Poetic Excursion
(Ikef) Used LP $10.00
Righteous poetry and jazz recorded live in the studio in the early 1970s. Redmond introduces his work, and moves into dramatic recitations backed up by small combo jazz instrumentation that includes guitar, percussion, and soprano sax. The feel is open and free, almost an African-American take on the beat poetry style of late ’50s San Francisco – but with themes and style that puts this in the same sphere as Camille Yarbrough, Jayne Cortez, Wanda Robinson, and even Iceberg Slim. 2001 reissue