#Roy Perkinson

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Roy Perkinson

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Donald Ulysses Walden (July 12, 1938 - April 6, 2009) was born to Gracie Buck and Louis Walden. The family lived in Clarksville, Tennessee (1938-46). His mother took him to see bands that toured the South. After seeing the Silas Green Band from New Orleans, a popular band of the era, he decided that he wanted to become a “stand-up saxophone player.”

In 1946, they migrated to Detroit. He started playing the saxophone around age 15, studying at the Larry Teal School of Music and Detroit Community Music School. While attending Chadsey High School, he met pianist Barry Harris and saxophonist Yusef Lateef. Walden’s peers included drummer Roy Brooks, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, and trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer.

He followed many Detroit musicians to New York, during a time known as the “Loft Movement.” He played in Aretha Franklin’s band and is credited on her album, Aretha in Paris. Walden toured with Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, and The Four Tops.

He created the original Detroit Jazz Orchestra, which included a 16-piece string section and which received much national critical acclaim. He received the Michigan Governor’s Art Award, and he became only the sixth Detroit musician to receive the Jazz Master Award from Arts Midwest. Other accolades of note include the Legends of Jazz International Hall of Fame Award and the Alain Locke Award.

His most influential recording was “Yardbird Suite,” which he released in 1990. “Yardbird Suite” brought together a big band including 18 strings, a 30-voice choir, and featured conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and soloist Dizzy Gillespie. He produced three independent albums: A Portrait of You (1992), A Monk & A Mingus Among Us (1998), and Focus: The Music of Tadd Dameron (2003). As a jazz educator, he taught at the Center for Creative Studies, Michigan State University, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Michigan.

He is survived by two daughters. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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More Blaxploitation Music

The Blaxploitation Movies of the 1970’s were the first films made by black crews for black audiences. Filmmakers turned to black musicians to score their films and add an extra touch of soul and featured artists such as Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch, Isaac Hayes and Marvin Gaye. Here’s our essential selection of 1970′ blaxploitation soundtracks.

Blaxploitation Music

Aragon - Roy Ayers (Coffy, 1973)

Betty's Theme - Charles Earland (The Dynamite Brothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording), 1974)

Bring It On Down To Me - Pt I - Bobby Franklin’s Insanity (Bring It On Down To Me - Pt I / Bring It On Down To Me - Pt II, 1969)

Car Wash - Rose Royce (Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1976)

Coffy Is The Color - Roy Ayers (Coffy, 1973)

Dolemite - Rudy Ray Moore ‎featuring Ben Taylor (Rudy Ray Moore Is “Dolemite” (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1975)

Father’s Lament - Grant Green (The Final Comedown - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1972)

The Hitter - Garfeel Ruff (The Hitter (Music From The Motion Picture), 1979)

I’ve Got To Find A Way (To Hide My Hurt) - Moses Dillard and The Tex Town Display (I’ve Got To Find A Way (To Hide My Hurt) / I’ve Got To Find A Way (To Hide My Hurt) Part II, 1970)

Lialeh - Bernard Pretty Purdie (Lialeh (Original Movie Sound Track), 1974)

Make It Right - J.J. Johnson ‎(Willie Dynamite (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1974)

Sheba, Baby - Monk Higgins and Alex Brown featuring Barbara Mason ‎(Sheba, Baby, 1975)

Steve’s Den - Nat Dove and The Devils ‎(Petey Wheatstraw - The Devil’s Son-In-Law (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture), 1977)

Theme from Cleopatra Jones - Joe Simon (Cleopatra Jones (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture, 1973)

Where Do I Go From Here (Sonny Carson’s Theme) - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - The Education Of Sonny Carson (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1974)

WW III - Luchi DeJesus – Friday Foster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2001, originally from 1975)

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Roy Perkinson

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Roy Perkinson, 2002, Statistics without Anesthesia: Interpreting Color Data, The Broad Spectrum. Studies in the Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of Color on Paper

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Lunning, Elizabeth and Roy Perkinson, 1996, The Print Council of America Paper Sample Book: A Practical Guide to the Description of Paper (Intro)