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Thank you Mary for your thoughtful post. I don't know the Beethoven, though Rysanov has the sweetest, most romantic tone in a Brahms trio I know. I love the arpeggione, but prefer it, inauthentic as it might be, on the cello, especially on the Bows of Queyras, Rostropovich and Starker. Glad you enjoyed the music.
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Commented Oct 9, 2012 on Blue and Sentimental [by Ira Sadoff] at The Best American Poetry
Blue and Sentimental [by Ira Sadoff]
Last day of blogging and “I’m sweating a lot by now” which is a line from O’Hara’s tribute to Billie Holiday and arguably the best elegy about jazz ever written (“The Day Lady Died”). In my less than grand finale, I want to throw some tunes at you: Ballads, sad tunes that acknowledge the love af...
Thanks for your sweet note, Laura. Sharing great music's one of life's inexhaustible pleasures, so I appreciate your generosity.
Commented Oct 1, 2012 on Blue and Sentimental [by Ira Sadoff] at The Best American Poetry
Blue and Sentimental [by Ira Sadoff]
Last day of blogging and “I’m sweating a lot by now” which is a line from O’Hara’s tribute to Billie Holiday and arguably the best elegy about jazz ever written (“The Day Lady Died”). In my less than grand finale, I want to throw some tunes at you: Ballads, sad tunes that acknowledge the love af...
Blue and Sentimental [by Ira Sadoff]
Last day of blogging and “I’m sweating a lot by now” which is a line from O’Hara’s tribute to Billie Holiday and arguably the best elegy about jazz ever written (“The Day Lady Died”). In my less than grand finale,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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DE-FAMILIARIZING THE FAMILIAR by Ira Sadoff
Posted Sep 25, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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MR. P.C.: IMAGINATION AND IMPROVISATION by Ira Sadoff
Posted Sep 24, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Thanks David. Probably Saw O'Hara there but was too green to know who he was. "The Day Lady Died" is one of my favorite poems of all time. Wrote about it in HISTORY MATTERS.
Commented Sep 23, 2012 on Jazzing Poetry by Ira Sadoff at The Best American Poetry
Jazzing Poetry by Ira Sadoff
Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Ahmed Abdul-Malik at the Five Spot Cafe NYC, September 1958 Everyone has an initiation story and some version of mine may seem familiar, but I want to begin this blog with how my early jazz experiences obliquely opened a door to poetry. During th...
Jazzing Poetry by Ira Sadoff
Posted Sep 23, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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