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" 12 Famous Men "
. . . stories of meeting . . .
Lenny Bruce , Marlon Brando ,
Montgomery Clift , Bob Dylan ,
Bob DeNiro , Liberace ,
Charlie Parker , Jerry Lewis ,
Albert Ayler , Julian Beck ,
Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius
. . . stories with music . . .
sojourn
artist . . .
irislord . . .
New York City
theater . . .
off-off-broadway . . .
underground . . .
avant-garde
music...
actors
poets
artists.
nodal
exploration
art
life
free
spontaneous
expression
music
universe
sound
memory
sense
impression
slight
cubist
twists.
" 12 Famous Men "
was presented at the
Knitting Factory Hollywood
25 january
2 & 25 march
2 June 2001
a special show
was given at the
New York City
Knitting Factory
19 May 2001
in the
L A band
were
william jeffery - drums
thomas burkhardt - tenor, soprano saxaphones
irislord - piano / vocals
charles patty - guitar
dino reber - bass (6/2)
NYC band
was
Patience Higgins alto saxaphone
Reggie Carson bass
lordpatty
10/16/01 poster
" To Be Repaired "
(entitled from a song
from irislord's
jazz opera
" Death, Life, & Patience ".
Actors ;
Tracy Conklin,
Misty Carlisle
Gabe
rendered a scene
from
" Death, Life, & Patience "
with
irislord and her band.
Bass . . . Reggie Carson
William Jeffery . . .drums.
Charles Patty . . . guitar.
irislord . . . piano / vocals
avant - garde in 1975,
(premiering at Town Hall,
New York City,
directed by
Ornette Coleman
music - Iris Lord and
James "Blood" Ulmer
book - Iris Lord).
" Death,Life & Patience "
is the story of
a Mother,
a Father,
and a
young child,
Set in a free
improvisational
musical
groove,
" D L P"
exposes
intensity,
familial,
nuclear,
interactions.
The excerpt
presented
on October 16
commenced as
the Father
paid a visit
to his
estranged wife
and child...
conflict
ensued . . .
repair
construed
re configured
con son
dis son
lordpatty@earthlink.net
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