Paul Austerlitz & Michael S. Harper Double Take: Jazz-Poetry Conversations Jazz,    Innova 604    CD   15
	Jazz-Poetry Conversations for mouth and bass clarinet See One Sheet
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Title	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
We Assume: On the Death of Our Son, Reuben ...	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:18
Elvin's Blues	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:37
Copenhagen (dedicated to Dexter Gordon)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:06
Interlude	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	3:37
Bird Lives	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:44
Audio (for Julius Hemphill)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:41
The Latin American Poem (for Anani Dzidzienyo)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:06
Brother John	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:32
Here where Coltrane Is	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:33
High Modes: Vision as Ritual: Confirmation	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:06
Last Affair: Bessie's Blues Song	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:32
If You Don't Force It (inspired by Ray Brown)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:28
4-29-99 (for E.K.E)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	3:25
Release: Kind of Blue	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:24
Brother John	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	3:02
Here where Coltrane Is	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:31
High Modes: Vision as Ritual: Confirmation	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:27
Last Affair: Bessie's Blues Song	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:35
If You Don't Force It (inspired by Ray Brown)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:24
2-29-99 (for E.K.E.)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	4:42
Release: Kind of Blue	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:24
Bird Lives	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:38
Audio (for Julius Hemphill)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:46
The Latin American Poem (for Anani Dzidzienyo)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	2:15
We Assume: On the Death of Our Son, Reuben ...	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:21
Elvin's Blues	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:51
Copenhagen (dedicated to Dexter Gordon)	Paul Austerlitz Michael S. Harper	Michael S. Harper Paul Austerlitz	1:59
Public Enemy’s Chuck D. was here to fight the power. Michael S. Harper is here to disturb the peace. Public Enemy used hip-hop to express race, sex, politics and purpose. Michael S. Harper uses the pantheon of jazz gods, his mouth and a bass clarinet. For the past three decades, this poet laureate of Rhode Island hasn’t paid any mind to moth-eaten poetics with tired "let me count the ways" blah. Harper grabs the mic back from would-be coffee shop confessors and armchair cultural quarterbacks, shuts it off and shouts. He speaks in cocaine highs creeping up your groin. He speaks with the mouth of Black Narcissus. He speaks Coltrane jazz with messy fingerings (calling on the howling ghosts of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bessie Smith) His partner in crime is bass-clarinetist/composer Paul Austerlitz, known for his sweet n’ punchy collaborations with Fred Ho’s Afro-Asian Music Ensemble, and Caribbean music legends Gonzalo Rubalcaba and percussionist Julito Figueroa. "Double Take: Poetry/ Jazz Conversations" breaks 180 degrees from bling obsessed rappers with MTV cribs or actors and actresses in Hollycars and goes straight to the root, where words and music can still kill you. Harper and Austerlitz both teach at Brown University.
Cadence Magazine This collaboration between fellow teachers at Brown University-"Jazz-Poetry Conversations" as it is subtitled- is simply one of the finest such projects I've heard. On every count, Double Take comes up a winner. Coloristically, it's all in the metal and wind of the clarinet, and the pleasing, rich grain of Harper's voice. The ears-to-soul atmosphere of these conversations is all that is needed to communicate the power of these simultaneously comforting and challenging texts. Double Take is a rare and rewarding collaboration, highly recommended. by Larry Nai