Poets and Jazz Musicians Drink Wine

Tonight I play a concert I put together with the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players. Jazz, Poetry and Wine is the show. Poet, Joe Mills will read 8 of his poems. Each poem is followed by a tune from the band. I matched the tunes with the poems in an intuitive fashion. This is an interesting process that I never grow tired of. I read the poem and listen for sound in my head. Something happens and I pick a tune. That something is really kind of cool and I think anyone can have fun with it. I have used this with art and literature. I have written a lot of music like this too. When I use art I just stare at the piece and listen. It's all kind of mysterious but creating stuff always has a bit of the mysterious involved. It's fun and nobody gets hurt.