Bob Dylan last painting 2016...

bad heart is not

try not bad heart
bad heart is not
never was with jazz
ask Mingus Kerouac
Dylan Parker and Jack
and Monk
poets painters
sailors
philosopher kings
Ferlinghetti and Jim Morrison and
Van Gogh
bad heart is not
not Matisse
and not the troubadours too
coffee percolates biographical
while Hawking strives
ahhhha
they keep good heart.

jfk underpaint, discarded...

shades of miles...

remembering Phil Woods (November 2, 1931 - 2015)...

remembering Arthur Cadieux (died 2015)...

Ted Casher plays jazz...

Marvelous Marvin Hagler former undisputed middleweight champion of the world 1980 to 1987...

self-portrait charcoal 1968...

Jackie Stevens (1940-2003) ~ "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children." -Sitting Bull (1831-1890) Lakota Sioux...

'weirs' oil by jean deVeber...

chet baker blue...

moon on Indian Lake...

We paint jazz by George! 'My first painting an homage to Peter DeVeber and Gilbert Stuart.' - Zachary Brazao

Ted Williams (1918-2002)...

sunrise heading out...

Duke Ellington (1899-1974). French Poet Blaise Cendrars said of Duke Ellington, "Such music is not only a new art form but a new reason for living."

"I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul." -Steven Tyler

Rocky Marciano (1923-1969) undefeated heavyweight champion 49-0...

pensive poet...

after the storm...

sun drops from a tree
a quiet cool
like Mingus on piano
or breezes in the sail
coming out of a cove
to open ocean
and those sun drops from a tree
reading Ferlinghetti
on the road to Cuttyhunk
on the sea nineteen past.

a small poem...

a small poem
thinking of
a Modigliani
Matisse Van Gogh
the canvases
and
musicians
and
poets
the better hearts of the world
paint
and
soul,
deep heart.

the train far

the train far
winds and cool breezes blowing the leaves
branches idling then busting
more
tires road tracks paths ocean lanes
to Boston song
n
glow
Kerouac on the road with the poets
scorned then Elvis too
minimized today not Elvis though or Thoreau
but Kerouac and the poets giants
n
show
in copper color silos filled in life
and far.

The greatest. A good man. Muhammad Ali (1942-June 3,2016)...

Muhammad Ali...

courage mortal
a word words flutter
a smile
flick stick the shuffle
a hit
the game mortal
humanity mortal
injustices hatred destruction
all mortal
but those championship rounds
the greatest

the eyes smile alive kind heart
the truth immortal.

The greatest. A good man. Muhammad Ali (1942-June 3, 2016)...

treasure n soul...

mornings
everything new
youth again in heart
white clouds
     pure
n
flow
Ellington song treasure
n
soul

indigo blue.

Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)...

Miles to go. Miles Davis (May 26, 1926-1991).

miles and trains

in looking
on a blank canvas
colors
white
beige pink and lemonade
flowing
purple and blue
growing themes

miles
and
trains.

flowing sands...

dripping waving red maple leaves
branches sway
in a fine rain
the night over
breaking light since
traffic and soul in the song
in the song
night
flowing sands
to here
dripping waving red maples
and light breaking.

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)...

Miles Davis (1926-1991)...

John Coltrane (1926-1967)...

poem

poem
red maples leaves out rippling
now
in a cool late day breeze
cloudy
tires slapping the street infrequently
Sunday
trying to be quiet

not so quiet though.

moments...

moments
flashbacks
grainy pieces of black and white film
whap whap whap
the flickering light
newsreels and
phones ringing, hopes whirring
all there
stories
with popcorn in the balcony.

Billie Holiday (1915-1959)...

Prince (1958-2016)...

the perfect music...

The perfect music -
poetry n
calm.

new bird...

swan painting...

book jacket photo by frank van riper...

winter...

inaugural poet richard blanco

the last king of scotland, bird and buddy chester...

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)...

strings attached...

Sinatra acrylic hommage to Bruni...