Trio 3 | Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille | November 5, 2009 Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque | Photos by Mark Weber
THE HURT SONG
The roots of the hurt song
snares the ankles of me, trapping me
in a tangle; the twisting binds me
tighter as the visions speak.
The arrows of my jazz strikes from
hotel room shadows; strange [...]
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Art Pepper Quintet with Bob Magnusson, John Dentz and guest Lee Konitz at Donte’s North Hollywood 1982 | Photo: Mark Weber
NIGHT SPIRITS
It’s a shame
mornings gotta come up with
a bright bleaching, extinguishing the dark,
sending stars into hiding
and the moon to the other side of the earth.
An up sun provides the aroma of
breakfast, drowning out the flavor [...]
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Rufus Reid 1979 | Photo: Mark Weber
A LINE OF STRINGS
A thickness of quiet pulled
the air into slow where it
begged to be filled.
A big muddy of thoughts spread
over the crowd, like the water
they were; wet collars, sweaty palms.
A low tide of moving hands
struck a line of strings,
releasing songs too heavy for corners,
to bright to hide.
The jazz [...]
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Poetry & Jazz
Monday October 26, 2oo9
8pm
First set: Michael Vlatkovich & William Roper, trombone & tuba duets
Second set: Mark Weber — poems | Michael Vlatkovich — trombone, music director, arranger/composer, conductor | Andrew Pask– clarinet | Tom McNalley — electric guitar | Vinny Golia — woodwinds | William Roper — tuba | Harry Scorzo — [...]
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Art Pepper 1976 | Photo: Mark Weber
PULLING AT ME
A late night moon full of cheese
pushes my threads under
a canvas umbrella of jazz.
On a summer stage a sax with devil
winds fishes for souls like mine.
Weak on strength, strong with needs
I surrender at the gates where hot
is bunched tight like roses
competing with the red of your
lipstick.
John Gruntfest [...]
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John Carter 1977 | Photo: Mark Weber
WEAK KNEES
The voice of her rises
chocolate moon thick;
my ears drown in a heaven
sweetness.
Black fingers rise as the fall
of man and woman
yield to her jazz;
weak knees kiss the altar of song.
Her message swings like a
summer clothesline
flapping pants
and shirts alive.
Tumbling waves
from her roll me,
scattering my things,
releasing weight
and burdens
into the stream of
her [...]
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Richard Tabnik | June 30, 2009 New York City | Photo by Mark Weber
right after this photo….
we were having breakfast at Fairway on Broadway somewhere
around 70th — Fairway is a health food
supermarket with several locations on Manhattan — this one
has a restaurant on the 2nd floor — Richard is
a health food nut [...]
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Hal McKusick | July 10, 2009 Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY | Photo: Mark Weber
Just what exactly is it about certain people who seem to always be in the nexus of interesting things? You look into the fine print and certain names re-occur. Behind the scenes. Shadow figures.
Hal McKusick [...]
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Lewis Jordan 1978 | Photo: Mark Weber
FEAR OF LOSS
The taste of whiskey fills
my breath from you;
long passions run deep.
Gently my fingers walk over your face
creating warmth.a
The lavender of your eyes
marks the death in me.
My words stumble, drunken with lust;
foolish in the war of losing you.a
Mockingbirds pierce me with swords
of song.
Mornings struggle to open.
In my room [...]
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Download Todd Moore ‘play it’ and Buddy Morrow’s ‘Richard Diamond’ plus Todd Moore ‘judy christopher’ from The Central Avenue Rundown Jazz Radio Show May, 14, Twenty-O-nine — host: Mark Weber on KUNM
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