It was in a downtown French bistro where I listened to the hackery of a pseudo-theatrical storytelling musical showcase on the life of Django Reinhardt. I was expecting a real return on a small investment to witness the life of the Romani Jazz legend through his music. I was disappointed to say the least. Genius can never and should never be copied in any way, shape, or form. He made recordings.
I did learn from the storyteller with the gypsy guitar that Django, in fact, means "I awake". One of my favourite films, "Sweet and Lowdown" by Woody Allen features "I'll see you in my dreams" an all-time classic jazz beauty for our time. It speaks numbers with the instrumental ingenuity of the two-fingered guitar player, whose myths struck a chord from my earliest days of musical appreciation. It was especially this Antique FILM which got me hooked on Django! I've been awake ever since!
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I Awake Too Long
& Photographic Clarity Re-Places My Eyes
From Dreamscapes Lingering
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| In His Element by RK |
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| Color of the Horizon by RK |
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| I Am Seen by RK |
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| A Shared Path by RK |
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| Domestic Offerings by RK |
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“A full expression of Love in mind, heart and wisdom”“Will the new being have music in Their veins?”
“If marriage of shared blood, the perfect union of musical harmony and universal rhythm will mark the forehead and line the bones of the little one to be”
Raised on the pressure of finger to string
And palm to drum
excerpt from "Spreading Easy Freedom"
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