Benny Golson on sax Go ahead – nod your head. That’s right. Related articles Kenny and Benny Meet Bing and Bong HR Radio Big Band Jon Hammond Reporting from Frankfurt (hammondjazz.wordpress.com)
The Conventional National Convention I
It convenes daily around the national water cooler. “Where’s that?” you ask. Why, one place is at what is fashioned, in the evenings during hard times, as the national hearth – the TV. Also, the newspapers, our more sober voice. And, of course, now, the blogosphere – the kids screaming and barking for attention. All […]
Eating Poetry (XXVI) – “A Contribution to Statistics”
A Contribution to Statistics Out of a hundred people those who always know better -fifty-two doubting every step -nearly all the rest, glad to lend a hand if it doesn’t take too long -as high as forty-nine, always good because they can’t be otherwise -four, well maybe five, able to admire without envy -eighteen, suffering […]
Jazz Is: 16 – “Dat Dere”
“Dis Here?” “Which Where?” More classic notes and frames, from Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1961 Piano and composer: Bobby Timmons Trumpet: Lee Morgan Tenor Sax: Wayne Shorter Bass: Jymie Merritt Drums: Art Blakey Related articles Modern Touring Jazz Artists/Ensembles (ask.metafilter.com) Composer/Trumpeter Guymon Ensley Shares His New Single Entitled “Where Am I Going With […]
How We Lived on It (28) – “Time Was More Important Than Money”
“I still love the idea that poetry comes out of a lived life.” Linda Gregg, was the winner of the 2009 Jackson Poetry Prize. Sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc., the fifty-thousand dollar prize is intended to honor an American poet of exceptional talent who deserves greater recognition. Poets and Writers asked Gregg to offer […]