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Born Today: Fletcher Henderson [by Archie Rand]
Fletcher Henderson pioneered in the transformation of Dixieland to a highly sophisticated “big band” music. Hiring great soloists, like Louis Armstrong, had him direct Don Redman to write complex orchestral arrangements. Recognition of the…
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Happy birthday, Ludwig Van!
My father, Joseph Lehman, shared his birthday– December 17 — with the greatest of all composers (who was baptised on December 17). Here is Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge" (opus 133). — DL
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What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump
[A Book Recommendation by Dante Di Stefano] What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of TrumpEd. Martín EspadaCurbstone Books, 2019 In his essay, “Filthy Presidentiad: Walt Whitman in the Age…
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Notes in a time of strike: the curatorial noos of “Futur, ancien, fugitif, une scène française” [by Tracy Danison]
Pierre Joseph: “Mur de mûres”, série “Photographie sans fin”, 2019: paper print. Photo: Aurélien Mole©Adagp 2019 Motivé, motivé / il faut se motiver / il faut rester motive / soyons motivé …
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Homage to Walt: “I Stop Somewhere Waiting For You” [by David Lehman]
For Brian Clements's inspired project of annotating the two hundred years since Walt Whitman was born, two hundred poets and writers have contributed poems or reflections, which Brian — in conjunction with North American…
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“A Snail is What It Was” [by James Cummins]
Donovan thought Bob was jokin’About the old San Remo—How back then shit they were smokin’Would put to shame D.’s “primo.” All this was well before the laughsAt Max’s Kansas City:Bob still carried a photographOf…
