a walk down memory lane

 

 

 

 

 

 

#101 "bluehawk?

 

 

for wallace lester

 

late one night
in the early "60s
between sets
at the village vanguard

charles mingus
was holding forth
on the current struggle
for black liberation

& making a lot of noise
when monk walked up,
stood there & listened,
then shook his head

& said to charlie,
"goddamn, mingus,
I never knew
you was black!"

 

 

               JOHN SINCLAIR

 

 

 

 

 

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