self-taught/no-read/thinking reed
first recording: duet w/richard davis (available on bandcamp)
2nd recording: 5 star in downbeat (available on bandcamp)
the two cds also available on bandcamp.
latest recording 2024,available on streaming services.
last live date: willisau ch w/don cherry and ed blackwell.
while continuing to deepen the compositional sense
in improvisation…
group facilitator,teen shelter.
line therapist early detection autism program.
caregiver alzheimer patients
tutor boys and girls club.
wish granter,make a wish foundation.
developed the non-egocentric approach
to the writing of plays.
as ‘experience’ (the god we worship,ourselves)
is but a seductive little liar.
if we take the blinders off the jackass,
he will no longer walk a straight line –
and he will discover the world.
thought first.
then,flesh.
then.
get the fuck out of the way.
New recordings
short opening section (under 3 minutes)
of an improvised suite from my latest album.
got airplay on wkcr.3 reviews all great,but dinky outlets.
entire record completely improvised –
including the over-dubs/one take.
got a bunch of cds/gladly sell ’em cut-out bin prices.
more importantly,for me…
since returning from very modest success in europe,
i began writing plays – from way outside the drama club.
developed a non-egocentric approach.
never presuming to tell a story (arrogance,the norm)
always asking a question.
and another.then,a better one.
humility opens the universe.
not too many doors,however.
no ins no groups – never went to university.
neither did lincoln.
and we’ve had about the same success in the theatre.
if.
outlaw poetry extends to a lean heightened focused
dramatic expresssion – no fat no filler nobody’s chatting,
thought language and flesh,in an ease with silence.
and space…
i would be enthused to learn how we may have
the possibility of a meeting of the minds.
thanks.
the music will take you someplace deep inside you.
les pieces,aussi.