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Flowers Stolen From The Yards Of Old Folks

Label: Jazz Poetry Collective
Released: 2000
Track listing: Those Who Keep Spirits Alive; Dance Women of Shulam; Lively Up Yourself; Soon I will be Done, Trouble of This World; The Rhythm; Flowers Stolen from the Yards of Old Folks; Invitation.

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Bobby Bryant: Flowers Stolen From The Yards Of Old Folks

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2000

With a passionate alto saxophone cry, Bobby Bryant starts the session with “Summertime.” A lively rhythm section backs him up as the leader improvises with an emotional appeal. Jennifer Bowens joins him with remarkably to-the-point spoken poetry. “My language is gentle, yet tough,” she says, as the words punctuate the air. Her message is social, political, ...