Jazz Articles about Dottie Grossman

Call & Response & Friends: Call & Response & Friends

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 11, 2011

Dottie Grossman, moglie di Richard, grande pianista prematuramente scomparso nel 1992, è poetessa la cui prosa Allen Ginsberg ha definito: “chiara, particolare, personale, divertente, selvaggia, curiosa e lucida". Michael Vlatkovich è trombonista, compositore, arrangiatore leader di alcuni quotati ensemble e collaboratore ad ampio spettro artistico, da Rova Saxophone Quartet a Bryan Adams, da Gerry Hemingway a Peggy Lee. L'idea del duo Call & Response nasce dall'amore reciproco verso musica e poesia e dall'intento di uscire dai vecchi e usurati modelli ...

Dottie Grossman & Michael Vlatkovich: Call And Response

by Jim Santella
November 21, 2004

Dottie Grossman calls out gently with 35 original poems, and Michael Vlatkovich responds quaintly with trombone language. Together, they form a unified body of work that proves interesting and creative. Grossman reads her poetry in a subdued manner, giving each stanza the same emphasis. They're brief pieces of literature that are designed to spur the creative senses. Her topics range from where we've been to where we are going; it's all a part of our daily lives.

Fred ...