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Greg Tate conducts members of the band Burnt Sugar, the Arkesta Chamber. (Photo: Getty Images)
BITCHES BREW

The Black Jesus of post-structuralism

The Bay Area writer and art curator Kwadwo Duane Deterville shares his thoughts on Greg Tate’s legacy and gifts to Black culture in the 20th entury

  • Kwadwo Duane Deterville
9 min read
Greg Tate conducting at the 2009 NYC Winter Jazzfest; Tate could call out Michael Jackson and name each facet of his gift in the same breath; bass player Charles Mingus. (Hiroyuki Ito/Getty; Patrick Kovarik/AFP and Bettmann)
ARTHUR JAFA

Greg Tate: Possessed by Mingus

When news of the passing of pre-eminent cultural critic Greg Tate reverberated around the globe, poet, choreographer and essayist Harmony Holiday composed an ode to his legacy

  • Harmony Holiday
7 min read