Barbara Leonard Reynolds (born Barbara Dorrit Leonard; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 12, 1915 February 11, 1990), was an American author who became a Quaker, peace activist and educator. She died on 1 April 2009 in Leesburg, Virginia, USA. A. Richards, 38, had come to Madison to meet Dr. Leonard and learn more of Leonard's original perspectives on English usage. Im glad that black network was there.. She was previously married to Marshall Thompson. Hiroshima: Vocals, Vocals (Background) 1979 : Hiroshima: Hiroshima: Vocals : 1962 : A Swingin' Affair: Dexter Gordon: Original Liner Notes . On one hand, hes intelligent, erudite and serious. But we all grew up listening to people like Santana, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson. Related To Mark Long, John Long, Mildred Long, Stuart Long, Tyler Long. This West Coast band of Japanese Americans has won quite a following over the last six years by blending elements of pop and jazz with traditional Japanese instruments, creating an extremely palatable, if often emotionally pallid, fusion of the familiar and the exotic. Almost immediately she was caught up in the needs of Cambodian refugees fleeing "the Killing Fields" of Pol Pot. Photo courtesy of Hirano. Synths and drum machines were deployed effectively on East, where Hiroshima combined everything from AOR and avant-garde, to electronica, funk, jazz, New Age, pop, R & B and rock. Or how about naming a band--Asian or otherwise--that features a woman playing the koto, an ancient Japanese stringed instrument? This is high-class stuff. Both East and Providence are carefully crafted albums from Hiroshima, a multitalented band. Indignant at having to pay taxes for war, Barbara deliberately lived below the poverty level so she wouldn't owe taxes. Its not throwaway music., Kuramoto was very careful about what he said. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1952), All in the Same Boat (with Earle Reynolds, 1962), The Story of Leopons (with Hiroyuki Doi, 1967), Cry to Your Heart's Content (unpublished), A Walk Through the Peace Park (unpublished), Sailing into Test Waters in Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence (by Pam McAllister, 1982), A Little Toad Shall Lead Them? In 1954, Reynolds and her family sailed around the world in the Phoenix of Hiroshima, a yacht that Earle had designed. This rested in Hiroshimas innovative genre-melting sound that incorporated everything from ambient and avant-garde, to funk, fusion and jazz-funk, to pop, R&B and rock. For Hiroshima, this was the end of the road at Epic. It will be necessary to think of another way to share these stories. He also wrote Time On The Nile with Kimo Cornwell, while the pair wrote Island World with Dean Cortez. "Hiroshima: August 6, 1990 in memory of my mother" (poem), Japan Times, May 2, 1995. All New CDs are factory sealed in shrink wrap. "Barbara Reynolds: Friend of the Hibakusha," in Lives That Speak: Stories of 20th-century Quakers. Dan Kuramoto's solos on the flute, saxophone and Japanese wooden flute added a more conventional jazz-fusion seasoning. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to view this site in optimal condition. Dont listen to that (junk), Kuramoto snapped. Lets face it. Walking along a Hiroshima street one day, Barbara was stopped by a hesitant woman in full kimono. Barbara is Kashin or Goddess of Flowers according to Dr. Tomin Harada. And weve been treated well. Machum. Garvier Products Co., Ltd. Hiroshima, 1998. "Make Way for 1984 Wonder Women and a Special 'Woman of Courage,'" Schenectady Gazette, November 10, 1984. Biography [ edit] Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima's leader, is from East Los Angeles. R81873, 9Aug51, Field Enterprises, inc. (PWH); Best Toys for Children and Their Selection, self-published, 1925