The language of saxophones : selected poems of Kamau Daáood

The Language Of Saxophones -- Spear Rituals / 1970-1979 -- Ancestral Echoes -- Dance Of The Nigganese Dancer -- The Lip Drummer -- Religion Of Dreams -- Liberator Of The Spirit / 1980-1989 -- World Music -- Liberator Of The Spirit -- The Last Psalms -- Deep River In Her Voice -- Balm Of Gilead -- Bird Droppings -- Army Of Healers -- One -- Wounded With A Blessing / 1990-1999 -- Sunbathing In My Tears -- Leimert Park -- Los Angeles -- Mantra -- Healer's Lament -- Wing -- For Paul Robeson -- Djali -- Djali Ii -- Blakey's Sticks -- The Men -- Jeweled Zero -- Papa, The Lean Griot -- Search For The Purest Water On Earth / 2000-2004 -- Angel Of Scissors -- Blue Pachuca -- Damage -- The Living Waters -- Sweating Paisley -- The Piano Is A Drum For Ten Finger -- The Watch -- War -- Weeping At The Mailbox -- Zillion Tambourines. A long-awaited collection from a pioneer of the spoken word movement, these poems soar and sway with the syncopation and melodies of jazz. Portraits, chronicles, incantations and invocations, drawn from a lifetime of prolific activity. From his early days in the Black Arts Movement and up to the present, Daood has been a powerful artistic and social force, an inspired seer/seeker. Whether collaborating with renowned musicians, heading up a performance group or inspiring and nurturing new talent, he speaks to and from the urgency of his time. Kamau Daood , performance poet and community arts activist, is the artistic director of Los Angeles World Stage Performance Gallery, which he co-founded with master drummer Billy Higgins. His work can be heard on his award-winning CD Leimert Park . Selections from a lifetime of poetry by one of America's premier "word-musicians," this book is long overdue!