Make Jazz Not War!
an affiliation of Citizen Artists
Reviews
Repost for website redesign: The first mention of our CD, Thanamattapoeia. From France. Translation courtesy Flo Gouvrit. This CD, that come to us directly from Ohio, allows us to discover the JazzPoetry Ensemble whose website is titled “Make Jazz, Not War!” We adhere! This group was born after 1985, following a request from Allen Ginsberg to...
Reviews
"An immaculate portrait, recorded impeccably ... features some of Columbus’ best players lighting up and growing wings in the presence of one of the true legends of American music, Edward “Kidd” Jordan. ...Burleson's spiky string bending ... like lightning connecting Jordan’s heavens with the earthy foundation of Roger Hines’ bass and Roger Myers’ drums ... Thamamattapoeia ... a poem of loss, thanatosis and the articulation of sound with a reach wide enough to hold the world. ... the delightful “Marlene Dietrich and James Earl Jones in ‘Black Casablanca.’” opens with a grinding swagger then turns into something darker, shadowy and chaotic.... " ...
