Jazz – Nomadics

January 4, 2019

Matthew Shipp & Michael Bisio

Happy New Year! Let me start this year’s bloggin’ with a musical snippet: Matthew Shipp & Michael Bisio playing at The Owl Music Parlor in Brooklyn on 1.3.19. The 7:31 seconds of last night’s gig...

Jazz / Music / Obituaries / Poetry

April 8, 2018

Norman Weinstein’s Homage to Cecil Taylor

Cecil Taylor: Completion Then Scherzo in Mind (1928-2018) : keyboard, acquire roiling equipoise. Who once sent your keys catapulting into free space breathes somewhere his vapor trail here after remains in visible, his touch...

Jazz / Obituaries / Poetry / Uncategorized

April 6, 2018

Cecil Taylor (1929-2018)

Improvisation / Jazz / Poetry

January 10, 2018

Nicole Peyrafitte & Michael Bisio @ Arts For Arts NYC 01/08/2018

(Opening Poem: Sprinkelée) (Closing Poem: Scape)

Jazz / Obituaries

December 24, 2017

Norman Weinstein: Elegy for Roswell Rudd

Elegy for Roswell Rudd: Curtain Calls With Glissandos Galore just nerve-jazzed getting off Wilshire then mysterious left turns then soccer field arises, horizon fills with team of middle-aged realtors, one puts a trombone...

Improvisation / Jazz / Music / Uncategorized

February 2, 2017

Keep Sane: Listen to Music

Given the situation, the need to keep mind on even, working keel is essential — too much reading in the proses of urgency is bad for eyes & mind; close these for a moment but open ears:...

Jazz / Live Reading / Occitan / Performances / Poetry

October 27, 2016

“Porteurs de Mots” Performances Chez Lily in Germ

Serada “Porteurs de Mots” (Part 1) Serada “Porteurs de Mots” (Part 2) Le 25/06/16 Chez Lily à Germ Louron. Video by Frank Morignière with: Corinne Dubarry (accordéon, voix) Arnaud Tartari (gembri, guitare, percussions) Nicole...

Jazz / Music / Uncategorized

March 19, 2016

Miles in Vienna, 1973

For the sheer pleasure of it, this Saturday afternoon, that many years later. Thanks, John. Enjoy. Miles Davis (tpt, org); Dave Liebman (ss, ts, fl); Pete Cosey (g, perc); Reggie Lucas (g); Michael Henderson...

Jazz / Music / Obituaries

December 24, 2013

Yusef Lateef (1920-2013)

Jazz / Poetry / Poetry readings / Poets House

June 27, 2013

Ed Sanders Celebrates 1959

Ed Sanders reading historical hymn to 1959 with the Terri Lyne Carrington ensemble on 26 June, sponsored by Poets House, co-sponsored by the River-to-River Festival and the Battery Park City Authority – See more...