Vernon Reid
Review from the film Fresh Kill

(Composer) has worked with a wide array of artists including Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society and the jazz-punk-dance band Defunkt in the early 80's. He revived the notion of rock'n'roll as a black art form with the group Living Colour (formed in 1984) and released four albums: VIVID, TIME'S UP, the EP BISCUITS and the latest STAIN since disbanding in 1995. He is the co-founder ,with Greg Tate, of the Black Rock Coalition and has appeared as guest guitarist on the records of a wide array of artists: Jack Dejohnette, Public Enemy, B.B. King, The Ramones, Mariah Carey, Mick Jagger, Tracy Chapman, Eye & I, Family Stand, Carlos Santana, and others. In recent years Reid has composed scores for numerous film and dance projects including Robert Longo's JOHNNY NMEMONIC, the Marlis Yearby Dance Company, the choreographer Ralph Lemon and the acclaimed dance piece STILL/HERE for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company which was presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival.