The Final Nite & Other Poems: Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006

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Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006 - Poetry - 247 pages
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Poetry. THE FINAL NITE chronicles, in verse, nearly two decades of work written while listening to live performances (studio dates included) by the extraordinary musician Charles Gayle. Including every poem written under these circumstances, the poems are for the most part spontaneous compositions that reflect, respond to, or incorporate elements of Gayle's music as well as his "speeches" and "sermons" and often relate, in an "open field" manner, to the actual physical environment where the music occurred. "Dalachinsky writes free jazz. He lives the music, and his poems capture its heat and illumination"--Francis Davis. "Steve Dalachinsky is a poet of the real world in a time when reality is despised, dismissed, not understood or lied about"--Amiri Baraka.

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arms bass become begins blow blue body bone book of ice breath broken carry Charles Gayle Trio child close clouds cold comes corner count dark don't dream drink drums edge empty eyes face fall father feel final fingers give glass gone Graves hands head heart Hill Green hold idea inside it's jazz kiss Knitting Factory leaves light lines listen look means Mike Wimberly motion mouth never night nite once piano plays poem reflection shadow side sing skin solo soul sound space steps stone stop street summer Taylor's Living Room tell thing thought thru touch tree turn waiting walk walker wall wear wild William Parker wind

About the author (2006)

Steve Dalachinsky was born in 1946, Brooklyn, New York. His work has appeared extensively in journals on & off line including; Big Bridge, Milk, Unlikely Stories, Xpressed, Ratapallax, Evergreen Review, Long Shot, Alpha Beat Soup, Xtant, Blue Beat Jacket, N.Y. Arts Magazine, 88 and Lost and Found Times. he is included in such anthologies as Beat Indeed, The Haiku Moment and the esteemed Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. He has written liner notes for the CDs of many artists including Anthony Braxton, Charles Gayle, James "Blood" Ulmer, Rashied Ali, Roy Campbell, Matthew Shipp and Roscoe Mitchell. His 1999 CD, Incomplete Direction (Knitting Factory Records), a collection of his poetry read in collaboration with various musicians, such as William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Thurston Moore (SonicYouth), Vernon Reid (Living Colour) has garnered much praise. His most recent chapbooks include Musicology (Editions Pioche, Paris 2005), Trial and Error in Paris (Loudmouth Collective 2003), Lautreamont's Laments (Furniture Press 2005), In Glorious Black and White (Ugly Duckling Presse 2005), St. Lucie (King of Mice Press 2005), Are We Not MEN & Fake Book (2 books of collage -8 Page Press 2005). Dream Book (Avantcular Press 2005). His books include A Superintendent's Eyes (Hozomeen Press 2000) and The Final Nite (complete notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, Ugly Duckling Presse 2006). His latest CD is Phenomena of Interference, a collaboration with pianist Matthew Shipp (Hopscotch Records 2005). He has read throughout the N.Y. area, the U.S., Japan and Europe, including France and Germany.

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TitleThe Final Nite & Other Poems: Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006
AuthorSteven Dalachinsky
Illustrated byJohn D'Agostino
PublisherUgly Duckling Presse, 2006
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedMay 30, 2008
ISBN1933254157, 9781933254159
Length247 pages
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