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FAREWELL BRIAN CARTER

by M.C. Newberry

There's many a heavy heart down in Devon now that a singular voice has been stilled by the march

of time.  Brian Carter was a one-off: a gifted artist, writer and poet whose talents were to serve the

cause nearest to his heart - the care of the countryside and its content.  He wrote a column -

"Carter's Country" - for the local Torquay Herald Express and it became a "must" for its readers...

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Wednesday 3rd June 2015 4:05 pm

Brian   Carter

ImproviXation #107

by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

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ImproviXation #107 

Some days I wish I could bend my knees

Lean backwards and wail like a saxophonist

But I know anyone within earshot

Would hear that wrong

There are days

I feel like screaming

But I don’t dare

I’m afraid of what the

Vibrations might cause

On days like that I like to clamp on headphones

Crank up volume on John Coltrane

Archie Shepp

Alb...

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Thursday 26th September 2013 4:55 pm

Ayler   Carter   Coltrane   Emel Sherzad   ImproviXing Change   Marsalis   Murray   saxophones   Shepp   wailing

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