Elvin
Bishop, who lived outside the small town of Elliott, Iowa, as a
child, attributes his connection with the blues community to his
rural upbringing. "The reason I fell in so easy with the old blues
guys," he said, "is because I knew the feeling of being out in
the country and not much going on. ... You grew up with kerosene
lamps and wood-burning stoves and shit like that."
The
Great Black Music Ensemble, with almost 40 members, has long been an
avant-garde force in jazz. CDBaby.com asserted that the ensemble
brings "the excitement of new sounds and rhythms, while
incorporating the traditions of black music including funk, reggae,
bebop, swing, and more" to its music. The group is one of two bands
connected to the Association for the Advancement of Creative
Musicians (AACM), a group that has made "unparalleled contributions
to modern music," according to JazzPolice.com. Before 2005, the
ensemble was known as the AACM Big Band.
A
bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in April aims to
help the millions of Americans who struggle to understand tax forms
and other correspondence from the federal government.
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