Sunday, November 30, 2014

listening to the great bebop crowd...

On fire
Burning
Listening to the great bebop crowd
Chan's
Live
Saxophones
Dick Johnson
Bap! Bap!
Greg Abate
Bap!
Bap! Bap!
Todd Baker bass
Greg Wardson piano
Gary Johnson drums
Bap! Bap!
Bap!
Listening to the great bebop crowd
In the car
In the car
Yuh!

behind the movie house marquee...

Behind the movie house marquee
Portraits
Garbo

I
Bacall
Bogie

Facades
Along the Street of Violins

In the movie

i had forgotten...

I had forgotten the train whistle
That whistle
Clack and engine clack on the rail
The crossings
Emily
Paul Desmond makes a go at it at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Clack
Clack

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

moonlights and sonatas...


Friday, November 21, 2014

gina on the air!...


6 o' clock in the morning in jackson...

6 o' clock in the morning
A snow on the movie house marquee across the street
In the rosas in front of my door
A light
Snow morning in November
A snow sky all day?
6 o' clock in the morning in Jackson
A sparrow bumped my door


*written 11/20/14.

michael murphy piano and guitar in my jazz sketchbook...


in a piece of storied black marble...

In a piece of storied black marble
Quarried
In Maine near Paris
Black, veined with white intertwined
Pebbles traveled from lands and worlds
And the still red berries
Pavement
And stuff
The dawn clusters of trees and wreaths
Clouds and fishing people in that told story
In the marble
In Maine
;
Told by sirens and a muse afar

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

jack stevens charcoal by his sister sally stevens...


and the heart...

And the heart
In a snow in a sun
The rails
West
East
And the heart
Clack clack

Spoke
To a wind to a star

in newport...


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

2 circles, owl-esque...




"When the owl sings, the night is silent."
- Charles de Leusse

Thursday, November 13, 2014

classic gerry mulligan...


redux masai watercolor...


herbie hancock in a basquiat mood...


and there are dishes to be done...

It is 5 o'clock in the morning
The moon a dot
Straight up above my head
In a cloud and a star
Another star and another star
Around Orion's belt
On the bay
Along the peak of the movie house roof
Quiet and restful out there
In here the furnace is on
And there are dishes to be done
On the FM station Sinatra sings
All The Way
It is 5 o'clock in the morning
Those stars all the way
Around Orion's belt

tom herbert saxophone in my jazz sketchbook...


Tuesday, November 11, 2014

CDR...


from Gardens of Stone by Nicholas C. Proffitt...

'Goody' Nelson:  Well, here's to us and those like us.

Clell Hazard:  Damn few left.

lake street dive in the studio in a basquiat mood...


yesterday morning...

It is six o' clock in the morning

Seven o'clock now
And there is a moonprint over Davis's Studio,
The bay,
The breakwater,
And the bakery
And the chocolatier's

A blue sky
In Maine

Yesterday morning

Monday, November 10, 2014

Sunday, November 9, 2014

the village...


pat painting the village...


Saturday, November 8, 2014

lady...


splendid things...

The running crows across the marsh
Along,
Along
The sea the sounds of splendid things

Bird
Hawk
Sweets

Running bodies and souls under a tent
Lighted by paper party lamps
And rocking masts on the bay

Splendid things

In our past


*inspired by Kimberly's 'cherish' painting

Friday, November 7, 2014

the art of kimberly ashby, cherish...

the poetry of kimberly ashby, cherish your past...

Sunsets
Off
The
Bay
Lime
And
Argyle
Tones
And
Tunes
To
Dance
Her Raven
Shows
With
A
Ribbon
R
E
D
A Key
To
Unlock Her Dreams
Fly
Fly
My
Raven
Cherish Your Past
Always,

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Monday, November 3, 2014

picasso tree blue...

but gone...

Places
Were
Now
But Gone
In the percolating coffee before dawn

The
Picasso Tree
Blue

The song a silence and a church stare
Sanctuary and a gauzy window there

Felt

Sunday, November 2, 2014

chet williamson blues in green...


nancy wilson 'when october goes'...


Saturday, November 1, 2014

james moody (1925-2010)...