Black Artists Group

Black Artists Group

The Black Artists Group (BAG) was a multidisciplinary arts collective that existed in St. Louis, Missouri from 1968 to 1972.

Members included saxophonists Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, J. D. Parran, Hamiet Bluiett, and Luther Thomas; trumpeters Baikida Carroll and Floyd LeFlore; trombonist Joseph Bowie; drummers Bensid Thigpen and Charles "Bobo" Shaw; bassist Arzinia Richardson; stage directors Malinke Robert Elliott, Vincent Terrell, and Muthal Naidoo; poets Ajule (Bruce) Rutlin and Shirley LeFlore; dancers Georgia Collins and Luisah Teish; and painters Oliver Jackson and Emilio Cruz.

External links

* [http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6489.html BAG page] from Washington University in St. Louis site
*A 2004 [http://www.thecommonspace.org/2004/12/communities.php article] on BAG's music wing
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15821 Poets of Action: The Saint Louis Black Artists' Group, 1968-1972]

References

* Looker, Benjamin. 2004. BAG: Point from which creation begins : the Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press. ISBN 1883982510

ee also

*Black Arts Movement
*Harlem Renaissance


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