[The wonderful saxophonist Dewey Redman passed away Saturday. Here's a poem I wrote in tribute to his compositions some years ago. The poem appears in my newest volume, MIXAGE. In addition to his own recordings, Redman can be heard on many releases with Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett and the Old and New Dreams ensemble.]
THE EAR OF THE BEHEARER (after Dewey Redman)
Dewey eyed
Playback to
Where the I goes
Ghost wholes
Half-choked holds
Rest a while
Funcityhues
Lo sadidy dues
Blue Redman
Coincident black star
Signs oud
Dithering zither
Deed seeds
Somnifacient meditation
Almost Eldon
Differing in unison
Boody image in
Dis
Guise
Vertiginous
Variance
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