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[32] "straight no chaser " E-mail
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Monday, 26 December 2005 07:43
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#32

straight no chaser 

for art blakey


years ago, 
art blakey recalls,
i was talking with thelonious
& he said,

when you hit the bandstand
the bandstand
is supposed to lift
from the floor

& the people
are supposed to be
lifted up
too.  



harmonie park
detroit
june 25, 1988

reference: arthur taylor,

notes and tones: musician to musician interviews
(perigee books, 1982), p. 248


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