Articles by Darrell A. Harris

A Study in Blue

by Darrell A. Harris
May 14, 2005

For the Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Duke Ellington's “Mood Indigo"

After hours Alone with yourself That's when it happens That feelin' that comes stealin'      and goes right on down to your shoes

The soundtrack? One of those Harlem nocturnes Some foggy lullaby all full of sapphire and indigo

Of course there are the happier shades Powder ...