NOTES

Incomprehensible Things – twenty-four new poems. Pleasant Butter – republication of a 1972 book long out-of-print.

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Different Sides Leonard Cohen Old Ideas
Cry Me A River Dexter Gordon Dexter Blows Hot and Cool
Kr. Kemajoran Netty dan Achmad Zaelani Kroncong: Early Indonesian Pop Music Vol. 1
Chirracahaua Tony Kinsey Trio with Joe Harriott Tony Kinsey Trio with Joe Harriott
Liberte? Orchestre de la BCB BCB 7801
Round Lights Thelonious Monk Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Sandy Beach Johnny Hackworth’s Caribbean Sound West Indies Funk 3

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Taking A Chance On Love Hollywood Saxophone Quartet Hollywood Saxophone Quartet
Bob & Ray
Ahlam al-Rimal Marie Jubran 1907 – 1956
A Donde Vas Adalides
Likambo Ya Ngana Franco et l’O.K.Jazz Editions Populaires EP 78
Late Nightshift Winston Groovy Nightshift

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Second-hand Book Fair, Lewes.

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Happy birthday, Lisa

Two Pianos Morton Feldman The Ecstasy of the Moment (disc 1)
Stardust Charlie Christian Quartet Electric (after hours in Minneapolis)
Yep-roc-heresay Slim Gaillard Harlem Ain’t What It Used To Be
Prisoner of Love Teddy Wilson & His Orchesta feat. Lena Horne Harlem Ain’t What It Used To Be
Colimaçons Joëlle Léandre/Eric Watson Palimpseste
Ma Mere l’Oye 5. Le Jardin Feerique (Ravel) Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky Piano Music for Four Hands – Debussy & Ravel CD 1
Slow Down Woman J.B. Lenoir Vietnam Blues

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I’ve emailed you the links for Christmas and New Year but, as you asked, I’ve put a few random Brighton & Hove shots up on Flickr.

David Ball’s new book (60pp) of poems is available here. Full disclosure: I did the cover.

His earlier books include We Just Wanted to Tell You (with Anselm Hollo), London 1963; New Topoi, Buffalo 1972; The Mutant Daughter, Buffalo 1976; The Garbage Poems, Providence RI 1976 (a few out-of-print copies available from Burning Deck); and Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984 (available here)

NOTE: the first half-dozen or so people to contact the author directly by email (dballATsmith.edu) will receive a copy from him at a discount of 20% ($2).

In the Bleak Midwinter Annie Lennox A Christmas Cornucopia
Gece [The Night] Johnny Dyani – Okay Temiz Witchdoctor’s Son
Streets of London Sinéad O’Connor Fire on Babylon (Single)
In the Workhouse: Christmas Day (George R. Sims) Kenneth Williams Parlour Poetry – Comic, Patriotic and Improving Verse from the Victorian Age
Mary’s Boy Child Harry Belafonte Greatest Hits
Fairytale of New York The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale of New York (Single)
New Year’s Eve Tom Waits Bad As Me

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…. or not, enjoy the break.

You Were on My Mind The Undivided Listen To The World
Rudy, A Message To You Dandy Livingston Rudy, A Message To You
Dial Africa (live) Rico Rodriguez This Is Reggae Music Vol.2
Ba Zali Bami Dorothy Masuka and Her Hot Music Jazz and Hot Dance in South Africa 1946-1959
Nkumbuye Umwana Twareranywe Orchestre Impala de Kigali Une Selection de l’Orchestre Impala Vol. 7
Viper Mad Sidney Bechet & Noble Sissle’s Swingers Harlem Ain’t What It Used To Be
Staying in Touch Living Language In-Flight Italian
I See Your Face Before Me Mildred Bailey 78

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Paul Robeson 78
J’attendrai Rina Ketty 78
Orbita Tino Contreras El Jazz Mexicano De Tino Contreras
She Moved Through the Fair Margaret Barry Queen of the Gypsies
Zio Nicola Nicola Paone 78
The Lady’s In Love With You Nellie Lutcher 78
Barbados Charlie Parker AllStars – Miles Davis 78
Allentown Jail Jo Stafford 78
The Old Triangle Dominic Behan Major Minor
Silver Threads Among the Gold John McCormack 78

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Thanks to Ulf Stolterfoht and Wunderhorn.

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Happy Birthday, Cato.

November 23 1926 – December 2 2011

You can find his “information” easily, but Christopher Logue was one of the very few English poets with an edge back in the late 1950s. I published him in (I think) the first “outburst”… at least I remember still setting a poem of his that began:

aeschylus, the oracle said
died from a tortoise falling on his head

which was clearer than most things here then. I also have a memory of him, poor, spending all he had for a David Hockney picture.
The image is stolen from David James site with his father’s photographs: because it’s how I remember him: a glimpse into the past.

Guardian obituary.
NYTimes obituary.
August Kleinzahler’s Memories.

Danny Lyon has been a favourite photographer of mine for many years. His site is worth checking; as is his note to journalists.

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Wake Up Alone Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures
My Kind Of Beauty Europe Jazz AllStars Room 1220
Se Finisse Tutto Cosi Mina Pappa di latte – vol. 2
The Dream Became Smoke (To Oniro Kapnos) Maria Farantouri I Megales Fones – Entehno Tragoudi
A Song for You Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures

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Improvisation #3 Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions (Disk 4)
Night Owl 1933 Cliff Edwards Dark Sweets
La Malagueña Guerrerense (Son Guerrerense) Trio Aguilillas Sones of Mexico
Konta Sto Nilo Sofia Vembo Dark Sweets
Pagin’ The Devil The Kansas City Six Dark Sweets A
It Was Nice Jimmy Hughes Why Not Tonight?
Idiot Child Madness The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
Improvisation #4 Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions (Disk 6)

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Things are slowly improving. I’ll get round to responding to emails and regular post when I can, but a lot of stuff has had to slide by. An unexpected chance to visit old friends in Venice for a few days was welcome, easy and slow enough to manage. Now it’s back to facial chemo and more heart hospital during December and January. I still won’t be online much for a time, but the sea keeps my interest – as early this morning:
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