June 23 - New Music America birthdays: George Russell, Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Karl Korte
George Russell 1923 Cincinnati, Ohio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Russell_(composer)
his own website: https://www.georgerussell.com/
He only performed once at the NMA with his Living Time Orchestra, but George Russell brought his work The African Game to us in Philadelphia, and it remains one of my greatest thrills. So much that the drummer flipped a broken stick near the end of the performance and I brought it with me back to Canada where it would be my fan’s talisman for at least few more moves… wonder what a customs agent would think of such a thing in their baggage today?