Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker: With New and Selected Jazz Poems

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t e s t i m o n y a t r i b u t e t o c h a r l i e p a r k e r Y u s e f K o m u n y a k a a Including the complete Australian Broadcasting Corporation audio recording with music by Sandy Evans Commentaries by Sandy Evans, Sascha Feinstein, Paul Grabowsky, Christopher Williams, and Miriam Zolin Project Editor, Victoria Stahl Wesleyan University Press | Middletown, Connecticut a t r i b u t e t o c h a r l i e P a r k e r W i t h N e w a n d S e l e c t e d J a z z P o e m s Wesleyan University Press Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2013 Wesleyan University Press© 2013 Poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa© 2013 Foreword by Sascha Feinstein.© 2013 The Ties That Bind by Miriam Zolin.© 2013 Composer and Musical Directors Notes by Sandy Evans.© 2002 AAO Artistic Director’s Notes by Paul Grabowsky. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Mindy Basinger Hill Typeset in Garamond Premier Pro Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data available upon request. 4 3 2 1 “Yusef Komunyakaa’s ‘Testimony’ and the Humanity of Charlie Parker” first appeared in Callaloo 28.3 (2005) 521–530 © 2005 Charles H. Rowell. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Survival Masks: An Interview with Yusef Komunyakaa” first appeared in Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature 2:1 (Winter, 1997). Used by permission. “French Flowers Blooming: The Music for Testimony” first appeared in Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature 2:1 (Winter, 1997). Used by permission. “Togetherness” from The Chameleon Couch, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. “Twilight Seduction” from Taboo, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. “Gingkoes” first appeared in The Worcester Review, vol. XXXIII, nos 1 & 2 (2012). “Cante Jondo” from Taboo, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. “The Same Beat” first appeared in Callaloo 28:3 (2005). “To Beauty” from Taboo, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. “Ignis Fatuus” from The Chameleon Couch, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. “Satchmo USA” from Taboo, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. “Speed Ball” from The Second Set, The Jazz Poetry Anthology, 1996. “The Story of a Coat” from The Chameleon Couch, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. “Testimony” first appeared in Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature. 2:1 (Winter, 1997). Photo: Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, La Crescenta © 1951 Photograph by William Claxton / courtesy Demont Photo Management, LLC. Paper texture: Maciek905 | Dreamstime.com Original recording of Testimony (P) 2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation. RECORDING LICENSED COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts "Cover illustration: Charlie 'Bird' Parker, La Crescenta © 1951 Photograph by William Claxton / Courtesy Demont Photo Management, LLC." ...