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Faruq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisers Featuring; Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton at Cliff Bell's

Faruq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisers  Featuring; Mike Carey and Skeeter Shelton at Cliff Bell's

Source: JazzStage Productions

Faruq Z. Bey, a founding member of Griot Galaxy, a band referred to as 'the best band that never left Detroit', has been active on the Detroit music scene as a performer since the early 1970s. He started his career as a professional musician in 1960. Since then he has performed with Abdullah Ibrahim, Leroy Jenkins, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Roy Brooks, and Archie Shepp. Northwoods Improvisers first came together in 1976. Early versions of the band played totally collective ...

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