Mellow solo jazz guitar arrangements of songs by Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and other great jazz composers.
Act One
The Poem
"not to act for fear of failure - that is the greatest mistake"
today the air stings
as it should
this time of year
I was glad of the chance
the chore of getting
the Sunday paper
(all the time watching myself
my words)
limited by my technique
yet it is just that
that precipitates
awareness
to care only
about awareness
or if possible
not even that
yes not even that
but only that
something
is better
than to want and
not
who is it for?
itself
and no other
(the silence in the temple room
the chapel organ music
solitude
the ability to be alone
an art dearly come by
- Steve Carter (1970)
Act One
The Poem
"not to act for fear of failure - that is the greatest mistake"
today the air stings
as it should
this time of year
I was glad of the chance
the chore of getting
the Sunday paper
(all the time watching myself
my words)
limited by my technique
yet it is just that
that precipitates
awareness
to care only
about awareness
or if possible
not even that
yes not even that
but only that
something
is better
than to want and
not
who is it for?
itself
and no other
(the silence in the temple room
the chapel organ music
solitude
the ability to be alone
an art dearly come by
- Steve Carter (1970)