POEM: DIRECTIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING MODERN JAZZ CRITICISM

 

Directions For Understanding

Modern Jazz Criticism

 

(dedicated to gail syphax 

who peeped this a long time ago)

 

 

 

1. 

 Get A Blank 

 White 

 Sheet

 Of Paper

 

 

 

2. 

 Draw A Box

 (Size Does Not Matter)

 

 

 

3. 

 Look Inside

 The Box

 

 

 

4. 

 Notice The Color

And Significance Of Everything

Inside Your Lines

 

 

 

5. 

You Now Understand

The Vast Majority

Of Modern Jazz Criticism

 

 

 

 

—kalamu ya salaam