In it's seventh year of existence, Marvin Tate's d-Settlement still refuses to be defined by the hackneyed definitions that are normally given to music played by black bands by white and black journalists alike, Tate's d-Settlement engulfs all musical styles from opera to funk to dub and turns it into something raw and ironic.

Tonight d-Settlement will be joined by the Ornette Colman influence funk band Jauqo III XUNIT with vocalists, Valerie Gordon. Both Tate and Jauqo have joined forces to start The New Underground Music Collective (N.U.M.C.). Like the AACM or Black Rock Coalition, N.U.M.C. believes in making music that is intelligent, challenging and original. Tonight, Tate will be performing from his new CD, "The Minstrel Show"