Month: April 2019

A FEW OF IMA’S WRITINGS


MOOD LONELINESS

At sunset,
At dawn,
At summer’s end,
At winter’s birth,
When birds have flown,
And flowers cease to bloom;
When friends have said goodbye
And lovers bid farewell …

The mood is loneliness.

1963-1964

THE LAKE

Ever-changing, ever-changing
Patterns on lake
Rearranging.

Now a troubled ocean,
Miniature tidal waves
Foam-tipped;

Then calm to smooth – like glass
Unbending,
Silent-lipped;

Now a strobe-light
Reflecting the sun’s rays;
Then lapping the shore
From the boat waves.

Psychedelic
Hypnotizing
Jewel-laden
Mesmerizing
Moving eastward
Going nowhere
Taking me there
Calm and peaceful
So relaxing
Lake!



JUST OUT OF REACH

All day long,
inspired by life …
phrases, words,
sentences, feelings
tumble through my head.
When I sit to write
they’ve vanished
like the steam they are.
In the dark of night,
ideas that need recording
whisper in my ear.
As I grope for pen and paper
they dart,
just out of reach …
taunting, mocking;
frailties of humanness
elude; evaporating letters
dance, form and re-form,
urging compliance with desires to be
emblazoned on that blank sheet.
Too late, be swifter,
try again another time.

March, 2004



A YEAR IN THE MAKING

Start with Spring!
Robin pecking on my lawn,
green stems peeking through the dull, brown earth,
crocus buds, forsythia in bloom,
tulip heads stretching for the sun.
Leaf buds bursting on the limb.
Fresh, cool rain tapping on the window panes
waking the earth, waking the flowers
and washing away the gray of winter.
Trees burst into complete leaves.
Flowers stretching petals to the new summer.
Bees alighting from the warmth of the hive,
seeking new sources of nectar for their summer work.
The sun, warming, healing, cooking the earth,
baking bodies brown to a turn,
parching before summer’s end
and cooking the leaves from green to red
to overdone brown.
Leaves dropping, flowers drooping,settling down to be
covered by blankets of soft cool, cold snow,
settling the earth,
protecting against the icy hail and freezing sleet
and allowing all to sleep
’til spring again!

1976


MUSICIANS

PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS –DUKE ELLINGTON; DON SHIRLEY; LALO SCHIFRIN; LEONARD COHEN; MILES DAVIS; CHARLIE HAYDEN; QUINCY JONES; DAVE BRUBECK; STEVIE RAY VAUGHN; ALAN TOUSSAINT; VAN MORRISON; RAY CHARLES; MUDDY WATERS; HOWLIN’ WOLF; CHARLIE PARKER; CHET BAKER; PHILLIP GLASS; FRANK SINATRA; MIRIAM MAKEBA; HARRY BELAFONTE; AARON NEVILLE; BOB DYLAN; CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS; OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS; JOHN LENNON; SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK; ROY ORBISON; STEVIE WONDER; THE LAST POETS;

DAVE BRUBECK

ALL TIME GREATEST HITS –1974-LP

BRUBECK ON CAMPUS -1972-LP






CHARLIE BYRD





FOR WE KNOW -LP





THE WORLD OF CHARLIE BYRD-LP





GUITAR ARTISTRY–LP





LATIN BYRD -LP










JOHNNY CASH





I WALK THE LINE -LP





JOHNNY CASH -AMERICAN IV: THE MAN COMES AROUND  -2003 -CD










RAY CHARLES





A MESSAGE FROM THE PEOPLE – 1972- LP










MILES DAVIS





THE MASTER OF STYLE -1984 -CS





KIND OF BLUE -1997 -CD










BOB DYLAN





SLOW TRAIN COMING -1979-LP





THE  TIMES THEY ARE A- CHANGING- LP





HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED- CS





LOVE AND THEFT-2001-CD





PAT GARRETT AND  BILLY THE KID (SOUNDTRACK)-1973-CD





THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN-2003-CD










DUKE ELLINGTON





THE DUKE AT TANGLEWOOD -LP





DUKE ELLINGTON’S 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT -LP





THE ELLINGTON SUITES -LP





BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE -LP





MY PEOPLE -CS





DUKE ELLINGTON’S GREATEST HITS -LP










PETE FOUNTAIN





THE BEST OF PETE FOUNTAIN -LP










ERROL GARNER





EASY TO LOVE -CS





CONCERT BY THE SEA -CS,LP





SOLILOQUY -LP





THE ELF -1976-LP










PHILIP GLASS





EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH -CS





GLASSWORKS -1982-LP





SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS -CS










JACKIE GLEASON





MERRY CHRISTMAS -LP





MUSIC FOR LOVERS ONLY -LP





REBOUND-LP










BENNY GOODMAN





ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS 1972-LP





TRIO AND QUARTET-LIVE 1937-38-LP 1976, 1985





BENNY -LP -1986





THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT , VOL.2-LP










DON SHIRLEY





THE DON SHIRLEY TRIO IN CONCERT -LP





POINT OF VIEW -1972-LP





DON SHIRLEY PRESENTS MARTHA FLOWERS- LP





THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DON SHIRLEY -LP





DON SHIRLEY, PIANIST EXTRAORDINARY-1960-LP





DON SHIRLEY TRIO -1960-LP










NINA SIMONE





BLACK GOLD AND TO BE YOUNG , GIFTED AND BLACK-LP





NINA SIMONE IN CONCERT-1964 -LP





NUFF SAID -1968-LP





BALTIMORE -LP





NINA SIMONE AT TOWN HALL -LP





THE AMAZING NINA SIMONE -LP





HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL -LP





EMERGENCY WARD -1972 -LP





SILK AND SOUL -1967 -LP





HERE COMES THE SUN- LP





UP FRONT-LP





TO LOVE SOMEBODY -1969 -LP










LEONARD COHEN





LIVE IN LONDON -2008-DVD





YOU WANT IT DARKER -2016-CD





VARIOUS  POSITIONS -1984 -CD





I’M YOUR MAN -1988-CD





TEN NEW SONGS -2001 -CD





THE FUTURE -1992 -CD





NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY 1974 -CD





SONGS FROM A ROOM -1969 -CD










LALO SCHIFRIN





MARQUIS DE SADE –LP





TOWERING INFERNO –LP










RAVI SHANKAR





SOUND OF THE SITAR – LP





CONCERT FOR SITAR AND ORCHESTRA -LP





THE SOUNDS OF INDIA -LP










TONY SCOTT





MUSIC FOR ZEN MEDITATION -LP










GEORGE SHEARING





IN THE MOOD/WITH DAKOTA STATON -LP










STEVIE RAY VAUGHN










ALLEN TOUSSAINT





AMERICAN TUNES–CD





THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI–CD




















VOCALISTS





  • SARAH VAUGHN
  • BILLIE HOLIDAY
  • JOAN BAEZ
  • HARRY BELAFONTE
  • TONY BENNETT
  • BROOK BENTON
  • CHUCK BERRY
  • ALEX BRADFORD
  • HADDA BROOKS
  • OSCAR BROWN JR.
  • CHARLES BROWN
  • RUTH BROWN
  • RAY CHARLES
  • SAVANNAH CHURCHILL
  • JIMMY CLIFF
  • NAT “KING” COLE
  • SAM COOKE
  • SAMMY DAVIS JR.
  • NEIL DIAMOND
  • BO DIDDLEY
  • FATS DOMINO
  • BOB DYLAN
  • BILLY ECKSTEIN
  • ELLA FITZGERALD
  • THE INK SPOTS
  • ROBERTA FLACK
  • ARETHA FRANKLIN
  • AL GREEN
  • ROY HAMILTON
  • RICHARD HARRIS
  • JOHNNY HARTMAN
  • RICHIE HAVENS
  • ISAAC HAYES
  • AL HIBBLER
  • LENA HORNE
  • IVORY JOE HUNTER
  • JANIS IAN
  • THE JACKSON FIVE
  • MAHALIA JACKSON
  • ETTA JAMES
  • AL JARREAU
  • ELTON JOHN
  • JANIS JOPLIN
  • LOUIS JORDAN
  • JOHN W. ANDERSON (KASANDRA)
  • GLADYS KNIGHT
  • LADYSMITH – BLACK MAMBAZO
  • FRANKIE LAINE
  • HUDDIE LEDBETTER
  • ABBEY LINCOLN
  • NELLIE LUTCHER
  • MIRIAM MAKEBA
  • BOB MARLEY
  • JOHNNY MATHIS
  • THE MILLS BROTHERS
  • JOHNNY MOORE
  • VAN MORRISON
  • WILLIE NELSON
  • RANDY NEWMAN
  • ODETTA
  • THE ORIOLES
  • PETER, PAUL AND MARY
  • LEONTYNE PRICE
  • ARTHUR PRYSOCK
  • THE RAVENS
  • JOHNNIE RAY
  • LIONEL RICHIE
  • PAUL ROBESON
  • LINDA RONSTADT
  • JIMMY RUSHING
  • BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
  • GIL SCOTT-HERON
  • PETE SEEGER
  • SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
  • NINA SIMONE
  • FRANK SINATRA
  • PHOEBE SNOW
  • DAKOTA STATON
  • BARBRA STREISAND
  • STING
  • JOE TURNER
  • TINA TURNER
  • JOE COCKER
  • ARLO GUTHRIE
  • ELVIS PRESLEY
  • THE DIXIE CHICKS
  • MERL HAGGARD
  • IRIS DE MINT
  • LOUIS ARMSTRONG
  • JAMES CLEVELAND





































VOCALISTS — NINA SIMONE; SARAH VAUGHN; BILLIE HOLLIDAY; ROBERTA FLACK; BARBRA STREISAND; NANCY WILSON; JOAN BAEZ; ARETHA FRANKLIN; NAT KING COLE; LEONARD COHEN; JOE COCKER; JOHNNY CASH; RICHARD HARRIS; NEIL DIAMOND; JOHNNY MATHIS; AL GREEN; MERLE HAGGARD; TONY BENNETT; PAUL ROBESON; LOUIS ARMSTRONG; B.B. KING;  ALEX BRADFORD; JAMES CLEVELAND; IRIS DE MENT; THE DIXIE CHICKS; BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN;