Jerry Jazz Musician

02/17/2020

The winter collection of poetry offers readers a look at the culture of jazz music through the imaginative writings of its 32 contributors. Within these 41 poems, writers express their deep connection to the music – and those who play it – in their own inventive and often philosophical language that communicates much, but especially love, sentiment, struggle, loss, and joy.

Submissions were received from nearly 100 poets from all over the world for this collection, for which I am humbled by and ever grateful. Such participation confirms to me that there is a desire among poets and readers for a publication devoted to the richness of this music and culture, and its inspiration for creativity.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/02/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-winter-2019-edition/

02/15/2020

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/02/veryl-oaklands-jazz-in-available-light-photos-and-stories-of-violinists-joe-venuti-stephane-grappelli-jean-luc-ponty-zbigniew-seifert-and-leroy-jenkins/

. . In this edition, Mr. Oakland’s photographs and stories feature the great violinists Joe Venuti, Stephane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Zbigniew Seifert, and Leroy Jenkins in a post titled “The Burgeoning Violin Wave” . …..Jazz in Available Light, Illuminating the Jazz Greats from the 1960s,...

02/15/2020

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/02/dancing-with-jackie-a-poem-by-mike-faran/

Dancing with you I’m not aware that one leg is shorter than the other or perhaps one leg is longer than the other,

02/13/2020

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/02/interview-with-gerald-horne-author-of-jazz-and-justice-racism-and-the-political-economy-of-the-music/

. .       photo by Bouna Ndaiye/used by permission of Gerald Horne Gerald Horne, author of Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music . ___ . . …..Jazz music — complex, ground breaking and brilliant from its early 20th century beginnings — would eventually become Americ...

02/13/2020

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/02/bud-powell-came-to-me-twice-today-a-poem-by-terrance-underwood/

over the image of a city sidewalk broadly peopled like in tight dollied crane shots topcoat thick with jump notes coming in swarms

02/13/2020

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2019/12/interview-with-paul-lopes-author-of-art-rebels-race-class-and-gender-in-the-art-of-miles-davis-and-martin-scorsese/

Paul Lopes -- associate professor of sociology at Colgate University -- talks about how ethnicity, class and hypermasculinity impacted the work of these two visionary, independent artists.

02/13/2020

"Archie Shepp's Jazz Song," a poem by Susana Case

Shepp, believing in the immortality of Malcolm’s significance, murmurs, a few weeks after his murder, “Semper Malcolm” over disjointed jazz,

07/25/2019

Seventeen poets contribute to a collection of jazz poetry reflecting an array of energy, emotion and improvisation

07/22/2019

Do you ever have a time in your life when you feel like you’re about to step off a cliff? I don’t normally have those moments. If I could organize my entire life playing by the rules, I think I could mosey along and get through living just fine. I am the student my teachers wish me to be. I am t...

07/06/2019

Veryl Oakland's photographs and stories of jazz musicians Art Pepper, Pat Martino and Joe Williams are featured

06/26/2019

"Jazz Is" is a poem by Charles Joseph Albert

06/16/2019

I am thinking of my dad today, and devote this space to honor him.