Last night Amiri Baraka came to Penn State's HUB-Robeson Center for an evening of poetry and music. The music was organized by drummer/composer Ronnie Burrage, leading a burning group featuring Marvin Horne on guitar, Russel Blake on bass and Carl Ector on violin. The evening kicked off with performances by student Hip Hop artists who worked with Burrage's group.Baraka has probably done more work with jazz artists than any other living poet and his performance last night continued to produce startling innovations. My own favorite was a recent piece, "All Songs Are Crazy."
Baraka turns 76 today; You'd never know it from the energy of his work on the stage.
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