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Jazz Ready: 15 Minutes (more or less) of Unexpected Pleasure.
By La Sirena MagdalenaArts
Jazz Ready: 15 Minutes (more or less) of Unexpected Pleasure. episodes
- Episode 121. S2. Cornelius Eady. Pulitzer Nominated Poet.
Cornelius Eady sings with the Cornelius Eady Trio.
13 min - Episode 120. S2. Nina Kennedy. Concert Pianist. Conductor. Author.
A Gershwin work arranged and performed by Nina Kennedy.
21 min - Episode 119. S2. Martin F. Jones. Musician. Saxophonist. Some Springfield, MA History! A Jazz Trifecta Played by Springfield Teens in 1988.
Martin F. Jones went through his music archives for Jazz Ready Listeners. Springfield teens tear it up at the Big Apple Festival in New York City, 1988!
17 min - Episode 118. S2. Emma E. Shooshan, Poet, Filmmaker, Student. Ign!te the M!c in the House!
Emma reads an original three-part poem.
10 min - Episode 117. S2. Ruth Margraff, Librettist. Part Two. Excerpts from her opera, "Passion of Leyla."
Ruth Margraff, Libretto/Lyrics; Richard Marriott, Composer and Conductor. Isabella Marriot, Louise Cloutier: Leyla. Erik Bagger: Joseph.
Fahimeh Mehrabkani, Amy Mendon, Dina Zarif: Fatima. Ric Louchard, Piano; Sirvan Manhoubi, Oud; Mohammad Ghaffari, Dramaturg; Ravand Samaeekia, Santour.
16 min - Episode 116. S2. Ruth Margraff. Playwright. Librettist. Musician. Performer. Sometimes the Magician's Wand is a Pen.
You will experience three selections of an interdisciplinary theater work inspired by the work of Farid ud-Din Attar. Featuring Composer, Graham Haynes; Vocals, Haleh Abghari; Lyrics, Ruth Margraff; Choreography, Peggy Choy.
11 min - Episode 115. S2. María Luisa Arroyo. Poet. Scholar. Professor. Reads from her book, "Destierro Means More than Exile".
Poet and Polyglot, María Luisa Arroyo shares her work in three languages. Her books are available on Amazon.
14 min - Jazz Ready. Episode 114. S2. Ilhan Braxton; Sol Braxton. Poets, Scholars, Arts Activists. Ign!te the M!c in the House!
Siblings, Sol and Ilhan Braxton, share their voices from the glorious mountains of Puerto Rico!
11 min - Episode 113. S2. Janet E. Alfs, Poet and Martial Artist. Sometimes Poets are 7th Degree Black Belts.
Original poems read by the artist.
13 min - Episode 112. S2. Ernesto Cardenal. Poet-Priest. Nicaraguan Liberation Theologian. (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) ¡Presente!
From Wikipedia: Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).
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About Jazz Ready: 15 Minutes (more or less) of Unexpected Pleasure.
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Life is jazz: unexpected poems for those who think they don't like poetry. Sometimes you'll hear the poetry of music, theater, story. Unexpected guests in unexpected times. Always original! Often premieres.
Your host: Magdalena Gómez, Poet Laureate of Springfield, MA