Jazz Is Our Religion
1973 promotional booklet of John Jeremy’s 1971 Jazz and Poetry movie. Beautiful booklet is In good condition, soiled and with pin holes from being on a wall. Square (45 size makes me wonder), 3-fold, 4 panel with reviews and photos. The inside of the artifact has been inscribed with a poem and signed by Ted Joans to Bill Smith of Coda magazine in 1973.
if you should see/a man/walking down/a crowded street/talking aloud/to himself/don’t run/in the opposite direction/ but run toward him/for he is a poet/you have nothing to fear/from the poet/but the truth
Joans is one of the narrators and poets featured in the movie. Wikipedia: Theodore "Ted" Joans (July 4, 1928 – April 25, 2003) was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement. However he criticized the competitive aspect of "slam" poetry. Joans is known for his motto: "Jazz is my religion, and Surrealism is my point of view".
1973 promotional booklet of John Jeremy’s 1971 Jazz and Poetry movie. Beautiful booklet is In good condition, soiled and with pin holes from being on a wall. Square (45 size makes me wonder), 3-fold, 4 panel with reviews and photos. The inside of the artifact has been inscribed with a poem and signed by Ted Joans to Bill Smith of Coda magazine in 1973.
if you should see/a man/walking down/a crowded street/talking aloud/to himself/don’t run/in the opposite direction/ but run toward him/for he is a poet/you have nothing to fear/from the poet/but the truth
Joans is one of the narrators and poets featured in the movie. Wikipedia: Theodore "Ted" Joans (July 4, 1928 – April 25, 2003) was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement. However he criticized the competitive aspect of "slam" poetry. Joans is known for his motto: "Jazz is my religion, and Surrealism is my point of view".
1973 promotional booklet of John Jeremy’s 1971 Jazz and Poetry movie. Beautiful booklet is In good condition, soiled and with pin holes from being on a wall. Square (45 size makes me wonder), 3-fold, 4 panel with reviews and photos. The inside of the artifact has been inscribed with a poem and signed by Ted Joans to Bill Smith of Coda magazine in 1973.
if you should see/a man/walking down/a crowded street/talking aloud/to himself/don’t run/in the opposite direction/ but run toward him/for he is a poet/you have nothing to fear/from the poet/but the truth
Joans is one of the narrators and poets featured in the movie. Wikipedia: Theodore "Ted" Joans (July 4, 1928 – April 25, 2003) was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement. However he criticized the competitive aspect of "slam" poetry. Joans is known for his motto: "Jazz is my religion, and Surrealism is my point of view".