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After this trip Reid started playing with some of the big names of Jazz and black music, including [[James Brown]], [[Sun Ra]], [[Ornette Coleman]], and [[Miles Davis]] (on the album ''Tutu'').

In 1969 Reid was arrested as conscientious objector. In an interview he affirms he didn't want to have anything to do with the war in Vietnam.

Nessa, Tribe, ESP, Strata-East were some indie labels that shared the same radicalism as Reid, regarding matters such as the importance of pure music, the affirmation of black society, etc. At the same time new kinds of music groups, who worked out more as communes, were starting to form, such as Sun Ra's Arkestra, the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]], Black Artist's Group, Tribe.

In the early seventies Reid started his own label, Mustevic Sound Inc., obviously self-produced and distributed.

In 1969 Reid was arrested as a conscientious objector. In an interview he affirms he didn't want to have anything to do with the [[war in Vietnam]].

Reid has now been living in Europe for several years (Lugano, Switzerland) and has released several recordings for labels such as Soul Jazz records in London, UK, and German jazz label CPR. For the past few releases, his ensemble has been based around Reid himself, Chuck Henderson (soprano saxophone; previous saxophonist Lena Bloch, tenor sax, left for the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] to play with the UMass Amherst jazz ensemble), Boris Netsvetaev (piano; living in Hamburg, Germany) and Chris Lachotta (double-bass; living in Munich, Germany).

[[Nessa]], [[Tribe]], [[ESP]], and [[Strata-East]] were some indie labels that shared the same radicalism as Reid, regarding matters such as the importance of pure music, the affirmation of black society, etc. At the same time new kinds of music groups, who worked out more as communes, were starting to form, such as Sun Ra's [[Arkestra]], the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]], [[Black Artist's Group]], and Tribe.

In the early seventies Reid started his own label, Mustevic Sound Inc., obviouslywhich was self-produced and distributed.

Reid has now been living in Europe for several years ([[Lugano]], [[Switzerland]]) and has released several recordings for labels such as [[Soul Jazz]] records in London, UK, and German jazz label CPR. For the past few releases, his ensemble has been based around Reid himself, [[Chuck Henderson]] (soprano saxophone; previous saxophonist [[Lena Bloch]], tenor sax, left for the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] to play with the UMass Amherst jazz ensemble), [[Boris Netsvetaev]] (piano; living in Hamburg, Germany) and [[Chris Lachotta]] (double-bass; living in Munich, Germany).

== Music ==