Blaze | HR Creel
Burn away
rumpled parchment
exterior
of racism sexism
We are the same
Burn away
a surface of hatred
we no longer
have use for.
Burn away
rumpled parchment
exterior
of racism sexism
We are the same
Burn away
a surface of hatred
we no longer
have use for.
I grow tired
of deadly encounters
in the night, of
tragedy and racism
in the dark,
of disputes in my dreams
which should
be full of peace instead.
come the late twenties
and music, particularly jazz
took some small steps
in crossing the race line
encouraging interracial performances
Italian/American Eddie Lang
born Salvatore Massaro
cut some 1929 duets with
African/American Lonnie Johnson
bringing together the two men
credited with giving the guitar
prominence as a solo instrument
though Lang had to be billed as
Blind Willie Dunn
to hide the fact he was white
around the same time
a white St Louis novelty jazz act
The Mound City Blue Blowers
featuring comb and tissue paper
and a suitcase for a drum
cut some sides with
well known jazz guests
one of which was
black tenor sax virtuoso
Coleman Hawkins
one of the first such recordings
to be issued
tiny steps maybe
but important in their own way