BluesContinuum:Suoni,scritturaevisionifuggitive

AlessandroBuffa9/11/2017

Sha-Rock ,Echo chambereffectSha-Rock,laprimaMC(MikeChanter)donna.E’stataanchelaprimaafareuntipodirapchiamato“echo chambereffect”utilizzandosolounsemplicemicrofono

FunkyFourPlusOne,Rappin andRockin theHouse.LiveatTheKitchen,NYC(1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw10bdA-HTQ

Bessie Smith,BackwaterBlues(1927)

WhenitrainsfivedaysandtheskiesturndarkasnightWhenitrainsfivedaysandtheskiesturndarkasnightThentrouble'stakin'place Inthelowlandsatnight

Iwokeupthismornin',can'tevengetoutofmydoorIwokeupthismornin',can'tevengetoutofmydoorThere'sbeenenoughtroubleTomakeapoorgirlwonderwhereshewantstogo

Thenthey roweda littleboataboutfivemiles 'crossthepondThentheyroweda littleboataboutfivemiles 'crossthepondIpackedallmyclothesThrowed them inandtheyrowedmealong

Whenitthundersandlightnin'andwhenthewindbeginstoblowWhenitthundersandlightnin'andthewindbeginstoblowThere's thousandsofpeopleAin't gotnoplacetogo

ThenIwentandstooduponsomehigholdlonesomehillThenIwentandstooduponsomehigholdlonesomehillThenlookeddownonthehouseWhereIusedtolive

Backwaterbluesdonecallme topackmythingsandgoBackwaterbluesdonecallme topackmythingsandgo'CausemyhousefelldownAndIcan'tlivetherenomore

Ican'tmovenomoreIcan'tmovenomoreThereain't noplaceForapooroldgirltogo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gXShOJVwaM

SandraMariaEstevesOdetoCelia(2004)Imayhavebeenanonly childfromtheBronxbutCeliatakesmebacklifetimesBeforeImasteredEnglish inNewYorkCityschools,orSpanish intobaccofieldsevenbeforethatmiddlepassagewheresomanycousins, uncles, andauntsperishedallthewaybacktomotherlandAfrica’sfamilyshoreswithSpanish gypsyguitarsempoweredbyArabiclovesongs

CeliaCruz,Quimbara (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxRWQHCSmUg

Epistrophies

Jazz-jazzyjass juice,Justsosmooth…Flyin acrossMiles‘nSonny, acrossjohn, Rhasaan ‘nMonk’s 81,AcrossDizzyblue congajerryhom

SandraMaría Esteves,“BlackNotesand‘YoudoSomethingtome,’” inBluestownMockingbirdMambo(Houston:ArtePublico Press,1990),75.

Thelonious Monk dancinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJYeCYO-hA

Rahsaan RolandKirk,Serenade To ACuckoo (1972)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsaxODHI3fA

Vediancheildocumentario"Sound"(1966-67),Pt.1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYtlMuN_V4

JamesSenese"SononatoneroesononatoaMiano,suonoilsaxtenoreesoprano,losuonoametàstradatraNapolie ilBronx,studioColtrane,dallamattinaallasera,sonoinnamoratodiMiles Davis,deiWeatherReporteinpiùhosemprecreatoistintivamente, cercandoditrovareunmiopersonalelinguaggio,noncopiandomainessuno.Ilmiosaxportalecicatricidellagioiaedeldoloredellavita”

JamesSenese, LoveSupreme(1988)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-TZcs2k1n0

PinoDanieleconJamesSenese, Chiteneomare (1981)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuYFK6mdzk

BassCultureandMusicalResonance

Itisthebeatoftheheart/Thispulsingofblood /Thatisabublin' bass/Abadbad beatPushin' againstthewall/Wheybarblackblood (LintonKwesiJohnson, BassCulture)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWaovED4tcs

Theechoof Dub“Whenyoudouble ordub,youreplicate,reinvent,makeoneofmanyversions.”DavidToop, “Replicant:OnDub,”InChristophCoxandDanielWarner,eds.AudioCulture(NewYork:Continuum,2004),355.

Linktoclip(Virgil’s TourfromTheBrotherfromAnotherPlanet):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq1JJvxjbYc

Futurity‘Theneighborhood wall is amassive,loomingpresence nearby. Isee it as acrouchinganimal...Butmy stepmother is there andsheisn'tafraid...Ilookupatthestars andthedeep,black sky. ‘Why couldn'tyou see thestars?’Iask her.‘Everyone cansee them."Citylights,"she says."Lights,progress,growth,all those things we'retoo hotandtoo poor to bother with anymore.

OctaviaE.Butler,ParableoftheSower (NewYork:GrandCentralPublishing,1993),5.

Almamegretta,Obbuono e'omalamente (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuJnzXEINVc