no separation

Read Oliver Lake’s poem, “Separation”

'SEPARATION'
by Oliver Lake

first the salad
then the meat
then the vegetables..........
"WAIT"
bring all my food at one time on the same plate!

Dixieland, Be-Bop, Soul Rhythm & blues,cool school,Swing,
Avant Garde, Free Jazz, Rock

WHAT KINDA MUSIC U PLAY?
"GOOD KIND"

Aretha Franklin & Sun Ra is the same folks,
Coltrane, Dixie Humming Birds the same folks
Muddy Waters same,there is no.......there is no ....

LABELS DIVIDE! SEPARATE
THE ORAL AND THE LITERARY

One music different feelings & experiences but SAME...
TOTAL Sound --Mass Sound -hear all the players as one

THE HISTORY OF AFRICA WAS MEMORIZED,LIVED,EXPERIENCED, NOW-ED!
WE DIDN'T READ IT, WE DID IT!"

ORAL - LITERARY:
ORAL
DO
EXPERIENCE
IMPROVISE
ADJUST
CREATE
LITERARY
catalog
label
divide
read
interpret
criticize

NO SEPARATION..
.Yeah, don't put me in no bag..... I'm open, may do anything
"PUT ALL MY FOOD ON THE SAME PLATE!"

AFRICAN concept of color............
if it has light, it's yellow
NO SUBTLETIES

He must be colorblind
NO WAY! right Picasso?

read the music! play the music, create the music!
is there a chance of you changing this notation?

can you read music?
Naw ,it's best jest to create it and play it
that's more direct-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t