Shamek Farrah Made a Jazz Masterpiece. He’s Still a Mystery (NYT)

[HWright]

Strata-East artist, in case not already posted by someone else here.

[felser]

2 hours ago, HWright said:

Strata-East artist, in case not already posted by someone else here.

Link?

[T.D.]

21 minutes ago, felser said:

Link?

NYT has a pretty sturdy paywall, so it probably wouldn't help.

But to my amazement I was able to read this in an "InPrivate" tab:

Shamek Farrah Made a Jazz Masterpiece. He’s Still a Mystery. - The New York Times

 

[clifford_thornton]

Very interesting piece, thanks for alerting us to it!

[felser]

5 hours ago, T.D. said:

NYT has a pretty sturdy paywall, so it probably wouldn't help.

But to my amazement I was able to read this in an "InPrivate" tab:

Shamek Farrah Made a Jazz Masterpiece. He’s Still a Mystery. - The New York Times

 

Thanks, I have NYT subscription.

[JSngry]

Did he take that midnight train to Georgia?

[felser]

9 hours ago, JSngry said:

Did he take that midnight train to Georgia?

Said he's going back to find a simpler place in time.  BTW, great article.

[JSngry]

Whoo Whoo!

[HWright]

Sorry I forgot to include the link. (I had intended to).

Edited September 19 by HWright
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[relyles]

In 1989 or 1990 my father organized a jazz dinner event in Brooklyn. I was recently out of college and did not drink, but somehow I wound up being the bartender for the event. Shamek Farrah and Norman Person were the leaders and Sonelius Smith was also in the band. I do not remember the rest of the musicians. At the time I had only been listening to jazz for a couple years and had no idea who the musicians were. I just knew that it was my father's friend "Tony", who if I remember correctly he collaborated with to organize the event with. Around that same time I had a copy of Impressions, but still did not know about the statute of Strata-East in the community. It was sometime after that I became more knowledgeable about the label and the musicians on it.

I enjoyed reading this article and the memories it generated.

Edited September 19 by relyles

[clifford_thornton]

On 9/19/2025 at 6:20 PM, relyles said:

In 1989 or 1990 my father organized a jazz dinner event in Brooklyn. I was recently out of college and did not drink, but somehow I wound up being the bartender for the event. Shamek Farrah and Norman Person were the leaders and Sonelius Smith was also in the band. I do not remember the rest of the musicians. At the time I had only been listening to jazz for a couple years and had no idea who the musicians were. I just knew that it was my father's friend "Tony", who if I remember correctly he collaborated with to organize the event with. Around that same time I had a copy of Impressions, but still did not know about the statute of Strata-East in the community. It was sometime after that I became more knowledgeable about the label and the musicians on it.

I enjoyed reading this article and the memories it generated.

awesome!