Smooth Jazz / flows through evening streets / pooling in the tarmac and concrete / Liquid Soul
I wrote this on the train after having the actual experience. I’d been having a coffee while a 3 piece jazz band unexpectedly started playing the song As Time Goes By not far from me. It was a perfect night. :D
Your poetry blues sing over me / like wet kisses nipping my neck slow jazz dances / all through my head, dripping warmly / down my ba…
This was written about a song that was written for me. The song was called Lullaby. / © 1995
During the latter part of 2007, I discarded my self-imposed restrictions on my artistic creativity. I began to draw frequently once again…
I remember that first time, / When; one sweet jazz / Sunday afternoon, / I first saw Tubby at the As. We caught the bus from Blackpool, ...
I used to live in Blackpool when I was a teenager and although it was a lively seaside town, it was not the centre of the jazz universe. So a group of us used to travel to by bus Manchester for a Sunday afternoon jazz session at the Astoria Ballroom, known to us as the ‘As’. This poem is my memory of the day we saw the late great Tubby Hayes who was only fifteen at the time. He went on to be one the greatest tenor sax players Britain has ever produced and famously featured with Ronnie Scott in the ‘Jazz Couriers’, but died tragically when in his 30s
We play We stand in silent meditation / This preface to improvisation / Our music session’s incubation / Waiting for the voice of inspira…
My impression of what it feels like to play freely improvised music with others.
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Tee sale
After much reworking of my original jazz photos; which was manly thanks to the encouragement of my RB friends. I have managed to produce…
I have this re occurring dream about riding around in a big flashy car with Diana Krall and we’re talking about how music and visual art…
From a novel in progress.
Reformation of the jazz language / A channel-er / A medium dweller / Some people write poetry / Some people live poetry / There’s always an …
Mant thanks to all at ‘Dimensions. for featuring my old friend ‘Archie Shepp’ on the home page. Much appreciated… so kind!
Then the music… like all the music I had ever heard / Played by all the musicians I had always wanted to be. / Billie, Prez and Bird; And…
I suppose many rock or jazz fans have speculated about what would have happened if Jimi Hendrix hadn’t died in the seventies. Would he have gone on breaking the boundaries of rock music. Would he have teamed up with the jazz rock school. There were rumours of a collaboration with Miles Davis, or would he turned into ‘an all round entertainer’. / For those of you who don’t know; ‘Parky’ refers to Sir Michael Parkinson who was the host of a very middle-of-the road chat show. ‘Billie’ is Billie Holliday. ‘Prez’ is Lester Young. ‘Bird’ is Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker. ‘The King of the Delta Blues’ is Robert Johnson who seems to have influenced every blues and rock guitarist who has ever played. Now read on…...
“Jazz Rock Jimi Hendrix 05” was featured in the group Impressionist Art Febuary 16,2009 / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolo…
Dark and irretrievable bleakness of the soul punctuated cruelly by the slash of chrome light from the kitchen window. My shadow streaks o…
The cat who plays it must be sad….
A surreal vision I had one day when I heard a saxophone outside and a million other things inside.
JAZZ – HEAD SHOTS / “The Stir of Emotions at the Jazz Café” ~ A PhotoARTgraphy Exhibition ~ “This exhibition is a celebration of mus…
He knew he was something of a relic now but finding her had made him more famous than all his astronaut exploits.
Twisted Tales – Prompt ” Claustrophobic”
Moaning from her rigid lips, / to get what she deserves, / monotonous…
This poem pictures some people who have come into a coffee house to escape the streets and seek musical comfort, with differing results. The fourth dimension is time.
Drifting, creating a / Longing relaxed sensation / Creating sentiment and stir / He barely takes a breath / Linking the soulful music
Written for a challenge…. I experimented with my style here I welcome critical reviews of my work…please bubble me if you have any constructive comments….
Hiding for the rain under a bridge, I looked at the never ending / stream of traffic that descended towards the horizon. A horizon that la…
‘This are moments to remind of when you’re playing at some future concert and need ‘that’.
Please come and join us in a great night out. View Art works from the Art, Craft and Design. Certificate and Diploma students. Plus en…
When Ornette played the blues / He blew with passion not fashion / Freeing jazz from restriction / With conviction
I wrote this poem as my take on an old debate between the anti-free jazz lobby and the musicians who wanted to dumb down jazz (in my opinion) by trying to ‘fit in’ with the current pop music fashions. Also those who try to re-create ‘old’ jazz styles, to make it ‘easier’ for commercial consumption.
Baritone clarinet honks and shouts / The drums attack see the band stride out
I wrote this poem after a gig by the band TYFT for Leeds Jazz in the Wardrobe Leeds exactly three years ago today. September 20 2006. / The band was Hilmarr Jensson – guitar and electronics. Andrew D’Angelo – saxophone and electronics. Jim Black – drums and electronics. / I chose to post this poem completely out of the blue, but I now realise that this was the first gig I took my pal Tanya to and today is her birthday Serendipity rules OK! So Tanya, this is for you! (The gig nearly scared her to death!)
The openings night of Picture that Sound was a great success!! / A big thank you to David Turner and the members of the Jazz band for mak…
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