Estate Fresh

Fab 5 Freddy at The Kitchen. Photo by Paula Court.

Fab 5 Freddy at The Kitchen. © Paula Court

As part of the Contemporary Music Series, The Kitchen presented Estate Fresh, a performance collaboration between Max Roach, Fab 5 Freddy (Frederic Braithwaite), and DJ Spy (Jeffrey Morrison). Roach performed on beat boxes, rhythm machines and drum kit; Fab 5 Freddy rapped; and turntablist DJ Spy performed "wheel of steel" mixing. The artists were joined by boogie dancers, breakers, and graffiti backdrops. The event represented the union of two artists coming from two eras of socially committed music: the 1950s and 1960s era of jazz and protest music (Roach) and the 1980s era of narrative musical styles of urban culture (Fab 5 Freddy).

 

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