Jayne Cortez

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Jayne Cortez

Nationality	American
Profession	Poet
Website	Official website

Jayne Cortez was born in Arizona, grew up in California, and currently lives in New York City and Dakar, Senegal. She is the author of ten books of poems and performer of her poetry with music on nine recordings. Her voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic, dynamic innovations in lyricism, and visceral sound. Cortez has presented her work and ideas at universities, museums, and festivals in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and the United States. Her poems have been translated into many languages and widely published in anthologies, journals, and magazines. She is the recipient of several awards including: Arts International, the National Endowment for the Arts, the International African Festival Award, The Langston Hughes Award, and the American Book Award. Her most recent books are "The Beautiful Book" Bola Press 2007, "Jazz Fan Looks Back" published by Hanging Loose Press, and "Somewhere In Advance of Nowhere" published by Serpent's Tail Ltd. Her latest CD recordings with the Firespitter Band are "Taking the Blues Back Home," produced by Harmolodic and by Verve Records, "Borders of Disorderly Time" and " Find Your Own Voice released by Bola Press. Cortez is director of the film "Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future," organizer of "Slave Routes the Long Memory" and "Yari Yari Pamberi: Black Women Writer Dissecting Globalization," both conferences were held at New York University. She is president of the Organization of Women Writers of Africa, me. and is on screen in the films: "Women In Jazz" and "Poetry In Motion."

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Find Your Own Voice
Bola Press(USA) #BP20-04(CD), New York Ciy, U. S. A. 1982- 2003

ABOUT FLYIN’ HOME (3:16)
ADUPE (6:43)
FIND YOUR OWN VOICE (4:02)
BLUES BOP FOR DIZ (2:41)
WHAT’S HAPPENING (3:35)
I SEE CHANO POZO (7:29)
OPENING ACT (3:55)
SHE GOT HE GOT (6:48)
NO SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS (6:55)
DEADLY RADIATION BLUES (4:33)
I WONDER WHO (6:04)
MAYBE (2:28)
I GOT THE BLUES (3:25)
EVERYWHERE DRUMS (9:05)

Boarders of Disorderly Time
Special Guests: Ron Carter, James "Blood" Ulmer, Bobby Bradford, Jan Cherry Bola Press(USA) #BLP2003(CD), New York Ciy, U. S. A. May 26, July 29 and August 23, 2002

SUNNY SIDE OF THE PAGE (4:11)
POCKET TRUMPET (3:49)
AFRO SPOT (3:52)
BEAUTIFUL SEA OF WAVES (2:00)
IN THE MORNING (5:30)
ABOUT FLYIN' HOME (3:15)
A MILES DAVIS TRUMPET (2:45)
DIALOGUE ON VIOLENCE (6:29)
MR. LOUIE (1:11)
KNOW YOUR REALITY (3:43)
SOMEWHERE A WOMAN IS SINGING (1:48)
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE (4:26)

Taking The Blues Back Home
Harmolodic-Verve(USA) #531 918-2(CD) New York Ciy, U. S. A. 1996

TAKING THE BLUES BACK HOME (4:55)
BUMBLEBEE, YOU SAW BIG MAMA (5:09)
MOJO 96 (3:53)
CULTURAL OPERATIONS (4:07)
THE GUITARS I USED TO KNOW (5:18)
TALK TO ME [for Don Cherry] (2:58)
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING (4:15)
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES (3:58)
BLUES BOP FOR DIZ (2:41)
YOU CAN BE (3:37)
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST BLUES (2:56)
NOBODY KNOWS A THING (1:52)

Cheerful & Optimistic - Poetry & Music

Bola Press(USA) #BP9401(CD) New York City, U. S. A. February 22, 1994 and March 14, 1994

HELLO EVERYBODY (0:57)
SAMBA IS POWER (4:35)
I WONDER WHO (6:03)
SHE GOT HE GOT (6:46)
WAR DEVOTED TO WAR (3:40)
FIND YOUR OWN VOICE (4:03)
SACRED TREES (4:31)
I'M GONNA SHAKE (2:51)
INTO THIS TIME (4:48)
I GOT THE BLUES (3:25)
CHEERFUL OPTIMISTIC (3:17)

Poetry & Music
Tradition & Moderne Musikproduktion(EU/Germany) #T&M 106(CD) "Live" at Uberseemuseum, Bremen, Germany June 9, 1992

ADUPE [ah doo pway] (5:23)
THEY WANT THE OIL (1:40)
DRYING SPIT BLUES (4:01)
WHAT'S HAPPENING? (4:03)
DRUMS EVERYWHERE DRUMS (6:46)
MAINTAIN CONTROL (4:15)
IN THE MORNING (4:50)
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SOMEBODY (3:34)
I SEE CHANO POZO (5:28)
MAYBE (2:39)
FIRESPITTERS (8:30)
EXPENDITURES ECONOMIC LOVE SONG 1 (1:34)

Everywhere Drums

Bola Press(USA) #BP-9001(CD) New York, U. S. A. June 21, 1990

ADUPE [Ah-doo-pway] (6:40)
MAYBE (2:27)
DRYING SPIT BLUES (1:58)
WHAT'S HAPPENING (3:34)
MAKE IFA (3:32)
STOCKPILING (4:30)
FIRESPITTERS (4:56)
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SOMEBODY (2:44)
PUSH BACK THE CATASTROPHES (3:19)
NELSON MANDELA IS COMING 2 (4:02)
EVERYWHERE DRUMS (9:00)

Maintain Control

Bola Press(USA) #BP8601(LP) New York City, U. S. A. September 10, 1986

MAINTAIN CONTROL (3:40)
ECONOMIC LOVE SONG 1 (2:03)
TELL ME (5:13)
NO SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS (6:59)
BRIEFING (5:21)
KAI KAI [FOR THE POETS] (4:42)
DEADLY RADIATION BLUES (4:30)
CHOCOLATE (4:50)
COMMITMENT (4:07)
EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL (1:48)

There It Is

Bola Press(USA) #BP8201(LP) Brooklyn, New York, U. S. A. July 22, 1982

THERE IT IS (4:45)
U. S./NIGERIAN RELATIONS (2:40)
I SEE CHANO POZO (7:31)
SKIN DIVER (3:00)
OPENING ACT (4:25)
IF THE DRUM IS A WOMAN (2:24)
TO A GYPSY CAB MAN (4:09)
BLOOD SUCKERS (5:18)

Unsubmissive Blues

Bola Press(USA) #BP-8001(LP) Brooklyn, New York, U. S. A. October 1, 1979

YOU KNOW (2:09)
FOR THE BRAVE YOUNG STUDENTS IN SOWETO (8:32)
OGUN'S FRIEND (6:02)
BROODING (3:22)
IN THE MORNING (7:06)
THE RED PEPPER POET (7:18)

Celebrations and Solitudes The Poetry of Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis, Bassist

Strata-East Records(USA) #SES-7421(LP) White Plains, New York, U. S. A. July 18, 1974

LEAD 1968
HOW LONG HAS TRANE BEEN GONE 1968
ESSENCE OF ROSE SOLITUDE 1974
SONG FOR KWAME 1972
FORREAL 1968
FESTIVALS AND FUNERALS 1970
SOLO 1970
I AM NEW YORK CITY 1973
UNDER THE EDGE OF FEBRUARY 1972
LYNCH FRAGMENT 2
IFE NIGHT 1972
HOMICIDE 1973
3 DAY NEW YORK BLUES 1972
REMEMBRANCE 1973
DO YOU THINK 1973
MAKING IT 1973
SO LONG 1972
LEXINGTON/96 STREET STOP 1973
I WON'T FORGET IT 1973