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First solo cd
Album cover of Silent Knight's first solo CD, "Fall of Ignorance".
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"With lots of help, my first solo offering "Fall Of Ignorance" was released. This album was recorded at a number of studios,…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"With lots of help, my first solo offering "Fall Of Ignorance" was released. This album was recorded at a number of studios,…
Solo road
Photograph of Silent Knight on the Calhoun St. Bridge connecting Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, PA.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"After releasing music and growing my stage presence with Unstoppable Unity, it was time to…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"After releasing music and growing my stage presence with Unstoppable Unity, it was time to…
Knowledge Over Nonsense
Photograph of Silent Knight with Queens based producer and emcee Kon Boogie, who at the time this photo was taken went by KON.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Then in 2001, through a chance meeting (or fate) Monk and I…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Then in 2001, through a chance meeting (or fate) Monk and I…
Real recording
Photograph of Silent Knight pictured with Arcane at his first real recording session.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Once I saw how positively Monk reacted to what I'd been writing, a fire was lit. I called my brother Arcane…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Once I saw how positively Monk reacted to what I'd been writing, a fire was lit. I called my brother Arcane…
Silent Knight
Silent Knight logo and the photograph the logo design was based on.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"The fact that I would keep my art so close to my heart and not share, along with my shy and quiet demeanor, would eventually…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"The fact that I would keep my art so close to my heart and not share, along with my shy and quiet demeanor, would eventually…
Turning point
Photo of notebook collection that SK has used for his writing for decades.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"But then, things would change. I stopped feeling comfortable sharing my rhymes. I was writing every day at this point,…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"But then, things would change. I stopped feeling comfortable sharing my rhymes. I was writing every day at this point,…
The time in between
Cassette tape insert from Silent Knight's timeline exhibit and photo of him with his cousins.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Following the first song, my cousins and I would make our own music and artwork to go with it. Young…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Following the first song, my cousins and I would make our own music and artwork to go with it. Young…
First "song"
Photograph of Jason Fraticelli (Silent Knight) as a child.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"At 10 years old, I wrote my first (short) song, at the kitchen table in Brooklyn NY."
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"At 10 years old, I wrote my first (short) song, at the kitchen table in Brooklyn NY."
The early years
Photograph of Jason Fraticelli (Silent Knight) as a baby.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1983, Silent Knight (also known by "SK") arrived into a musical family, The Fraticelli's. SK's parents and…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1983, Silent Knight (also known by "SK") arrived into a musical family, The Fraticelli's. SK's parents and…
Silent Knight - Timeline Cover
Cover image for the Raíces Roots Music Exhibit Series timeline exhibit 'Silent Knight'
First tapes
Photographs of Silent Knight and Monk.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"And then one day, the "shell" was broken, the figurative armor let down. Sitting in an apartment in Staten Island, after talking for hours about life,…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"And then one day, the "shell" was broken, the figurative armor let down. Sitting in an apartment in Staten Island, after talking for hours about life,…
First music released
Photograph of Unstoppable Unity
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Unstoppable Unity (SK, KON, and MONK) put 3 of their songs on a CD-R and sold them at shows. The response was great, and motivated us to keep creating."
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Unstoppable Unity (SK, KON, and MONK) put 3 of their songs on a CD-R and sold them at shows. The response was great, and motivated us to keep creating."
The Rising Cafe
Photograph of Silent Knight his first time performing on stage at the Rising Cafe.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"My first time on stage. After meeting KON, the 3 of us started performing at the Rising Cafe in Park Slope…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"My first time on stage. After meeting KON, the 3 of us started performing at the Rising Cafe in Park Slope…
Douglass Family Picture
Left to right: Mohammed Talukder, his father-in-law Wadud Pathan, and his mother-in-law Lily Pathan
Committee Meeting
Pictured at the podium is Mohammed Talukder speaking at a Bangladeshi committee which was committed to helping former Paterson mayor Bill Pascrell secure a U.S. congressional position
¡Retumba! Full Company
Company photograph taken at an outdoor Performance in Lancaster, Pennsylvania featuring the music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
Central Park Garden
Pictured are Mohammed and Shirin Talukder in London's Central Garden Park weeks before having their third child
Dhaka Rashid Building Family Picture
Mohammed and Shirin Talukder pictured with their two children at the Dhaka Rashid Building which was government-given housing
Nigerian Head of State Obasanjo at Epe General Hospital
Head of State Obasanjo, second from left, went to visit the Epe General Hospital where Mohammed Talukder on the right with his back turned is speaking about how the surgical skills were improved at the hospital as well as how there was more…
House in Ibiade, Nigeria
Shirin Talukder pictured with her two children in front of their house in Ibiade
Cultural Collaboration
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira), Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga), and Instrutora Canarinha (Capoeira Sol Nascente) taking a group photo after their collaborative demonstration of the rhythms and movements of capoeira at the…
Djembe
Close up of Professora Amazonas playing the djembe drum at the March 8, 2020 event “Celebrating Women in World Music” hosted by 10PRL in Long Branch, NJ.
Professora Amazonas - Drummer
Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira demonstrates African rhythms on the djembe drum.
Playing Agogô
Instrutora Cuica of Capoeira Mandinga demonstrates the agogô, in collaboration with Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, at the March 8, 2020 “Celebrating Women in World Music” event.
Agogô
The agogô is a set of bells used in the batería of capoeira and throughout the African diaspora .