greg tate on j.b.

let the final word on j.b. (from this week's village voice) belong to the former gregory "ironman" tate of brooklyn, muso-social critic and prolly the finest scribe o' the funk extant (seek out his flyboy in the buttermilk: essays on contemporary america), who co-founded (with vernon reid) the black rock coalition way back in '85 and is now the guiding intelligence behind gotham-based free-jazz ensemble burnt sugar.