Blues For Eric Dolphy (On The Bass Clarinet)

FinsburyParkCarrots
FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited September 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
A laugh. a cough. A contrapuntal grunt,
growling down, grinding from the round
grounds of bass. But now a force, a shunt
of breath, and now a pounding flurry! Sound,
upscaling ciphers of a city night:
Weaves of voices, merging with the street-
carhorn sqwawks and sidewalk jive; red bright
flashing niteclub lights; sharp spatshoe feet
pavement-tapping Kupra shuffles; squeals
from hepstance zootsuit spenders of last change;
hatbrims, coatfurs, cab-home jokelaugh peals:
Flourescing sound in sky-extending range
from Dolphy's clarinetted multitone!
Shout Loud! Now Sound Out! Here Comes Everyone!
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I wish I hadn't posted that.
  • ExTReMe FrEAk
    ExTReMe FrEAk Posts: 118
    Why?
    Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
  • ISN
    ISN Posts: 1,700
    I'm glad you did.....Mr flatshoe....roundfoot....deepbreath....takeaway Master of the kebab
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    eric dolphy was a virtuoso on flute, saxaphone and bass clarinet.. pure genius.. although he died in 1964, his work still stands as some of the most innovative jazz ever recorded.. unlike so many other jazz greats, he was addicted to nothing but his music..

    i recommend, for any one interested, his only Blue Note record, "Out To Lunch"
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    That's a fine album. He also recorded a studio session a few days before he died that's well worth checking out.

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