In Memoria - Peter Ward
on Sheila Ash (India), 25/Nov/2018 03:35, 34 days ago
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The old jazzman watches from the wings–The saxophone brashly bursts upon the ballroomenergising the moment, uplifting the mood.On cue, his soft sweeping, beat keeping sticksbreak their gentle cadence.Dancers feet begin to poundjoining his tympanic crescendo.Traditional arrangements revitalised,familiar melodies syncopatedwith raspy imperfections.His own opus improvisedwith tones from another place, timbres from another time.The wings are empty now.His kit sits silent.Lingering notes imbue our solitude.He, in a different place with a different audience, plays on.© Sheila Ash, 2018ashramblings