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Prison rock, blues and soul songsalbums are a genre unto themselves but prison jazz albums arent nearly as common. The 511 jazz ensemble was made up entirely of serving prisoners in the ohio. Listen to music from ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble like psych city. These ensembles perform concerts on and off campus, take annual tours, and interact with internationallyrecognized jazz masters. Recorded in the ohio penitentiary probably in the early 1970s.
A beautiful lost relic, and a monster batch of long jazzy grooves. The state had built a small prison in columbus in 18. New to jazz what should i know about the history and. Throughout the last two centuries, there have been two institutions with the name ohio penitentiary or ohio state penitentiary. Ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble tour dates 2020 ohio. First erected in 18 at the corner of main and second streets, the state penitentiary in columbus was a threestory brick structure with cells. Ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble hard luck soul 1971, vinyl. We are a collection of osu students committed to creating an authentic big band. Ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble music, videos, stats. Subscribe to our newsletter and hear first about special offers and promotions.
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Find richard stokes credit information on allmusic. Website of the ohio university school of music ensembles. Ohio penitentiary 511 ensemble hard luck soul soul jazz. The ohio state university jazz ensemble home facebook. See the latest images for ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble. There was little debate about the source of the fire. Anderson, mary jo bole, moyra davey, richard fletcher, chester himes, bill horrigan, masumi hyashi, william e. The ohio penitentiary opened in columbus in 1834 and continued to house prisoners until 1979. Hard luck soul, originally pressed in 1971, is the result of a single recording session by the ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble, a group led by ohio state penitentiary inmates reynard birtha and logan rollins, nephew of sonny. Jazz jam recorded by some convicts of the ohio state penitentiary in the 70s. This early 70s album is one of the rare exceptions.
Their privatelypressed lp from 1971 is a legend in obscurity, and a master class in what can be achieved in the most trying of circumstances. From the website of ohio department of rehabilitation and correction. The ohio penitentiary, also known as the ohio state penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown columbus, ohio, in what is now known as the arena district. Composer arranger bandleader logan rollins, a relative of sonny rollins, was an active musician in southern ohio. On april 21, 1930, a fire broke out at the overcrowded ohio penitentiary in columbus and claimed the lives of more than three hundred inmates. Ohio players all categories lps, cds, vinyl record. Psych city ohio penitentiary 511 jazz ensemble 1971 mecca.
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