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In Memory of Okra P. Dingle

Okra P. Dingle September 30, 1964 - November 25, 2022. I had the pleasure of getting to know Okra over his last year in this incarnation. We played music together in the Bright Moments band, having a public performance at the Alluvium Church in Eugene, Oregon on Juneteenth day 2022. The poem which was read with musical accompaniment you will find here. It is called Bloos in the Face. There is a second poem HalleAlluvium which was not done. You will also find the cue sheet for the performance we gave. I also really enjoyed the literary cultural side of Okra. He was a world traveller and worked at the Strand Bookstore in NYC for many years. It is like the Powell's Books of the east coast, unfortunately no longer in existence. Enjoy!

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Here are some of the favorite pieces Okra listened to which we played in the Bright Moments Band. Enjoy! Criss Cross from Monk Okra called this "The Best is yet to Come". Note, it is in the middle selection on this playlist. We played selections numbered three and five. Five is called: "Rhythm-A-Ning" , a take off from I got Rhythm.
We also played Ruby My Dear Here is another beautiful piece with John Coltrane and the Monk group called Monk's Mood

Followed by Monk's Dream

There is of course the three blues from Monk, Trane and Parker that we also played. Blue Monk

Blue Bird

Blue Trane

John Coltrane Quartet live on Ralph Gleason Show This includes Afro Blue , Alabama and Impressions.

This was our tuneup piece India .

And more from Trane now:
Some Other Blues and Bessie's Blues .

When Okra and I said goodbye we always said A Love Supreme.

Gil Scott-Heron Songs

Okra Loves these too:
The Bottle
Winter in America
We almost lost Detroit
Johannisburg

Some Beautiful Poetry from Brother Ahh

This album was called Move Ever Onward

Nina Simone

Mississippi God Dam

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that Swing

Louis Armstrong

St. James Infirmary Blues

The Beatles

Life Goes On Within You and Without You

  

I will have more pics and notes here in the future. This is a work in progress.