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Holding It Down is a thought-provoking, sometimes frightening, and ultimately exhilarating combination of music, poetry and song, created from the actual dreams of young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project by Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, released 10 September 2013 1. Here (Mike, Cambridge) 2. Derelict Poetry (Maurice, Brooklyn) 3. Capacity (Lynn, Bronx) 4. Walking With The Duppy (Rashan, Queens) 5. There is a Man Slouching in the Stairway (Maurice, Brooklyn) 6. My Fire (Brad, Chester, NC) 7.
Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project is a collaborative studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Pi Recordings in 2013.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Here" (Mike, Cambridge)Vijay IyerMike Ladd3:072."Derelict Poetry" (Maurice, Brooklyn)Maurice DecaulIyer4:153."Capacity" (Lynn, Bronx)Lynn HillIyer3:564."Walking with the Duppy" (Rashan, ...IyerLadd3:42- Jazz
Holding It Down: The Veterans Dreams Project is the latest astonishing album to emerge from the longtime collaboration of Grammy-nominated pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and poet/performer/librettist/emcee Mike Ladd. Three years in the making, the new work focuses on veterans of color from the last decades wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
CD —. Album. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2013 CD release of "Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project" on Discogs.
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4 set 2013 · Announcing the release of HOLDING IT DOWN: THE VETERANS' DREAMS PROJECT, the new album by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, out September 10 on Pi Recordings. More info:...
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31 ott 2013 · Pianist Vijay Iyer and poet/MC Mike Ladd collaborated on a Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project a multimedia performance with music, video, and spoken word. The audio, recorded in studio, is presented here not as jazz music per se, but as accompaniment to the seemingly impossible entangled dreams of veterans.
