{"id":6804,"date":"2019-09-15T16:10:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryblumenfeld.com\/?p=6804"},"modified":"2019-10-15T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:11:42","slug":"time-grooves-that-maine-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/larryblumenfeld.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/15\/time-grooves-that-maine-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Time, Grooves & That Maine Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo by Larry Blumenfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Deer Isle, in Down East Maine, the rhythms of life are dictated mostly by tidal coves that fill and empty twice each day, within which the water traces particular grooves that deepen over time.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of many reasons why the idea of a jazz festival made sense to me 19 years ago, and still does. (For more on that history, go here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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I ended Friday night at Rich and Mary Howe\u2019s art-filled home, playing dominoes with clarinetist\/saxophonist Don Byron and pianist Aru\u00e1n Ortiz. Byron had brought a set in a small satchel (and the boy from Brooklyn, new to the game, won!) Earlier that night, Byron and Ortiz, playing in duet, deepened the distinctive groove they found on their recent and wonderful release, \u201cRandom Dances and (A)tonalities,\u201d for which Ortiz had asked me to write a liner note.<\/p>\n

I started Saturday by making and eating bacon and eggs in a small cabin with drummer Jimmy Cobb, while we watched boxer Hector Camacho\u2019s 1992 loss to Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, as streamed on Cobb\u2019s phone. Later that night, Cobb, who recently turned 90, displayed a mastery over grooves that has extended through much of jazz\u2019s history, and remains undiminished. At the Stonington Opera House, to close the 19th<\/sup>annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival, he anchored a buoyant set by pianist Emmet Cohen\u2019s trio, including bassist Alexander Claffy (you can hear that group on Cohen\u2019s \u201cMasters Legacy Series, Volume 1\u201d recording).<\/p>\n

And, yes, there was much lobster\u2014as fresh as the renditions of Duke Ellington\u2019s \u201cBlack and Tan Fantasy,\u201d played by Byron and Ortiz Friday night, and \u201cTwo Bass Hit,\u201d from Cohen\u2019s trio the next night.<\/p>\n

That cove you see above was full by the time I started by drive back to Brooklyn. Nineteen years is a long time or just a minute (just ask Cobb). Emptiness comes and goes, in life, but so does this sense of fullness.<\/p>\n

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On Deer Isle, in Down East Maine, the rhythms of life are dictated mostly by tidal coves that fill and empty twice each day, within which the water traces particular grooves that deepen over time. That\u2019s one of many reasons why the idea of a jazz festival made sense to me 19 years ago, and … <\/p>\n

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