All That Jazz
Posted on August 1, 2008
Filed Under VISUAL ARTS
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is no stranger for TRACE readers who had a chance to encounter her in a feature story on her photography collective, She Shootin’ in our Fall 07 issue. KINDRED COOL is Barrayn’s new photography project that uses the relationship between Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden and Albert Murray as an inspiration for documenting other friendships forged and fostered through a shared appreciation for jazz. Through photographic portraits, KINDRED COOL showcases the diversity of the jazz diaspora, that is, individuals who are inspired by American classical music: jazz. The subjects of KINDRED COOL are a motley crew of jazz educators, vocalists and instrumentalists, rappers, aficionados, journalists, publicists, dancers and painters. A partial list of those photographed for Kindred Cool are Ellis Marsalis, Ladybug Mecca, Randy Weston, Mos Def, DJ Spooky, Vijay Iyer, Rhonda Ross, Brian Jackson, Farah Jasmine Griffin among many others.
KINDRED COOL
Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
On View: August 3 - September 14, 2008
Opening Reception: August 3, 2008 - 3pm
Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA)
80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York 11217 www.MOCADA.org
For more info, visit kindredcool.org
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