Bert Reid
19?? - Dec 12, 2004
Received this from John Parker of the Dance Music Hall of Fame who in turn received it from Brian Chin:
I just received this from Brian Chin:
December 15, 2004
To everyone I know, and please pass along these details:
I'm very sad to let my friends in music know that Bert Reid passed away Sunday, December 12 of lung cancer.
Bert was, of course, a key figure to our musical history since the very beginning of disco, when he was blowing us down with his sax in the horn section of Crown Heights Affair. Pull out your copy of "Dreamin' a Dream" and play both versions and you'll see there's more music in those two cuts than in the entirety of today's top 50. And I mean the pop top 50.
He became even more central to the evolution of music in the post-disco period, by the fusion of dance electronics with hardcore R&B elements, in progressive, atmospheric and wonderfully tuneful records like "I'll Do Anything for You" by Denroy Morgan, "Do It to the Music" by Raw Silk, and "I Hear Music in the Streets" and "Searching to Find the One" by Unlimited Touch, to name just a couple. His example of combining strong songwriting mechanics with the eclectic, enthusiastic fusion of the old and the new remains obvious in the later records of everyone from Madonna, Full Force, Teddy Riley and Robert Clivilles/David Cole all the way up to the crunkmasters of today who are using the same early-80s keyboard sounds.
Bert's viewing (5PM to 7PM) and funeral (7 PM) are tomorrow (Thursday December 16) at the Christian Cultural Center, 12020 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11207, phone: (718) 306-1000. Directions at this link: http://www.cccinfo.org/ccc_info.asp?ID=38.
In remembrance, with love, respect and gratitude,
Brian Chin
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R.I.P.
I had the pleasure of 1)know Bert, 2) sharing an apartment for quite a while with Bert, 3)and more importantly working with Bert for over 15 years on many musical projects as a member of Crown Heights Affair, and on other musical projects. Its true that Bert was a caring, thoughtful, very meticulous artist, whom I learned a lot from, on and off the stage and recording studio. He was (and still is in my spirit), like a brother to me. We went through a lot together (good and bad), but, he was one of the few people that I could bare my soul and share my stories of life with.......I have, and will continue to miss him, but, more importantly, I will think of him whenever I play or sing a song by Crown Heights Affair, or anyone else for that matter, because that's how much I have had in common musically with my long time friend ...Bert Reid.
God Bless
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