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Jayne Cortez

Jayne Cortez has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 24 episodes and was first played on 18 May 2015.

Jayne Cortez is one of a long line of women poets who chose the medium of jazz as a background for their work. more prophetesses than mere poets, this elder generation of women like jayne cortez, wanda robinson and sarah webster fabio, and today's younger generation like ursula rucker and dana bryant tell it like it is, like it was, like it might be, like it should be. their words are often shocking, both beautiful and ugly, full of imagery a far cry…

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Maintain Control
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1986
Maintain Control
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1986
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Commitment
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1986
Commitment
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1986
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No Simple Explanations
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1986
No Simple Explanations
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1986
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She Got He Got
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1994
She Got He Got
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1994
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How Long Has Trane Been Gone
Jayne Cortez
Strata-East1974
How Long Has Trane Been Gone
Jayne CortezStrata-East1974
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I See Chano Pozo
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1982
I See Chano Pozo
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1982
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I Am New York City
Jayne Cortez
Strata-East1974
I Am New York City
Jayne CortezStrata-East1974
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Drying Spit Blues
Jayne Cortez
Bola Press1990
Drying Spit Blues
Jayne CortezBola Press1990
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If The Drum Is A Woman
Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters
Bola Press1982
If The Drum Is A Woman
Jayne Cortez, The FirespittersBola Press1982
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Ogun´s Friend 1976
Jayne Cortez
Bola Press1980
Ogun´s Friend 1976
Jayne CortezBola Press1980
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