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Article: Culture: History of black music entertaining; Peter Bacon's Jazz Diary.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 22, 2003
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Byline: Peter Bacon
Music and education rarely combine as successfully as they do in trombonist Dennis Rollins' new project, a music, dance and visual piece called From Griots t' Garage. Griots are the story-tellers of Africa, the very root for players of the music which has grown and flowered throughout the world. Garage is, of course, the dance music that has flourished in the last few years.
Tomorrow, Dennis, his trombone, a set of effects pedals triggering all manner of accompaniments, and dancer Perry Louis will take a Mac audience from black music's ...