Author-Poet Aberjhani's Blog Posts Tagged 'Duke-Ellington' (3)

Joining Google's Celebration of Ella Fitzgerald's 96th Birthday

First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald swinging with the band at The Downbeat Club in New York City, 1949. (photo by Herman Leonard from Sanatblog.com)





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Added by Author-Poet Aberjhani on April 25, 2013 at 1:34am — 3 Comments

Sunday Afternoon and the Jazz Angel Cometh (Honoring the birth and life of Duke Ellington)





One arm is a crystal-blue saxophone,

the other a platinum-feathered keyboard—

yours is the music that colors our dreams.



Sunday afternoon and the jazz angel cometh

tap-dancing philosophies of the drum-roll

over a…

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Added by Author-Poet Aberjhani on March 20, 2012 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Shining a Bloglight on Two Birthday Boys: Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer

Multiple Oscar-winning song man Johnny Mercer.





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The existence of music itself is reason enough for some of us to approach each day with an attitude of gratitude but––some of its more accomplished craftsmen and craftswomen provide us with real opportunities to stop, look, listen, and celebrate, especially with Jazz Appreciation Month only a few days away. That’s exactly…

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Video and Text for Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech 2013 1 Reply

Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the…Continue

Tags: American-history, African-American-History, Political-speeches, The-Year-2013, Inauguration-2013

Started by Creative Conversation Interviews in The Barack Obama Factor. Last reply by Creative Conversation Interviews Jan 22.

Barack Obama Wins 2012 Re-election: Text and Video of Victory Speech

Remarks delivered by President Barack Obama at approximately 1:35 a.m. EST November 7, 2012: Thank you so much.Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own…Continue

Tags: Top-Stories-of-the-year-2012, American-Politics, Barack-Obama-re-elected, 2012-elections, President-Barack-Obama

Started by Creative Conversation Interviews in The Barack Obama Factor Nov 7, 2012.

Worth Reading: [The Atlantic Magazine] "What Poetry Teaches Us About the Power of Persuasion" 1 Reply

An article worth reading, especially for those who tire of the established literary orthodoxy's opinions rigid definitions of "what poetry is (and, by default, isn't)".  …Continue

Started by Joseph Armstead in Consortium of Poets at Creative Thinkers International. Last reply by Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) Oct 27, 2012.

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CTI Spotlight Artist Idris Busari of ResQ Records (Sept 17- Sept 23, 2012)

                                                    Idris Busari in the studio.

Idris Busari a.k.a. Omogo manages ResQ Records, a music production and publishing company affiliated with the American Society of…

CTI Spotlight Artist Joseph D. Dayag, Sept 10 - Sept 16, 2012

Joseph D. Dayag

Joseph D. Dayag of Tuguegrao in the Philippines,…

CTI Spotlight Artist Sabine Sarah Stern, Sept 3 - Sept 9, 2012

SABINE SARAH STERN

A native of Klagenfurt, Austria, Sabine Sarah Stern’s profile reflects her roles as a contemporary poet of our changing times and as an advocate for strategic…

CTI Spotlight Artist Pedro M. Rosario Barbosa, September 25-30, 2011


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