ronald shannon jackson

...the fort worth-based harmolodic trailblazer and master drummer has been busy this year, backing late '60s versifying revolutionaries and hip-hop precursors the last poets on tour in europe, along with his former bandmate from ornette coleman's prime time, bassist jamaladeen tacuma, and miles davis' nephew robert irving III on keys. shannon's also been performing with jamaladeen in a trio that includes jef lee johnson, the gtrist in some of the fieriest incarnations of his band the decoding society. yeah!