LKJ & Jayne

 

In the mid-60s, the Afro-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist Jayne Cortez (1934-2012) began writing poetry about music and musicians in the tradition of African praise poetry.

"Working with music has provided me a lot of freedom... I don't feel restricted. My whole respiratory systemis involved in an assemblage of free tones."  J.Cortez- source Wire

"A Dialogue Between Voice and Drums" live at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY on October 23, 2010 with her son, the drummer Denardo Coleman

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Linton Kwesi-Johnson, born in 1952, is one of the most significant Jamaican poet, joining the english Black Panther movement in 1970, organizing poetry workshops in England and working with Rasta Love, a group of poets and percussionists. He published numerous books mainly political, and many records where his dub poetry contributes to his success.

LKJ honoring two poets, Jayne Cortez & Amiri Baraka, in 2014 at the NYU Institute of African American Affairs 

  

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Une lecture live de LKJ  à l'occasion du Festival Polyphonix en Juin 1983, au Centre Pompidou.

DOCUMENT INEDIT (archives JJ Palix)

 

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