Friday, June 13th, 2008
gary brower | chet
CHET
(For Chet Baker,1929-1988)
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
gary brower | ella and joe in westwood
ELLA AND JOE IN WESTWOOD
Alone on stage: Ella and Joe, guitar and voice,
pick and pitch, rhythm and song.
Joe’s hands: Fingertip-toeing down the strings,
digits like tightrope aerialists balanced
on vibrato chords.
Ella’s voice: Acrobatic notes swinging in the air,
somersault scats, grabbing the bebop trapeze,
jazz riffs, sound-glyphs.
The dead still make music.
Ella with her big, thick glasses,
Joe’s balding pate, half-pick [...]
