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MR. P.C.: IMAGINATION AND IMPROVISATION by Ira Sadoff
John Coltrane’s 1960 album GIANT STEPS changed the path of modern jazz. Using inverted chord structures,accelerated tempi, changing his reed and ambature (contributing to slightly nasal tone), and, most of all, searching out increasingly…
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Tonight at KGB Bar: Erin Belieu and Brenda Shaughnessy
Hosted by Matthew Yeager and John Deming Tonight! September 24 Reading starts at 7:30 pm Admission is FREE www.KgbBar.com 85 East 4th Street * New York, NY The KGB…
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O Canada! [by Northrop Frye]
<<< One of the derivations proposed for the name Canada is a Portuguese phrase meaning 'nobody here.'— Northrop Frye (in The Modern Century, 1967) >>> Compare to Gertrude Stein, "There's no there there," on…
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Who wrote “The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers”?
Who wrote "The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers" (and if you haven't read it, here's a link)? a) Andrew Marvellb) John Ashberyc) Marvelous Marv Throneberryd) Andrew Jackson3) Percy Bysshe…
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Jazzing Poetry by Ira Sadoff
Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Ahmed Abdul-Malik at the Five Spot Cafe NYC, September 1958 Everyone has an initiation story and some version of mine may seem familiar, but I want to…
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Ira Sadoff, Guest Blogger September 23-29
This week we welcome Ira Sadoff as our guest blogger. BOA EDITIONS just published Ira's new collection of poems, TRUE FAITH. He teaches in the Drew MFA program and is currently on sabbatical, living…
