Looking Back: Some Memorable Readings with Local Jazz Combos

1990s: Reading at a Whyte Ave. bar with Dean McKenzie, Glen Kirkland and band including John Towill–didgeridoo, and two students from Scona High where I worked: John N.–an East Indian percussionist, and Solon McDade on bass

1990s: Yardbird Suite, reading backed by Charlie Austin at a jam

1990s: Harry Ainlay Coffeehouse, reading backed by Tommy Banks Trio

2007: Yardbird Suite: reading “As Good as It Gets” with Charlie Austin Trio–an homage to the trio at a Stu Millman memorial; excerpts of poem were later used on a Charlie CD mentioning Stu

2013: reading a Dean McKenzie poem backed by Andrew Glover group at Dean’s Celebration of Life

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