Salsatheque, according to Consequence Of Sound.

Watch the group perform “Reflektor” on Saturday Night Live.

Watch the post-Saturday Night Live special:

Banksy NYC ART Day #18: Two Collaborations With Os Gemeos

For Day #18 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than In” New York street exhibit the artist is showing two collaborations he made with Brazilian artists Os Gemeos, on West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th avenues.

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Today (Oct. 18, 2013) on his website Banksy writes:

“Are you the sort of person who enjoys going to art galleries, but wished they had more gravel in them? Then this temporary exhibition space is for you. Housing just two paintings but also featuring a bench, some carpet and complimentary refreshments. Opens today through Sunday 11am til midnight.”

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Banksy has also included audio about today’s art:

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If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

At the bottom of Banksy’s Oct. 18 post on his website he writes:

People ask why I want to have an exhibition in the streets, but have you been to an art gallery recently? They’re full.

And finally, the owner of the building that Banksy stenciled yesterday (Oct. 17, 2013) has an article, “I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy,” that you can read here.

The Ever-Controversial Black Flag Still Causing Trouble

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Great essay by Zachary Lipez about the recent Black Flag reunions.

“I have no issue with reunion bands,” Lipez writes. ” As elitist as it may be, outside of tickets/albums purchased for the transaction of art, with the expectation that art of some type will occur, I don’t think fans are owed anything. Memories aren’t ‘tarnished’ or ‘destroyed’ (and, motherfucker, if you say ‘raped’ I will straight-up HATE you) by band reunions. That’s not how time works. You’re stepping into a totally different river, if you know what I’m saying. If your memories are so feeble as to be destroyed by old people playing “Damaged” (either ‘I’ or ‘II’) then you are perhaps experiencing dementia and my deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family.”

Read the whole essay at Talkhouse.

Here’s the real thing: