Collector: John Cassavetes, Muhal Richard Abrams, Guerilla Toss

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1 min readNov 1, 2017

On the occasional Friday, Collector will present three disparate but artistically worthwhile digital artifacts from the worlds of music, performance, and art.

John Cassavetes and the making of HUSBANDS (1970)

An interesting look into Cassevetes’ rather personal 1970 film, Husbands, a formally radical film that split critical opinion. Now, the film is held up as a classic.

Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Band at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival

Muhal Richard Abrams, founding member of AACM passed away this week. The below clip finds his Experimental Band — Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, LaRoy Wallace McMillan, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, George Lewis, Leonard Jones, Thurman Barker, Reggie Nicholson — digging into some gnarly music. RIP.

Guerilla Toss “Betty Dreams Of Green Men”

Guerilla Toss have gotten cleaner and funkier, but that’s a pretty cool thing. Rhythms galore! Check this video from their new album.

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