Practice in the rooms at the jazz college,Īll together, it was a cacophony that mingled Only music to make the air sing, bleed, heal. There are no words to express all you did, You, Mingus, and all your peers accomplished. Out into a bereft world and celebrate all Swing, sing, bring all there is in the heart Lovely and heart-wrenching simultaneously Īnd we all weep across the years for you,Īnd now, at this late date, for him as well,Īnd a whole generation of amazing musicians. Your passing, makes profound loss profoundly Through your hat and says goodbye, mourns Whatever the language is, Mingus names you

This collection features 50 gifted poets from places as disparate as Ohio and Nepal, Estonia and Boston, Guyana and Pittsburgh, each publicly sharing their inner world reverence for the culture of jazz music.Īs always, thanks to the poets, and I hope you enjoy.Īt the conclusion of the poems, biographies of the p oets contributing to this collection are listed in the order in which their poems appearedĪdios, Lester, masalama, adieu, sayonara, Their creative languages share the common soil of imagination and improvisation, from which their audiences discover inspiration and spirit, and perhaps even a renewed faith in life itself.

Jazz and poetry have always had a symbiotic relationship. “Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” Roelandt’s art is featured throughout this collection. Her work focuses on the human form faces and nudes, and she finds inspiration by all things beautiful and often by books, music and films. For further information, please see our Privacy policy at.“I Wish I Knew How” is a painting of Nina Simone by Christel Roelandt, a Belgian painter from Ghent in Flanders who now lives in Beirut. Personal data will be kept secure and processed only for matters relating to the appointment. Registered office: 15 Canada Square, London, E14 5GL We are bound by the Insolvency Code of Ethics The Officeholders are Data Controllers of personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018. © 2019 HMV Ecommerce Limited (in administration) The affairs, business and property of the Company are being managed by the Joint Administrators The Joint Administrators act as agents for the Company and contract without personal liability Neil David Gostelow, William James Wright and David John Pike are authorised to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales HMV Ecommerce Limited (In Administration) is registered in England No 08380689.

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