Tagged: jazz
between the walls of
between the walls of
our unit, the pipes are heating
up tonight, scatting
a rhythm familiar
only to the oldest tenants
.
20221210:0020
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once in awhile, here
once in awhile, here
meets there, then meets
now, it shouldn’t take
two measures of
courage to ask
for a dance
.
20170626:2159
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seriously, you
seriously, you
are not missing a thing by
any stretch of my
imagination – it takes
two strings to reroute the blues
.
20130716:2242
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a shot of jazz
a shot of jazz can
renew acquaintances – an
oldie, but goodie
.
20130620:2324
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you are teaching me
you are teaching me
to wrap my
listening around
Toninho Horta’s broken
voice, a funny
valentine of sorts –
no agenda, no other
consideration, but
a weakness for
amar como te amo
.
20130109:0806
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there are some things
there are some things
for which you still
go into
Manhattan –
your borrowed
books, a certain
kind of jazz, the
Union Square
fishermen, that
old Hollywood
grit, a catalogued
indulgence
.
20110930:0821
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from the harmonic
from the harmonic
analysis of your
nodes, to the way
you lean into the
dissonance of
each bud cluster,
you climb the
fence with a little
bit of jazz, trained
to espalier like
a winged
cross-rhythm
.
20110825:0859
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let us rehearse this
let us rehearse this
note, and no other — under-
neath your fearless coat
.
20100524:2246
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