Up N Bronzeville...
ANCESTRAL RESURRECTION
Making a Sacred Space….
Yesterday at the wall was just heavenly!
After we prayed...
and after we played… Sacred Space…
I felt we had a visit from you... Dr. Cssiddha Webber
and from other musical Spirits that came to dwell....
and 2 enjoy the vibrations
of the music
that that we played …
that we made …
and to be glad...
that we were creating a Sacred Space
a Sacred place..
with our neighbors in the commUnity.
It was a lovely vibe…
Up N Bronzeville...
BLACK ART MATTERS!
Duryving Ternoir...Trumpet
the longest standing member of
the Ancestral Resurrection Ensemble..
in its various incarnations over several decades....
Tiona ...flautist...
Administrator with the Universal Alley Jazz Jam Committee
Aki Antonia
Composer, Keyboardist with Ancestral Resurrection
Commissioned composer of the song "Have A Dream"
for the Have A Dream Mural Dedication - c 2015
Rhonda Gray
Visual artist... on the Earth Is Not Our Home Mural
and the Have A Dream Mural and vocalist with
Ancestral Resurrection.
and the community stopped 2 pray and recite the
Lord's Prayer... U as Me... community
Aki Antonia, Rhonda Gray, Tiona...
some of the keepers of the Cosmic Musical
💥energy of Ancestral Resurrection...
We were…
“Revitalizing the Community Through Art and Culture”…
WE are Ancestral Resurrection and
We were at the Earth Is Not Our Home ...Mural Wall
created and painted by Dr. Cssiddha Webber with community artists.
We are Ancestral Resurrection. 👁
playing 2 the Ancestors ….🎶
communing with the community... with social distance
with the public simply "waking" and walking by with their pets
or gliding by on the bus on Martin Luther King Drive...
We were creating a Sacred Space…today…
where one can stop... meditate ...
and let out some tears..
Diffuse some fears...
Wail.. Prevail...
Sing a prayer...and exhale...
Sing the blues or some funk…
Chant... N2 the quiet
or quietly scream...
Read Cssiddha ’s poetry and flow...
Just be still and know....
b in homage to the Creator..
b still in the word..
dwell in the memories ...
of your Sankofa bird
Where one can....
enjoy the Akan Adrinkra symbols
which include...
Gyname …Only God
and a Sankofa Bird….
which encourages us to return 2 our roots…
read the Lord’s prayer…
Earth Is Not Our Home vibrates color…
and Cosmic African energy..
It is a juxtaposition of scriptures, poetry, intense colors
and green foliage...
which grows through the surrounding concrete remnants
of an ancient Bronzeville trolley car.
We are Ancestral Resurrection Ensemble.. rising…
One of the final incarnations of Dr Cssiddha’s band of many decades
keeping the legacy... keeping the vibe… of his free styled JaZZ
with the whispers …and echoes of a futuristic past…
A smattering of Sun Ra..
AACM…
Art Ensemble..
A.I.R.
Kelan Phil Cohran
blending with the present future...🎶
of sounds..and the cosmic energies of💥Tiona on flute...
Duryving Ternoir on trumpet....🎺
Composer, Aki Antonia on keys🎹🎹
Rhonda Gray... on vocals 🎤..& Visual artist on the Murals
Musically flowing at his mural on 40th and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive..
titled ‘Earth Is Not Our Home’
It was created in the early 90's by Dr. Cssiddha Webber where he engaged community artists... to come and paint as well.
It was remixed and repainted by him 2014.
This mural sits right across the street from his mural title Have A Dream
which was created in 1995 and repainted in 2015.
Dr. Cssiddha Webber speaks in interview with Bronzeville Art Blog
on the restoration and remix of the
Have A Dream Mural on 40th and King Drive in Bronzeville. 2014
Cssidha, known as Dr. Csiddha Webber was a theologian, a naprapath,
an artist-muralist and a poet.
He created a musical component to express poetry, spiritual concepts and named his ensemble, The Ancestral Resurrection Ensemble.
There have many performers who have performed with his band over several decades.
This one represents some of players who have performed which him in the period of the last several years circa 2009-2020.
Ancestral Resurrection has performed for several decades in many settings including art galleries, live art performance settings, most recently at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Sharpenburg Gallery at the Dank Haus, the University of Chicago - Make Music Chicago and at Dr. Cssiddha Webber's summer music series called the "Universal Alley Jazz Jam".
The Universal Alley Jazz Jam emerged on this scene as part of a long continuum of summer Jazz Festivals and Jazz Jams" in the community which started with
Jazz in the Alley at Pop's Garage...which featured Jimmy Ellis...on 50th St. on Chicago's Southside and Oshun's "Jazz in the Alley" held in the area of 33rd st .
" Jazz in the Alley evolved to "Jazz in the Valley"... because of the neighborhood on 50th and Champaign is nicknamed the Valley.. To eliminate confusion over the similar names of the summer Jam sessions, Dr. Webber changed his Jam to
The Universal Alley Jazz Jam.
He has been a part of the Black Arts cultural arts scene for many decades.
As a muralist, he has painted and or added poetry to over 40 murals, including the wall on 50th st at the original Jazz in the Alley.
We were rehearsing...for our performance at the
Hyde Park Jazz Fest 2020...Back Alley Jazz pop up on August 22, 2020.
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are by Aki Antonia c 2020
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