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Fred Ho
Jazz / Experimental / Other

Matriarchal socialist luddite and baddest bari sax



BROOKLYN, New York
United States

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Last Login:  11/16/2009
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   Fred Ho: General Info
Member Since1/24/2007
Band Websitewww.bigredmediainc.com
Band MembersCurrent Members of the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble:
Fred Ho, baritone sax/leader
Bobby Zankel, alto sax
Salim Washington, tenor sax
Art Hirahara, piano
Wesley Brown, bass
Royal Hartigan, drums/percussion.


Management & Booking:
Spectrum Music
spectrum [at] spectrummusic.net

InfluencesArchie Shepp, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thad Jones, Charles Mingus, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Cal Massey, Max Roach, Korean pansori, Chinese opera and folk music, Leo Parker, Serge Chaloff, Pepper Adams, Chinary Ung, Gerald Fried, Lalo Schiffrin, Earth, Wind and Fire, Azteca, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Mandrill, War, Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chase, Santana, The Beatles, Iron Butterfly, Yes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, The Pyramids, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Kalamu ya Salaam, Isabelle Allende, Jayne Cortez, Sun Ra, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Aretha Franklin, Charles Tolliver, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Raul Salinas, Magdalena Gomez, Chrystos, W.E.B. DuBois, Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin, Mao Zedong, Jose Maria Sison, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, Richard Aoki, Carlos Bulosan, H.T. Tsiang, Lu Xun, Ho Chi Minh, Amilcar Cabral, Frantz Fanon, Dudley Randall, Hoyt Fuller, the Black Arts Movement, the Asian American Movement, Herbert Apthekar, John Bellamy Foster, Albert Memmi, Bernice Johnson Reagon and Sweet Honey in the Rock, Sidney Finkelstein, Eddie Palmieri, Tadao Sawai, Ennio Morricone, Hideakira Sakurai, Kunnihiko Murai, Qiu Jin, Nana ya Asantawa, Lakshimi Bai the Rani of Jhansi, Buddy Rich, Henry Hampton, Paul Robeson, Queen Mother Audley Moore.
Sounds Likean avant garde shaman
Record LabelBig Red Media
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 5 2009 12:00P
Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union - Panel Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 5 2009 7:00P
Morphy Hall Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
Morphy Hall, Humanities Building Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 8 2009 7:00P
Weyerhaueser Chapel at Macalester College (Wicked Theory Book Tour) St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov 9 2009 4:00P
University of Minnesota (Wicked Theory Book Tour) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 13 2009 5:00P
Awarded Harvard Arts Medal at New College Theater Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
Lowell Hall - Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jan 23 2010 9:00P
BAM Cafe - Fred Ho & The Green Monster Big Band Brooklyn, New York
Mar 19 2010 8:00P
Firehouse 12 - Fred Ho & Magdalena Gomez New Haven, Connecticut

Fred Ho's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

10.15.09 -- Cancer Diary No. 31: Committed to Nothing but reMISSION!!!  (view more)

5.25.09 -- Cancer Diary No. 30: Do the Impossible Tonight and Sleep ...  (view more)

FUTURE FORWARD: A VISION FOR REVOLUTION (speech) - 4/09/09  (view more)

Trouble on My Mind: New Challenges for Afro Asian Ascension  (view more)

01.12.09 -- 03.13.09 Cancer Diary No. 29: Trouble On My Mind  (view more)

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   About Fred Ho
Fred Ho is a one-of-a-kind revolutionary Chinese American baritone saxophonist, composer, writer, producer, political activist and leader of the Afro Asian Music Ensemble and the Monkey Orchestra. For two decades, he has innovated an Afro Asian New American Multicultural Music imbedded in the swingest, most soulful and transgressive forms of African American music with the musical influences of Asia and the Pacific Rim. As Larry Birnbaum writes in Down Beat "Fred Ho's style is a genre onto itself, a pioneering fusion of free-jazz and traditional Chinese music that manages to combine truculence and delicacy with such natural ease that it sounds positively organic."

Ho is a prodigious composer, having written over a half dozen critically acclaimed operas, music/theater epics, cutting edge multimedia performance works, martial arts ballet, oratorios and recording over a dozen albums as a leader. Recent commissions include: the nationally toured and celebrated Voice of the Dragon; Josephine Baker's Angels from the Rainbow for Imani Winds; Suite for Matriarchal Shaman Warriors for the unique Asian zither and percussion ensemble IIIZ+ and a Jazz Commissioning Award to compose Suite Sam Furnace (in honor of the late alto saxophonist and 20 year member of the Afro Asian Music Ensemble) from Chamber Music America. The work premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the fall of 2004.

Current blockbuster music/theater projects composed by Ho include: Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!, a martial arts sword epic paying homage to Japanese manga and samurai cult film classics; a new opera Mr. Mystery: The Return of Sun Ra to Save Planet Earth with libretto by Quincy Troupe; and for the Apollo Theater and the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2008 Next Wave Festival Dragon vs. Eagle.

As a musical leader, Fred Ho founded the Afro Asian Music Ensemble in 1982; the Monkey Orchestra in 1990; co-founded the Brooklyn Sax Quartet with David Bindmanin 1997; and recently started Caliente! Circle Around the Sun (featuring Ho's solo baritone saxophone with poets Magdalena Gomez and Raul Salinas).

Fred Ho currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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Jeremiah Jams

Jeremiah Jams



Nov 25 2009 3:08 AM

Thank you for being a friend!!!:) Keep on grooving!!:)
                    Peace,
               Jeremiah Jams

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Andreas Kaling

Andreas Kaling



Nov 10 2009 7:34 AM

Hi Fred, thanks for adding. Sounds interesting and new.
Best wishes from germany
Andreas Kaling



Bits and Watts

Bits and Watts



Nov 6 2009 5:58 AM

Have an upcoming show in Philly? Promote it for free on http://www.bitsandwatts.com
Deep Schrott

Deep Schrott



Oct 26 2009 2:41 PM




Thanks for the add! DEEP SCHROTT - the bass sax quartet.
Georgios

Georgios



Oct 3 2009 6:55 PM

Thanks!
Georgios

Georgios



Oct 1 2009 1:22 PM

Keep it soulful!





saint

saint



Aug 18 2009 9:50 AM

hi fred ! just sending greetings out your way ! its so enjoyable to see your exhuberance in the arts ! im an artist ! and poet ! i would enjoy creating some art for you and your aquaintances ! my art is compared to basquiats , warhol , keith harings ! its no wonder because i had made friends with those talented men , early , as a kid ! ... when you and yours want to attain landmark ! cutting edge ! modern art masterpieces ! call me ! ... besides message me ! stop on my page more often ! if you message me a number we can talk by phone ! maybe we can colaborate on some avant guarde music , art , performance number ! peace and prosperity be yours always ! (((((((( your pal ! the artist , poet , ( m.a.) " saint " ( c . ) 2009 . )))))))) p.s. you know cuban and outsider art is going for record prices now ! write me , comment soon !
Clint Needham

Clint Needham



Aug 10 2009 2:58 PM

Happy Birthday, Fred!!!
Pascal Sieger

Pascal Sieger



Jul 23 2009 5:52 PM

Thanks for the adds, Fred...
Looking forward to seing you in November.
Peace and Love,
pascal
Clint Needham

Clint Needham



Jul 4 2009 5:11 PM

Great to see you at ASCAP Fred! Have a great summer and happy 4th!!!!
Jan

Jan



May 21 2009 5:05 AM

Hi Fred! Great seeing you the other day, cause I was thinking about you. Missed you.
Pascal

Pascal



Apr 21 2009 9:20 AM

Bonjour Fred
Thanks for the friendly add
I like your good sound in your music
Best wishes from France
Pascal
Nikos Brisco

Nikos Brisco



Apr 4 2009 2:36 PM

Hey Fred...Thinking about you brother & wishing You Peace, Luck, Fortune & Health!!!
You are One of a KIND!!!
the blue greens

the blue greens



Mar 31 2009 6:33 PM

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featuring dave hillyard - sax, simon chardiet - guitar
The Blue Greens – Jazz/Blues/RnB
April 2 – New York (Harlem), NY – Shrine
www.shrinenyc.com no cover – music starts at 9 p.m.
sharp!

April 24 – Brooklyn, NY (red hook) – Sunnys
www.sunnysredhook.com no cover – music starts at 10 p.m.


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David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 – Reggae/Jazz/Ska
April 11 – New York (Harlem), NY – Shrine
No cover.
www.shrinenyc.com

www.myspace.com/davidhillyardrocksteady7 for new mp3s

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The Slackers – Ska/Soul/RocknRoll
Booze Cruise!
June 27 – New York, NY – Rocks off Concert Cruise
www.rocksoff.com
Robert de Boron

Robert de Boron



Mar 19 2009 2:37 AM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP & LOVE !

PEACE !!

ROBERT DE BORON
Gravity & Chaos

Chris Sampson



Mar 16 2009 4:53 PM

Fred! You are an inspiration; a force to be reckoned with (as the demons of cancer are learning). Peace to you, my friend and my sincerest hopes for as speedy a recovery as you can muster. We all (all of us here, and all the planet) need you to keep us on the righteous path.
the blue greens

the blue greens



Feb 24 2009 5:37 AM

Check out the Blue Greens live in Brooklyn!
Blues/Jazz/Bop/Bam/Bing/Boom
Feb 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Two Boots
512 2nd st b/w 7th & 8 ave (park slope)
www. twobootsbrooklyn. com - no cover –
-2 sets starting after 9 p.m.
Dave Hillyard (the slackers) – Saxophones
Simon “Barsinister” Chardiet – Guitars
Artie Baguer – Bass
JJ Murphy - Drums
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Nikos Brisco

Nikos Brisco



Jan 27 2009 3:40 AM

LOVE YOU BROTHER!!!
THANK YOU for YOUR WISDOM & STRENGTH!!!
PEACE, HEALTH & FORTUNE!!!
GreekTexan
Еmmanuel Kormann formerly known as Nico Ceaucescu

Еmmanuel Kormann formerly known as Nico Ceaucescu



Dec 30 2008 7:54 PM

Thank you very much, mr. Ho ! I feel honored !
Greetings from Paris,
E.
stephen trohoske/Bassist

stephen trohoske/Bassist



Dec 11 2008 6:00 PM

Fred i am a huge fan!!!! I really love what u do. I would love to get you to Erie sometime to play. ley me know if that is possiable.
Harmony & Blessings:Steve
NewFunkRadio.com

NewFunkRadio.com



Dec 11 2008 4:18 PM





Real Music Made By Real Musicians!


Thx 4 Support!


www. NewFunkRadio. com


 

saint

saint



Nov 25 2008 4:29 AM

FRED ! HAPPY HOLIDAYS ! HEARD YOU ON NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ! THE INTERVIEW WAS INTERESTING !
heres some new work !
do you like cuban artist ?


ARTWORK -" I AM THE ECONOMY " BY artist ( M.A.) " SAINT " ( C.) 2009.



DETAIL OF ARTWORK " THUG MEDITATION " BY artist ( M.A.) " SAINT " ( C.) 2009.






Do I have to change my name
Will it get me far
Should I lose some weight
Am I gonna be a star


I tried to be a boy
I tried to be a girl
I tried to be a mess
I tried to be the best
I guess I did it wrong
That�s why I wrote this song


This type of modern life
Is it for me
This type of modern life
Is it for free


So, I went into a bar
Looking for sympathy
A little company
I tried to find a friend
It�s more easily said
It�s always been the same


This type of modern life
Is not for me
This type of modern life
Is not for free


American life (American life)
I live the American dream (American dream)
You are
Radcliff

Radcliff



Nov 20 2008 6:11 PM

will be there saturday.

Love,
Radcliff
Pregones

Pregones Pregones



Oct 19 2008 2:03 PM

Show Pregones some LOVE! Experience it for the first time, or see it again!

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www. pregones. org
HiDjAzZolOdiQuE

HiDjAzZolOdiQuE



Oct 12 2008 7:50 AM

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