This is a show about mumbling and other vocalizations. It’s a collection of jazz songs where instrumentalists engage in a verbal exchange with their instruments. Some mumble or hum along with the melody, some transcribe poems to melodies and leave out the words, some start with found recordings and mimic the melody of the spoken word. Some start with the melody and add words to mimic it. And others speak directly into the mouthpiece as a substitute for a microphone. While you’re listening, feel free to talk to yourself, mumble or harmonize along. Songs included by Oscar Peterson, Errol Garner, Keith Jarrett, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Branford Marsalis, John Coltrane, Jason Moran, David Dockery, Felipe Continentino, Pharoah Sanders, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Anthony Braxton, and I finish with some of my own Poems To Be Read Through A Saxophone.
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