Ancient Jazz incarnate
rising from his seat
clarinet in hand
sharing a prayer with us
Slowly, oh so slowly,
melting into the notes, the
lyrics
another place and time
the song, Mood Indigo
Ancient growl of the tune
rhythm, melody
whine of his clarinet
drawing us all in to
the Mood Indigo
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edited
February 21, 2022
Night in New
Orleans - v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v5.html
&
edited
November 18, 2018
Mood Indigo – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo-v2.html
November
16, 2018
Mood
Indigo
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/mood-indigo.html
May
1993
Mood
Indigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLayv8rPlts
by
Willie Humphrey
(93
years old in 1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Humphrey
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858981063/
Preservation
Hall Jazz Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band
Preservation
Hall
&
edited
November 16, 2018
Nice
Tie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/nice-tie-v2.html
8/7/04
18:05
Nice
Tie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/nice-tie.html
partially
non-verbal conversation with Richard Payne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668413/
of
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
https://www.facebook.com/preservationhalljazzband/
https://www.preservationhalljazzband.com/
at
Preservation Hall Jazz Band club
https://www.facebook.com/Preservation.Hall/
726
St. Peters Street
New
Orleans, LA
He
was the bass player for the band and
he
was the bass player in
“Toots
Sweet’s Band” in the movie
Angel
Heart (1987).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
I
gave him my tie, right off my neck
(a
tie I had bought from a pushcart at
Downtown
Crossing in Boston).
&
edited
April 27, 2015
Congo
Square – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2_27.html
(editing
version 2)
edited
November 4, 2018
Amazing
Grace – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/amazing-grace-v3.html
(editing
original again)
edited
April 16, 2015
Amazing
Grace – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/amazing-grace-v2.html
July
12, 2004 18:56 –
Amazing
Grace
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/amazing-grace.html
Amazing
Grace solo of Aaron Neville
at
the 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
https://www.facebook.com/JazzFest
https://www.facebook.com/jazznheritage
https://twitter.com/Jazznheritage
http://www.art4now.com/cpost93.htm
during
a real wedding.
The
members of Los Lobos were near me, watching as I was.
I
saw the wedding couple riding in a carriage
in
the French Quarter that night.
&
edited
April 13, 2015
Congo
Square – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/congo-square-v2.html
July
12, 2004 19:15.
Congo
Square
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/07/congo-square.html
Congo
Square, special area at the
1993
Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
&
Edited
December 6, 2013
Night
in New Orleans – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/nightin-new-orleans-new-awlins-v4.html
(editing
original version)
Edited
December 5, 2013
Night
in New Orleans – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v3.html
Edited
September 20, 2012
Night
in New Orleans – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns-v2.html
Sunday,
July 15, 2001 at 6:22:58 PM EST
edited
December 6, 2001
Night
in New Orleans
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/night-in-new-orleans-nuhawluns.html
mostly
about trip to New Orleans for Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1993
and
again for job interview at Tulane University 1996
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