Saturday, December 29, 2012

and jazz and gold...

Snowballs
And
Beef fried rice
Ice
And
Winter

The years visiting the Cape Cod canal

And jazz and gold

Friday, December 28, 2012

Eubie Blake (1887-1983) quote...

"Be grateful for luck.  Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds.  And don't hate nobody." -Eubie Blake

Thursday, December 27, 2012

time lapse sea...

Taillights bright red on the rainy street
Wheels splashing the train whistle's song
Headlamps streak
In the time lapse morning
On the time lapse sea
Sailing

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

merry Christmas and the best 2013...

Trees and train whistles,
garland and gulls -
sailing home.

painting by Jean

Saturday, December 22, 2012

in 50 degrees...

In 50 degrees
On the trees
Just
A dance
Bird
And
Branch berry and the last leaf falling
Venetian pigeons
Rain
And
Splash
The sailcloth curtain on the hallway door
A Paris cafe
Hemingway

Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!

charlie shavers trumpet man (1920-1971)...


Friday, December 21, 2012

miles to go the painting...


Thursday, December 20, 2012

leRoy neiman (1921-2012)...


all a yes...

Beautiful saxophone player in New York City
On a LeRoy Neiman poster
The street 52nd Street paint and jazz and print
Bird
All
On orange and brown paper
Splashed with gold the Onyx the night
All a Yes

Beautiful girl in Paris
On a
Paris Poster
Orange and brown paper
Paint and river and music
Dexter Gordon the Cafe the night
All a Yes

Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Saturday, December 15, 2012

trees and train whistles...

Trees and train whistles,
garland and gulls -
sailing home.

eubie blake (1887-1983)...


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

charles 'buddy' bolden, cornetist (1877-1931)...


old walls...

New poetry
The old walls
Paintings
And
Ribbon
Matisse Monet
Manet
Buddy Bolden say
Old walls

Hemingway

Ripples in a river
Going by

Monday, December 10, 2012

flying at the ell redux...

Flying at the ell
Tea in the evening before the night
A perfect formation
A perfect flight
&
Trumpets there
Pianos & fruit bread too
Flying at the ell

Miles to go

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Dave Brubeck...





"It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me."
-Dave Brubeck

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

jazz in paris...






Jazz in Paris

a broken tear in the Picasso tree -

inexorably.

ferlinghetti...