Jazztet Muted

JAZZTET MUTED

The title makes me think of all of the jazz musicians that are under appreciated. I think this section is like a tribute to them.

Pay attention to the contributions these musicians have made in the history of music!!

Ornette Coleman - revolutionary saxophonist who created "free jazz." New York 1950's

From the Jazztet muted (conclusion)

Eric Dolphy - (1920-1964) musician, jazzman who presented why jazz and classical music should not be separated. He said, "from Mozart I learned to say important things in a conversational way."

Charlie Parker - born in Kansas. Greatest alto saxophonist of all time, charlie was nick-named "Bird" or "Yardbird." He was one of the key originators and leaders o the bebop style which emphasized virtuosic technique, speed, complex harmonies and small ensembles.

About this section:
I see this section like a conversation between the poet and these musicians. He directly talks to Charlie Parker " help me 'Yardbird' help me." I think he is says that in the music of these musicians lives the pain, discrimination, not appreciation that black musicians/men and women suffered.

"Black shadows move like shadows cut from shadows cut from shade in the quarter of the negroes" perhaps refers to the motives/ memories/ influence that cause these artists to produce the music they did. I see racial discrimination, injustice, cultural trauma.