Zulu Ahki Joe Conzo's Born In The Bronx

Taken from http://www.urb.com/permalink/1494/A-Vital-American-History.html further thanks to Sistah Christie at : Tools Of War keep spreading the Truth. EDITOR'S NOTE: When we did a feature on Afrika Bambaataa and were searching for gut-kicking, knee-buckling vintage pics, cultural historian Joe Conzo stepped right up and sorted us out, with no real concern for pay. That's the kind of drive this gentleman and scholar has, and his new book is a long-overdue chronicle of a time and place when and where the global music and culture that would speak to both the end of a century and the birth of a new millennium was being created. 'Right on! Forget everything you think you know about the Original School and how it's been paraded out to the point of redux, and get your head around these pages. From our inbox to our screen, here's te press release and info on a gang of well-worth-your-time events: Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop Edited by Johan Kugelberg Photographs by Joe Conzo Foreword by Afrika Bambaataa Original Flyer Art by Buddy Esquire Timeline by Jeff Chang Born in the Bronx is a striking anthology of Hip Hop's baby steps. Not only does it capture the emergence of a burgeoning culture but also the fashion and character of the surrounding community. From rare photographs of MC's and DJs to records, flyers, and other ephemera, writer Johan Kugelberg has pulled together the scattered remains of a movement that never has its eye on posterity. The book includes the improvisational artwork of previously unpublished street flyers of the era, Polaroids buried for decades in basements across the Bronx, and testimonials from the most scholarly historians of Hip Hop culture - the legends and pioneers who lived it! Through Born in the Bronx, Joe Conzo (described by The New York Times as "the chronicler who took hip hop's baby pictures") presents a unique cross-section of an explosive and experimental time in music history. - Hip Hop's first photographer, Joe Conzo provides the majority of images of legends and urban scenes from 1977-1982. Additional photos were contributed by fellow pioneering documentarians Charlie Ahearn and Henry Chalfant. - Photos feature The Cold Crush Brothers, Treacherous 3, Afrika Bambaataa, Busy Bee, Run DMC, Wayne "The Hip Hop Ventriliquist" & Charlie, Fantastic Romantic, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Funky Four + 1, Kool DJ AJ Scratch, GrandWizzard Theodore and more. - Flyers created by Buddy Esquire feature Hip Hop jams from 1978-1985. Obscure flyers advertise early Hip Hop jams in Brooklyn, Queens and even Connecticut! - Essays were contributed by legends: GrandMaster Caz, JDL, Joe Conzo, Mare 139, GrandWizzard Theodore, LA Sunshine and Jorge "Fabel" Pabon plus a poem by DJ Disco Wiz and an interview with Buddy Esquire. - The hard cover is embossed. The dust cover unfolds to reveal a poster: "The Hip Hop Map of the Bronx" by Joe Conzo and Tony Tone. Born in The Bronx 9 X 11 inches / 200 illustrations HC ISBN: 978-0-7893-1540-3 $45.00 US / $57.00 Can / £25.00 UK Rizzoli New York www.rizzoliusa.com Release date: November 9th, 2007 Upcoming Sept. 17 - Nov. 19, 2007 The Fort Apache Connection Exhibit Opening: Oct. 3rd from 5-9 pm. Closing: Nov. 7th from 5-9 pm. Artists: Bob Haozous (Ft. Sill - Chiricahua Apache), Carm Little Turtle (Apache/Tarahumara), Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache/Akimel O'odham), Jason Lujan (Chiricahua Apache), Pena Bonita (Apache/ Seminole) with a special digital media presentation of Joe Conzo, Jr.'s (Boricua) photography, as a historical introduction to this exhibition. Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture 450 Grand Concourse & 149th St. Bronx, NY 10451 www.hostos.cuny.edu Oct. 4: Fort Apache Revisited: Panel Discussion 7 pm. FREE! Curator, Nadema Agard (Cherokee/ Lakota/Powhatan). Panelists: Bob Haozous, Carm Little Turtle, Joe Conzo Jr., Marta Moreno Vega, Ph.D. and Nicholasa Mohr. Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture 450 Grand Concourse at 149th St. Bronx, NY 10451. hostos.cuny.edu Oct. 6: Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2007 Weekend Joe Conzo and GrandMaster Caz present Born in the Bronx: Slide Show and Artist Discussion from 2 pm-4pm powerHouse Arena 37 Main St. Brooklyn, NY 11201. powerhousebooks.com Nov. 9: Artists Reception with Janette Beckman (The Breaks: Stylin' and Profilin' 1982-1990) and Joe Conzo (Born in the Bronx). 6 pm - 9 pm. Music by GrandWizzard Theodore. Exhibition Dates: November 3-11, 2007 at The Windows of The powerHouse Arena 37 Main St, Brooklyn, NY 11201. powerhousebooks.com