ALL THE COLORS OF LIFE: A CELEBRATION OF FRED HO April 23, 2014 at 7:30 and 9:30 PMGinny’s Supper Club at Red Rooster Harlem310 Lenox Ave – Harlem, NYTickets $25 – Reservations strongly encouraged (212-421-3821) Join the Eco-Music Big Band in a tribute to its founder, Fred Ho (August 10, 1957 – April 12, 2014)–... Continue reading: See the Concert at Red Rooster, April 23
Folks, Fred Ho passed away Saturday at approximately 7:30 a.m. Although we have been prepared to hear this for a long time, it is still surprising to experience knowing that a person we have laughed with, eaten a meal with, whose music we have enjoyed and whose discussion we have benefited from would suddenly no longer be on this... Continue reading: Fred Ho Has Passed Away, But His Legacy Lives On
Kat Chow does a great job interviewing Fred Ho. Fred opens up about his family life growing up, and gives a surprisingly positive view of life and the prospect of dying. Joseph Yoon gets a few words in as well. When I first walked through the door of Fred Ho’s apartment in the Greenpoint area... Continue reading: A Very Recent Fred Ho Interview on NPR
Friends, Colleagues, Warriors, Join us for ONE MORE CONCERT WITH FRED HO to kick off the Revolutionary Eco-Music Big Band tour! Fred is still up and about, but his health has declined so drastically that he has cancelled most public appearances and refused many of your invitations. That is why we were very surprised that... Continue reading: Fred Ho’s Last Concert(?) This Tuesday!
The Red Black and GreenRevolutionary Eco-Music Tour! February 19-22, 2014, Vermont The Red, Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour will perform the music of two legendary and influential big band jazz composers: Cal Massey, a leading 1960s African-American composer whose long-lost magnum opus “The Black Liberation Movement Suite” is one of the 20th century’s great... Continue reading: Red Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour!: PRESS RELEASE!
Someone on the discoverfredho list just informed me of the passing of Wayne Lum, a New York-based Asian American activist and radical political organizer. He wanted me to convey this sad news to Fred Ho, because they had conversed about Wayne’s cancer diagnosis. But Wayne was known to a great many people, including myself. I... Continue reading: Wayne Lum – The Passing of a Dedicated, No-B.S. Asian American Activist
FILM SCREENINGTWO SHORTS: CANCER WARRIORS and CANCER REVOLUTIONOpening Night of the International Film Festival of ManhattanTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 179:30 p.m.ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES32 Second AvenueNew York, New York 10003 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MANHATTAN will showcase, for their opening night, two shorts made by Mike Schwartz and myself: CANCER WARRIORS and CANCER REVOLUTION. Please attend! Tickets are $14.00. Every... Continue reading: Attend CANCER WARRIORS/CANCER REVOLUTION, Thursday Oct. 17, Anthology Film Archives
LECTURE AND FILM PREVIEW MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TIME: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.LOCATION: University of Connectitut, Asian American Institute, 416 Beach Hall 354 Mansfield Rd. U-2091 Storrs, CT 06269-2091 PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PREMIERE. Students interested in ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, JAZZ STUDIES and DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING should attend this event. Experience a unique chapter in the... Continue reading: Meet the Filmmaker and Watch Footage from the Upcoming Jazz Documentary, FRED HO’S LAST YEAR
Kat Chow does a great job interviewing Fred Ho. Fred opens up about his family life growing up, and gives a surprisingly positive view of life and the prospect of dying. Joseph Yoon gets a few words in as well. When I first walked through the door of Fred Ho’s apartment in the Greenpoint area... Continue reading: A Very Recent Fred Ho Interview on NPR