A little something for my friends from John Coltrane and his friends.
What is it about this Green Dolphin Place? I guess we have to find out more about it. Again we go there and find Coltrane and more greats. Ah time travel. Who would have ever thought it was possible!
I have presented other old videos from the Green Dolphin circa 1960 with greats like Marian McPartland, John Coltrane. There was someone there to catch this and save it for us. One wonders who that was and how these films exist. There is someone in the back of this room behind the camera and equipment that I admire. Thank you unknown engineer. Thank you. And you out there, the next time you cross a bridge, thank the engineer. We are listening to landmark performances a good engineer recorded and no one wrote his name down. Same with the bridge.
Who is the Blue Cat? That is the question. At times he is a stray, at times F.D. Reeve himself. Certainly the best collection of poems I’ve read in a long while. F.D. Reeve is a little bit of Eliot and a smidgeon of Pound with a wink. At first I was skeptical. “Oh God, he’s breaking into French.” In my case it was the cd which turned me around and made the experience enlightening. The book is accompanied by a cd with readings by F.D. Reeve and music by Exit 59. This poetry is playful, almost like a cat playing with a ball of fluff. The music is good jazz which compliments a good reading by Reeve.
Let’s face it I’m a sucker for poetry with good music. My associates and I have been mixing the music with poetry for several years so I know the challenge in front of Exit 59. The reading by F.D. Reeve is really full of character and wit. The jazz by Exit 59 is superb. These guys did a wonderful job of adding music that makes me play the cd often. In fact it’s headed to my IPOD. The music is good folks. The poetry is excellent and together they break new ground for poetry. F.D. Reeves is a literary poet of the caliber of Pound and these poems combine humor and wit to make a statement of our times as well as the human condition. I highly recommend this book. You will love it. I also highly recommend the accompanying cd. Awesome!
The Return of the Blue Cat
F.D. Reeve
Other Press LLC
New York, NY
This is a great video from The Allen County Arts Council in Scottsville, Ky. Beautifully filmed and the music is good. The art is worth the effort. I like the ending.
I found this video while surfing links to this site. Some come through our associations, this one through my friend, Chris Carmichael. I looked over at the wave next to my surfboard and ended up somewhere in Kentucky listening to Eddie Pennington and Tommy Emmanuel playing Guitar Rag. Surfing, surfing, end up where? Oddly enough wherever you land you sometimes find talent, this time in Kaintuck, and these guys can play!
If you watched the other video, you’ll have to turn the volume up for this one.
Features Clora’s great horn , voice and, oh yes, on piano, Roger Fleming, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Bruz Freeman, Walter Benton on tenor and trumpeter Normie Faye
She toured with Billie Holiday, and she is the only woman trumpet player who ever recorded with Dizzy Gillespie and played with Charlie Parker.
The ladies haven’t finished their work. It’s still hard for a young lady to be properly recognized for talent with an instrument. We have to mention male names for reference to the trumpet, don’t we? I’m being harsh because it’s common for musicians to mention with whom they played. It’s their resume.but these recordings show talent equal to Charlie and Dizzy. Where were her trips to Europe? To say ladies like Clora and Marian McPartland were breaking ground is an understatement. It was more like concrete. It still is.
if you came here looking for an Wiki on Clora Bryant, here it is.
There is another place where anyone should be proud to be as well, Old Dominion University did this exhibition on Women in Jazz
Another place she is showing up is
THE GIRLS IN THE BAND a film by One Step Productionstells the “poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day.“
Here is an excellent article about Clora by Judy Tweet who has a new book called WOMEN WHO DARED
This is a very good interview with a great lady:
This sweet video shows the mentor:
Reasearch always turns up a surprise or two, like this poem for Clora by Professor McNair We like his panache whatever that it is. Did I say we? There I go again. There are just Tigger and me and these chickens.
The Girls in the Band
Produced by Judy Chaikin, Michael Greene, Nancy Kissock. Executive producer, Greene. Co-producer, Hugh M. Hefner. Directed by Judy Chaikin. Written by Chaikin, Edward Osei-Gyimah
david michael jackson july 19,2012 editors@artvilla.com send caramel kisses
Yes it is the most unnoticed album in the history of albums. Too bad the guys only did one album because these instrumentals are special.
“Dreamy new age guitar noodlings go with rainy days and cafes better than umbrellas and lattes.”
……Nick Dedina Listen.com
Thanks Nick but a lot of good it did. This is one of my albums. It’s one of those to throw against the wall in my angst. You know, one of those times where you really thought the world should beat its way to the door but that’s not how it ends. Time just goes by and so many albums are lost because they were published. All most hear, or will ever hear are clips. Putting it up for sale is very much like hiding the candle until someone pays to see the light. If no one ever pays, then no one ever sees the light.
It “don’t matter anyway”. I’m singing in the wilderness of a billion websites. Here I’ll knock down this tree, see if it makes a sound. Ain’t nobody out there but them chickens and they’s eatin’ corn. Quit whining and get back to work, Jackson.
Right Like it Is Concert
There were times when
cliche wasn’t necessary when
the music flowed like a
winter stream
through the snow,
like water flowing over rocks
in a tiny nook
near a spring.
There are times when
the air vibrates and
times when it does not
silence is golden
only because the
bird sings.
david michael jackson july 16, 2012 editors@artvilla.com send Gandhi
